Transcript Welcome to Third Grade - Council Rock School District

Welcome to
Back-to-School Night!
I would like to create parent contact
list, so please send me an email at
your earliest convenience.
Fourth Grade
Curriculum
Writing
We have many fun and exciting
things planned for fourth grade.
Please see Council Rock’s Writing
Rubric on the writing folder.
Reading Fluency
Rate
Accuracy
Intonation
Expression
Phrasing: Pauses
Stress
Adjust Rate to Purpose
Phrasing: Punctuation
Fourth Grade Comprehension
Target Skills and Strategies
Skills
Story Structure
Author’s Purpose
Cause and Effect
Theme
Understanding Characters
Fact and Opinion
Conclusions and Generalizations
Sequence of Events
Text and Graphic Features
Compare and Contrast
Sequence of Events
Persuasion
Main Ideas and Details
Strategies
Monitor/Clarify
Visualize
Analyze/Evaluate
Infer/Predict
Summarize
Question
Wondering
Understanding Characters
Grammar
Complete Sentences
Subjects and Predicates
Kinds of Sentences
Simple and Compound Sentences
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Transitions
Abbreviations
Nouns
Proper Nouns
Possessive Nouns
Conjunctions
Commas
Pronouns
Making Comparisons
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs
Participles
Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Proper Mechanics
Quotations
Negatives
Cooperative Reading Structures
• Turn to Your Partner - The students turn to a partner
sitting next to them to discuss an issue or question.
• Think, Pair, Share - The students think individually
about a question or issue and then discuss their thoughts
with a partner. Pairs report their thinking to another
pair or to the class.
• Think, Pair, Write – The students think individually
before discussing their thoughts with a partner.
Students then write what they are thinking.
* For homework, please make a connection
between home and school by encouraging
your child to read for at least 15-20 minutes
each school night. Children are asked to
record the books they read in their
assignment books.
Math
Math homework will be given each night as a follow-up
to the day’s lesson. Occasionally your child will be assigned
problems from the math book. Please save all homework
sheets because they may serve as an excellent study tool
before chapter and unit tests.
*F.Y.I. – YES, the math book may be brought home, and
should serve as a study tool prior to tests until your family
feels comfortable using www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
in place of the book .
First In MATH
The First In Math Online Program allows
students to progress at their own pace and
master math skills. Comprehensive
content is presented in a game format, but
engages students in serious mathematics.
Social Studies
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The student’s knowledge of geography, history,
economics and government of his/her home state, of Pennsylvania will be
developed. The students will recognize the impact of Pennsylvania as an
integral part of the United States. Through the study of different regions of
the United States, students will develop an understanding of the
similarities and diversities of the fifty states.
Essential Learning questions:
•How do physical features and geographic locations impact where and how
people live?
•How do diverse resources, economic and industries affect the progress and
growth of a region?
•How, when and why do people move? How do natural resources determine
the development of industries in a region?
•What are the lessons that can be learned from Current Events?
Science
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Land and Water – Mrs. Young
Electricity and Magnetism - Mrs. Weinstein
Animal Studies - Mrs. Black
Life Skills – Miss Hough
Expectations of a Fourth Grader
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Maintenance of a daily assignment book
Make-up of all missed assignments
Work is neat and organized
Work is original and complete
Participation in class activities
Follow class/school rules
Homework
Council Rock School district states that homework in fourth grade
should be approximately 40 minutes in length. If your child is taking
longer to complete homework, please contact me so other
arrangements can be made.
Homework is written daily in the assignment book. Your child’s
homework folder with all worksheets, notes, etc. comes home each
night. Please be sure to sign your child’s assignment book every night
upon completion of homework.
Missing or incomplete homework must be completed and returned.
If missed homework is a consistent problem, parents will be notified.
Home/School Communication
Please include a note in the assignment
book if you have any questions or concerns.
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Notes from the office and/or classroom are
sent home on occasion, so please
check and empty the homework folder each
day.
What You, as the Parent of a
Fourth Grade Student, Can Do
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Check to see that the homework is complete
Sign the assignment book every night
Ask, “What is going on in class?”
Communicate any concerns as soon as they arise
Return notes as soon as possible
Promote responsibility in your fourth grader
Provide a stable “homework environment”
Scholastic Book Clubs
Regardless of the number of clubs you choose to
order from each month, you only need to write one
check out to “Scholastic Book Club.” Cash is also
accepted. The book orders usually arrive within
Two weeks.
H2HZ4
Absences
It is important that you send a note in
With your child when he/she returns from
an absence.
Online Attendance Form
Volunteers
Please sign in at the office and get a
visitor’s tag to wear so students and staff
know you are part of our learning
environment.
Holiday Parties…
Halloween, Winter Holiday, and Valentine’s Day
Homeroom parents will be collecting money for
party food, paper products, and crafts.
Transport Slips
If you plan on picking your child up
from school, please fill out a transport
slip and send it into school on the day it
will be used. Parents whose children
are car riders every day may submit
one note that applies to the entire year.
Birthday Celebrations
• Peanut-free birthday treats can be sent in with
your child on or around his/her birthday.
• Summer birthdays may be celebrated during the
last week of school or on your child’s half year
birthday.
• Please refrain from sending birthday party
invitations to school.
• All invitations must be sent from home unless
the entire class is invited to the party.
Instrumental Music Lessons
Lessons begin as soon as the instrumental music
teachers receive all permission slips from interested
students and are able to create a schedule. You will be
notified in writing when this takes place. Your child’s
schedule will be based on a rotation so he/she will not
miss the same curriculum on a regular basis. Children are
responsible for finding out and making up the work they
miss during their lesson.
***The instrumental music teachers allow children to call
home only once for a forgotten instrument.
Mrs. Young’s Teacher Site
• http://www.crsd.org//Domain/1929