Transcript Curr Night Powerpoint

Welcome to Fourth Grade Curriculum
Night!
Mrs. Kindel and Ms. Martin
Messages From Dr. Garriss
• Drop off time is 7:20
• Fire Lane – Please do not park along red curb. Fire
Dept. has a task force writing citations.
• Check out – We respectfully request that students be
‘checked out’ prior to 2:00 pm
• Transportation must be in writing. No emails due to
spam. Written notes through teacher or fax them to
770 578-7267.
Session 1: 6:35-7:15
Session 2: 7:20 – 8:00
Morning Routine 7:20-8:10
• Students take care of their morning responsibilities
• Communication folders and Agendas are checked.
Please be sure to check both of these each night at
home
• The agenda and the reading log must be signed
• Morning Work
• Announcements
• Attendance
Daily Schedule
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7:20-8:10 Morning Responsibilities
8:10-9:15 Math
9:15-9:45 Spelling/ELA/Snack
9:45-10:25 Specials
10:30-11:30 ELA/Reading
11:27-1 Lunch
12:00-12:20 Recess
12:20-12:50 ELA
12:50-2:05 Social Studies/Science
2:05-2:15 Prepare for dismissal/Dismissal
Behavior Management
• We are striving for your child to become
an independent learner and to take
responsibility for their actions.
• We have a behavior system in
• We will continue to use the school wide
behavior system of “Give Me Five.”
Behavior Management
BEHAVIOR REPORT for _____________________________________
NEEDS TO IMPROVE ON THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR(S):
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Preparing for class
Accepting responsibility
Following established rules
Listening and following directions
Participating in class
Exhibiting cooperative attitude
Working well independently
Week
1
10/11-15
2
10/18-22
3
10/25-29
4
11/1-5
5
11/8-12
6
11/15-19
7
12/22-27
8
11/29-12/3
9
12/6-10
10
12/13-17
Monday
Tuesday
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Wednesday
Thursday
Second Nine Weeks 2010-11
Controlling talking
Organizing time, work, and materials
Showing respect for others
Showing respect for property
Completing assignments
Turning in assignments
Completing agenda/student planner
Friday
Comments
Conference Week
Dismissal 2 hrs. Early
Student
Holiday
Holiday
Holiday
Holiday
Holiday
Parent
Signature
Math
• Book: Harcourt
• Areas of Study: Place Value, Multiplication
• Type of Instruction: Whole Group, Small Group,
Learning Centers, Individualized Instruction, Partners,
Math Journals and Differentiation
• Online Text Information:
http://www.eharcourtschool.com
• Individual logins and passwords will be placed on the
back of your child’s Communication Folder
Reading and Language Arts
• Text: Good Habits, Great Readers
• Focus lessons, mini-lessons and wrap ups using teacher
modeling texts that model strategies and promote
understanding.
• Novel Studies – Independent and Guided
• Small groups with independent learning contracts.
Acceleration options.
• Core Books to incorporate Science and Social Studies:
Fiction, Non-fiction, Historical Fiction
• RL: 20 minutes each night.(Reading Response
Journals)
• Book Reports
• Spelling: Words Their Way/High Priority and Core Words
• Grammar – Daily with weekly quizzes
• Georgia Department of Education 4th Grade Reading
Standard:
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ELA4R2 - The student consistently reads at least
twenty-five books or book equivalents
(approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The
materials should include traditional and
contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction)
as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and
electronic material. Such reading should represent a
diverse collection of material from at least three
different literary forms and from at least five different
writers.
Writing
• Good Habits, Great Readers Writing: Celebration Press
• Thinking Maps to organize ideas
• Types of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Informational
and Persuasive
• Steps of the Writing Process: Prewriting, Drafting,
Revising, Editing and Publishing
• Book Reports and Journals
• Write across curriculum
Social Studies
• Text: Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/eservices
Login: cobbstudent4
Password: password
• Instruction delivered through reading of text, workbook,
independent projects, quizzes, tests, etc.
• 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.
Science
• Text: Harcourt
• Online text information:
• www.thinkcentral.com
Login: sciencestudent4
Password: education
• Instruction delivered through reading of text, workbook,
investigations, classroom projects, field trips, quizzes,
science journals, tests, etc.
• Areas of Instruction: Water and Weather, Sound and
Light, Force and Motion, Simple Machines, Ecosystems
and Adaptations, Space and Planets
Assessments
• Class Participation
• Projects, including classroom Writing, S.S., Science,
Research, Group Projects, Independent Projects and
home assignments. Rubrics provided
• Tests and quizzes: Study guides will be given in advance
tests only.
• DRA: Development Reading Assessment
• SRI: Scholastic Reading Inventory: Matches reading
material to the comprehension level and interest level of
a child.
• STAR: helps determine approximate reading level
Field Trips
• Fire Safety Village
• Cobb County Youth Museum (February –
Rev. War)
• In-house: Sound and Light-(Dec.)
• Others: TBD
Homework and Daily
Preparedness
• Given nightly, except on weekends
• Spelling tests on Friday with dictation
• Projects will be announced with ample time to complete
and will be accompanied by a rubric
• Be sure your child is prepared each day by having all of
their materials and appropriate paperwork signed.
• Any money or important office information must be
placed in a closed envelope.
Communication
• Communication between us is KEY in the success of
your child!
• Lines of communication in order of preference:
– Notes: Please send us a note in your child’s agenda or
communication folder. We will respond promptly
– Email: [email protected]
[email protected] We will do our best to email you
back that same day.
– Phone: Call us at school to leave a message.
– We accept constructive criticism as well as praise 
Report Card
A = 90%-100%
B = 80%- 89%
C = 74%- 79%
D = 70%- 73%
F = 0% - 69%
So, what do you have to
sign?
•Agenda - Nightly Monday through Thursday
Agenda is checked daily.
•Behavior contract - over the weekend
Behavior Contract will be checked every Monday.
Please wait to sign on the weekend.
•Reading Logs – Sign nightly, Monday through Thursday.
•We are asking the children to be responsible and show you all
communication and papers that will go home in the Red
Communication folder. Please help them to remember this. All
graded work will be in the folder. We ask that any graded papers
with a 75% or lower be corrected at home, returned and signed.
•If you find any mistakes in the grading or have questions about
any grade, please email us and we will get back with you promptly.
Thank You!
Thank you for all you’ve already done and for all that you
will continue to do for your child be successful
throughout their fourth grade school year!
We appreciate all that you do to support Mountain View!
Welcome to 4th Grade!!