Curriculum Night

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Curriculum Night

• Grade 4
• Mrs. Terri Cunningham
• Voice mailbox 3176 Email address
  cunninghamt_at_stsusanna.org
• Mrs. Emily Brandt
• Voice mailbox 3177 Email address
  brandte_at_stsusanna.org
• Mrs. Kathy Oliver
• Voice mailbox 3159 Email address
  oliverk_at_stsusanna.org

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Discipline Procedures

• Color coded system
• Green OK
• Yellow 5 minutes
• Blue Responsibility Mark
• Pink Phone Call to Parents
• Purple Principal

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• Responsibility/Behavior Marks
• Given for behavior problems and missing or late
  assignments. Items brought to school by parents
  will not be delivered to the classrooms until the
  end of the school day.
• Marks will be given for students failing to bring
  in a signed note explaining their absence.
• All marks must be signed with a full parent
  signature and returned to school the next school
  day.
• 5 responsibility marks in a trimester will result
  in a detention. This number drops to 4 in the
  third trimester.
• (See handbook for further detailed explanation of
  
• responsibility marks and detentions).

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Math

• Daily review using Simple Solutions books
• Quizzes are generally on Wednesdays
• Previous 4 lessons few problems from the weeks
  new material (topics will be announced)
• Daily lessons will build on prior knowledge
• In math notebooks, students write down the topics
  we are covering
• Textbooks are mainly for reference and additional
  
• practice. They can be taken home any
  night.
• Unannounced timed tests

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Science

• Major focus is biomes
• Mini leaf project
• Animal report
• Notes and packets are used to supplement textbook
• Spring unit will be simple machines

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Health

• End the school year with health
• Study
• Diseases
• Nutrition
• How health and the environment
• are related

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Religion

• Text Blest are We
• The parts of the Trinity
• The Sacraments
• The Ten Commandments
• Parts of the Mass and different Mass Prayers
• Learn how to look up Scriptural verses in the
  Bible.
• Prayers - Act of Contrition or Prayer of Sorrow,
  Creed
• Reconciliation - Celebrated in Spring/Lent
• Service Projects

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Reading

• Use the textbooks to teach different reading
  skills such as cause and effect, predicting
  outcomes, main idea.
• Reading program is supplemented with different
  trade books.

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Outside Reading

• Monthly book projects that will relate to the
  different genres.
• Each student is required to read at least three
  Accelerated Books per trimester. The books must
  be at an appropriate level for each student .
  Book reviews may be substituted for AR tests per
  teacher approval.

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English

• Heavy emphasis on writing process
• Use of school publishing materials
• Integrate writing to the different curriculum
  areas
• Study of grammar and the different parts of
  speech and emphasize using them in writing.
• Daily practice with editing skills and journal
  writing through Simple Solutions
• Weekly quizzes in Simple Solutions (Normally on
  Tuesdays)

I know, I know!!
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Writing in the Content Areas

• Students will be held accountable for applying
  grade level appropriate capitalization and
  punctuation rules.
• Students are responsible for correctly spelling
  the no excuses word list and words found
  directly on the page.

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Spelling/Vocabulary

• Weekly list entered around a basic rule or sound.
• Weekly practice work due on Thursday.
• Pretests will be given in Spelling and Vocabulary
  on Mondays (4B, 4O). If the student scores a
  100, then s/he is exempt from the corresponding
  test that week.
• Tests on Friday
• Spelling grades will be given for weekly spelling
  tests.
• Sentence dictation tests (4C) and basic list
  tests.
• English grade (4C) will also be given for
  dictation sentence tests. Grade based on
  capitalization and punctuation.

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Social Studies

• Half of the year is spent studying the different
  regions of the United States.
• Students will have regional map tests that build
  as the year progresses. Tests include location,
  capitals, and abbreviations.
• The remainder of fourth grade is spent on Ohio
  studies - Geography, resources, the settling of
  Ohio, Early Statehood, Challenge and Growth, Ohio
  Today
• Weekly Geography Reviews

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Make-up Work Policy

• A student who has been absent should consult the
  class make-up folder for the class activities,
  assignments, and handouts that he/she missed.
• Work that was assigned before an absence should
  be ready to be turned in upon arrival back to
  school. We will not remind students to do this.
  
• Students are not able to receive any work prior
  to absences (see handbook).
• Students who have unexcused absences, regardless
  of their length, will be given 3 days to make up
  the work (student must request the work).
  Students may be asked to complete work during
  recess.
• Students need to be prepared to take tests that
  were posted prior to an absence, on the day they
  return to school.

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Technology

• Computer lab once a week
• Technology projects are driven by the regular
  curriculum
• Use Microsoft products to complete different
  activities
• Use Internet Web Quest activities when possible
• Heavy concentration on keyboarding

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Homework

• Each day, students will copy their work into
  their planner.
• Activities that get completed in class will be
  crossed off. At the end of the day, anything not
  crossed off is homework.
• Homework Hints
• Students have homework every night
• Daily studying, reading AR books, facts review
  etc.
• Check your childs planner each evening to help
  him/her stay organized and make sure they are
  completing the necessary work (Parents do not
  need to sign student planners).
• Help teach students organization by recording
  projects and weekly assignments along with due
  dates on a calendar.
• If you need an extra copy of project directions,
  check out the fourth grade website.
• Ask your child if they understand their homework.
  If they do not, work a few examples together.
• Dont do your childs work for them. Help them
  learn how to do it themselves.

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Planner Symbols

• WS Worksheet SS Math
  Simple Solutions
• WGR Weekly Geography Review
  LASS LA Simple Solutions
• T Test
• Pkt Packet
• Q Quiz
• TOM Tomorrow

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Grade Scale A 93-100/Superior or Excellent
Work B 85-92/Very Good Work-Above Average C
77-84/Average Work There is nothing wrong with
a C! D 70-76/Below Average F below
70/Failing Student Recognition
Program Honors Award Grades for Religion,
Reading, English, Social Studies, Science/Health,
and Math are assigned point values. A 4 B
3 C 2 D 1 First Honors 22-24
points Second Honors 18-21 points -Achievement
Awards raise their grade point by at least two

points -Citizenship Award - no negative marks on
the Personal
Development areas of the report card -Scholastic
Merit any student who maintained all As all
year