Welcome to the Fourth Grade Teachers Toolbox

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Welcome to theFourth Grade Teachers Toolbox
Share Your Toolbox

• Get a sticky note and a pen.
• Share examples of how you ALREADY help your
  fourth grader.
• Place the sticky note on the marker board.

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Welcome to theFourth Grade Teachers Toolbox
Candice Edwards Michelle Cox
Rosemary Emory Jennifer Nelson Brett Bodell
LaRue Tate Leah Dymond
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This is Why Youre Here

• Take Home Tools
• to Increase Student
• Academic Performance

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What is Already in Your Toolbox
Share Your Good Ideas!
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This is How We Assess

• Multiple Choice
• Matching
• Essays
• Projects
• Short Answer
• Authentic

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This is How You Can Help Multiple Choice

• Key Words
• Elimination
• Prove It

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Multiple Choice Example

• Why does Lydia go to live with Uncle Jim?
• a. because her parents want her to go to school
  in the city
• b. because she wants to learn how to bake
• c. because she wants to plant flowers
• d. because Uncle Jim is helping out until her
  father gets work

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This is How You Can Help Matching

• Memory Game

Tells the direction of the wind
Wind Vane
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Matching Example

• ___Wind Vane
• ___Anemometer
• ___Thermometer
• ___Rain Gauge

• Measures speed of wind
• b. Shows direction of wind
• c. Measure the amount of rain fall
• d. Measure the temperature of the air

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This is How You Can Help Essay
My Plan!

• Whats Important
• Whats Your Format

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Essay Example

• Water Cycle Paragraph
• Write a well-developed paragraph about the Water
  Cycle. You should include a definition of the
  Water Cycle and details about each stage that we
  have studied. Your paragraph should include at
  least five sentences.
• Remember to ask yourself these questions
• Have I indented?
• Does my paragraph begin with a topic sentence?
• Have I included capital letters and ending
  punctuation?
• Do all my sentences begin the same way?
• Are my sentences different lengths?

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Essay Example
Topic Sentence ?
Sentence Variety
Indent ?

• The water cycle provides the world with
  water. The first stage in the water cycle is
  evaporation. Evaporation is when liquid is taken
  from the earth and sent to the clouds as gas or
  vapor. The second stage is called condensation.
  Condensation is when the gas or vapor in the
  clouds get cold and heavy until the cloud cant
  hold the condensation anymore. Which brings us
  to our next stage, precipitation. Precipitation
  is when the gas or vapor in the clouds turn to a
  liquid and fall from the sky. Our last stage in
  the water cycle is accumulation. Accumulation is
  when the precipitation on the ground runs down to
  a body of water and then the cycle starts all
  over again.

Beautiful Wording and Clarity! ? A 100 ?
Capital Letters
Punctuation
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This is How You Can Help Projects

• Begin with the End
• Providing Resources

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Project Example
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This is How You Can Help Short Answer

• Ask Open-Ended Questions
• Prove It

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Short Answer Example

• Do you think that it was okay for Peter to lie
  to his dad about the super-duper omelet? Why or
  why not?

Yes
No
I think that it was okay for Peter to lie to his
dad about the super-duper omelet because.
I dont think that it was okay for Peter to lie
to his dad about the super-duper omelet because.
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This is How You Can Help Authentic

• Real World
• Connections

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Authentic Examples
How much time elapsed while we were at
recess? Why is it important for Michael Phelps
to know how to read decimals?
Make
Connections
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This is How You Can HelpHomework
Spelling Test
Skate Night
N/A
Watch Weather
Sign Here!
N/A
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This is How You Can HelpCommunication
TEACHERS....PARENTS COMMUNICATOR
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This is How You Can HelpTechnology
Teacher Webpage

• http//midway.anderson5.net/
• Click School Community
• Click Classrooms
• Click 4th Grade Homerooms
• Click on Teachers Name

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This is How You Can HelpFeedback
Next time. I really liked
Survey
Questions?
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This is Why You Were Here

• Take Home Tools
• to Increase Student
• Academic Performance