Welcome to Mrs' Daniels Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Mrs. Daniels Curriculum Night!

• Sharon Elementary 2007-2008

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A day in the life of your child
720-800 Unpack, Copy Homework, Daily Morning
Work, Daily Math Station, Morning Routine 800
835 MATH 840 925 SPECIALS (Music,
French, PE, Art, PE) 925 935 Bathroom
Break/Snack/Helper Share-time 935 1005 MATH
cont. 1005 1205 ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS/Read
Aloud 1205 1210 Bathroom Break Wash
Hands 1215 1245 LUNCH 1245 110
RECESS (Stop for Last Bathroom/Water Break) 115
215 SCIENCE or SOCIAL STUDIES 215 230 -
DISMISSAL
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Reading

• Students will use McGraw-Hill, which is a
  collection of literature. The series comes with
  leveled readers for each story.
• Students will listen to various novels during
  read aloud time as well as read books in their
  A.R. Level for literature circles.
• Accelerated Reading is up and running. Students
  look at expected goal and what they believe they
  can achieve to set their own goal.

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Language and Writing

• Students will continue to learn with Six Traits
  of Writing and with the aid of our book, Writers
  Express.
• Students will continue to practice writing to
  learn, writing to tell a story, writing to
  describe, writing to persuade, writing to inform,
  writing for themselves and others.

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Georgia Math Expressions

• Our new math program is comprised of the best of
  both worlds.
• Georgia Math is skills-based practice to build
  math confidence in all learners.
• Expressions offers hands-on manipulative
  activities to build an understanding of why and
  to foster mathematical reasoning (both oral and
  written).
• Students have nightly skills-based homework.
• The textbook is online, so students who
  sometimes forget, have every opportunity to
  complete homework/study for a test.
• www.eduplace.com

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Science

• Fourth Grade Units Include
• Solar System
• Water Cycle/Weather
• Motion Force/Simple Machines
• Light Sound
• Ecosystems
• Health

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Social Studies

• Fourth Grade Units Include
• Map Skills
• Native Americans
• Early Explorers
• Colonial America
• American Revolution
• Constitution
• Westward Expansion
• Civil War

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Health and Olweus

• We will study health for one of the four nine
  weeks. Units of study are safety, nutrition,
  diet, digestion, health fitness, drug alcohol
  awareness, disease prevention control, mental
  emotional health, growth development.
• Students are provided a brief, 10 minute
  talk-time every week about anti-bullying and how
  to deal with bullies via the Olweus program.

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Grades

• Math, Reading, and Grammar Tests are weighted as
  1.0.
• Science/Social Studies Tests are weighted as 2.0.
• Class assignments are weighted from 0.25-0.50.
• Any projects will be weighted as 2.0 3.0.
• Spelling Tests are weighted as 0.25.
• Homework is not graded, but
• counts toward their conduct
• grade.
• Please Utilize Infinite Campus.

Grading Scale A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 F
50-69
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Homework

• Homework will be generally assigned Monday
  through Thursday.
• Most of the time there will be no homework on the
  weekends except to study for the occasional
  Monday test, and always to bring back conduct
  form, signed by a parent.
• Please note that due to the large amount of
  curriculum in science, and especially social
  studies, when assigned to study, it is imperative
  that students study as there is not time to do
  intensive reviewing.

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Rules and Discipline

• The following rules are most important to Mrs. D
• Not talking during requested times instructions,
  tests, lining up, when another adult comes into
  the room
• Not to distract another child from learning
• Following directions and staying on task
• Having a pleasant attitude towards classmates and
  adults
• Completing assignments and homework
• Behaving in hall, bathroom, and for other teachers

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Consequences

• Students will be given individual and class
  warnings first.
• If a student breaks a rule after warnings are
  given, he/she will be given a tally mark on my
  chart.
• The number of tally marks will signify the
  conduct grade for the week. This will be noted
  on the Conduct Report. Students run/walk a lap
  per tally at recess (not exceeding 8 minutes of
  recess time).
• I depend on parents to partner with me.
• Serious misbehaviors could result in a phone call
  home or going to the principals office.

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Weekly Conduct/Work Habits Report
Please sign each Friday.
Checks 0 - 1 E 2 -4 S 4 8 N gt 8 U
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Parent/Teacher Communication

• Friday Folder/Daniels News
• Agenda
• Teacher Website
• Homework Hotline/Phone Call ext. 2038
• E-mail gdaniels_at_forsyth.k12.ga.us
• Student-Led Conferences in October (Sign-up
  tonight!)
• Follow-up, if needed, conferences in March