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GOOD EVENING!!! While you wait, Take a moment to write a note for your child to leave in their desk. th 4 Welcome to Grade Curriculum Night Mrs. Schneider and Mr. Aumann Information from Administration • • • • • • • • • Car Rider Procedures at http://www.cobbk12.org/MtView/ Morning drop off/car pool line begins at 7:20. Afternoon car pool begins at 2:20. Late afternoon check out needs to occur prior to 2:00. From 2:00-2:30, our front office is very busy with dismissal. Attendance Policy Bus Lot/Fire Lane Transportation Changes Mandated Reporter Law Buzz In System Blackboard Connect Membership Matters Your Foundation Membership dues support Science, Technology & Enrichment Programming: • • • • Computer Teacher Computer Lab Science Teacher Science Enrichment and Materials • Ongoing Teacher Development & Education • Planning for After-School Enrichment Programs How do I get informed and involved with PTA & Foundation? Subscribe, Receive & Read Pawprints - our weekly PTA e-newsletter at mountainviewpta.org It’s all in here: Visit us on-line – Click on PTA or Foundation links from Mountain View Elementary website: • mountainviewpta.org • mtnviewfoundation.org Find out about Volunteer Opportunities! • Contact [email protected] or [email protected] Membership Matters Your PTA membership dues enhance the Excellence and Quality of Education at Mountain View: • • • • • • • • • • Online Mathematics Program: Sumdog Online Reading Resources: A-Z Reading, BookFlix, Document Cameras for Classroom Instruction Art, Music & Physical Education Support Teacher-requested Curriculum Materials for K-5th grades (e.g., Bare books) Subscriptions to Time for Kids, USA Weekly, & Georgia Weekly Student Agendas/Planners for 3rd-5th grades Enrichment Materials for Special Education, Target, Speech & Language, and Guidance Additional Supplies for our Amazing Building, School Clinic, & Cafeteria Staff Family Engagement Activities (e.g., Fall Festival, Science Night & Bingo Night) Thank you! Together, we make a difference! Daily Schedule • • • • • • • • • • • 7:20-7:50 Read and Relax 7:50-8:15 Announcements and Morning Work 8:15-9:45 Math/Number Talks/Conceptua Math 9:45-10:25 Specials (M- Computers, T- P.E., W- Art, Th- P.E., F- Music) 10:25-11:15 Mentor Sentences/Writers’ Workshop(Lucy Writing) 11:15-11:45 Lunch 11:45-12:20 Lucy Calkins Reading Mini-Lesson 12:20-12:40 Recess 12:40-1:15 Lucy Calkins Reading Independent Practice 1:15-2:10 Science/Soc. St./Health 2:10-2:15 Dismissal Behavior Management/Homework • In 4th grade, we strive for your child to become an independent learner and to take responsibility for their own actions. • Give Me Five - school wide behavior system • Classroom Helpers • Sticker Charts • Behavior Charts • BE NICE • Classroom Rules Behavior Sheet Math • My Math-Conceptua Math • Areas of Study: Place Value, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Decimals • Sumdog.com for practice • Username: First name + Class Number • Password: Nepple + Class Number • Example: Johnny23; Nepple23 • Daily homework will be assigned, please practice math with your child • Common Core Math Standards- students find the strategies that work for them! Math • We will pilot Conceptua Math http://www.conceptuamath.com/ Reading and Language Arts • Reading: Lucy Calkins Reading Program • Reading Strategies * Reading Log • Spelling: • Weekly Homework • Friday tests • Grammar: Practice incorporated into Mentor Sentences • Reading: 20 minutes each night. • Various Book Reports Writers’ Workshop •Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy Calkins •Student choice writing Social Studies • Areas of Instruction: Map and Globe Skills, Economics, The First Americans, Explorers, Colonization, The American Revolution, Westward Expansion, The New Nation, The Civil War and Reconstruction. • Extension projects may accompany some units • Spring - American Revolution Play Science • Areas of Instruction: Water and Weather, Sound and Light, Force and Motion, Simple Machines, Ecosystems and Adaptations, Space and Planets • Extension projects may accompany some units Field Trips • Fire Safety Village (October 27) • Cobb County Youth Museum (January 24-26) • Others: TBD Homework and Daily Preparedness • Given nightly, except on weekends • Spelling tests on Friday • Projects will be announced with ample time to complete and will be accompanied by a rubric **If assignments are not turned in on time they will be completed in study hall during recess and their behavior chart will be marked. A percentage of the final grade will be deducted for each day an assignment is turned in late. Communication • Communication between us is KEY in the success of your child! • Lines of communication in order of preference: • Notes: Please send me a note in your child’s Take-Home folder. I will respond as quickly as I can. • Email: [email protected] or [email protected] I will email you back within 24 hours during the week days • Phone: Call us at school to leave a message during school hours. • OUR BLOG IS KEY!!! Report Card Grading Scale: A = 90%-100% B = 80%- 89% C = 74%- 79% D = 70%- 73% F = 0% - 69% NOT 1, 2, 3! To view your child’s grades, log in to ParentVUE. So, what do you have to sign? • Agenda – please check and sign agenda each night • Behavior contract - Sign over the weekend I am asking the children to be responsible and show you all communication and papers that will go home in the Black Communication folder. Please help them to remember this. All graded work will be in the folder. If something goes home that does NOT have a grade on it, that work was completed together. Wish List Items under $1.00 or used/outgrown items for treasure chest Chapter Books Extra Snacks Playground Balls …a great year for all!!! Wellness Wednesdays ➢ Our PTA Health & Wellness Committee encourages families to participate in Wellness Wednesdays beginning next week. Students are encouraged to bring fresh fruit or veggies for snack every Wednesday. ➢ Fruit donations are provided to one grade level each week. ➢ Our Partners in Education and other local businesses in our community are sponsoring this program. Please visit them: Kid Chess, Highland Chiropractic, Omega Learning, Friends and Family Chiropractic, First Citizens Bank, Liberty Mutual Insurance ➢ Visit http://mvehealthandwellness.weebly.com for more info or email [email protected]. Walk to School Days ➢ Our PTA Health & Wellness Committee encourages families to Walk to School together when possible. Studies show that students are more ready to learn after 20 minutes of physical activity. Thank you for joining us for Curriculum Night! Please make sure to sign up to help as a room parent!