Please find your childs desk and have a seat. There are sticky notes available for you to leave your

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Welcome to Curriculum Night Fourth Grade

• Please find your childs desk and have a seat.
  There are sticky notes available for you to leave
  your child a note on their desk to read tomorrow
  if you wish. Please start filling out the forms
  as well. You will find an agenda on your childs
  desk. Well start shortly thanks for coming!

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Important Forms

• Please fill out these forms tonight and leave
  them on your childs desk
• Washington State Patrol
• Walking Permission Slip
• Volunteer Checklist
• Discipline Policy
• Report Card Rubrics
• My Child as a Learner
• Go to Sunny Hills website sign up for E-News!
• Additional Classroom Papers for you to look at

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Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Social Studies
• Regions of Washington
• State Government
• Animal Reports
• History of Washington
• Fourth Grade Festival
• The Pacific Rim
• Health

• Science
• Forestry
• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
• Emergency Preparation
• Air and Flight
• Astronomy

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Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Reading
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Owl in the Shower
• A Day in the Woods
• Horses Tale
• The Big Wave
• Sadako and the Paper Cranes
• Lost Star
• The Wright Brothers
• McGraw-Hill Selections

• Writing
• Six Traits Writing and Writers Workshop
• Journals
• Spelling
• Creative Writing
• Writers Express
• Animal Reports
• Monthly Book Reports
• Daily Oral Language

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Mathematics and Everyday Math

• Major Units
• Data about Us
• Geometry
• Products and Factors
• Using Data to Predict
• Place Value
• Patterns

• Measurement
• Shapes and Solids
• Decimals
• Fractions
• Multiplication and Division
• Probability

• Supplemental work is done on basic facts
  (multiplication facts must be mastered by
  December and division facts by May).
• We focus on word problems and problem solving
  strategies all year.
• Emphasis is also placed on being able to
  communicate mathematical understanding with
  words, diagrams, and pictures.

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Everyday Math

• Family Letters with Each Unit
• Study Links
• On-line access for families (directions included
  with the other papers)
• Games
• Goals and Exit Slips
• Student Reference Books (SRB)

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Other Curriculum Areas

• Physical Education and Health
• Music
• Library
• Technology Exploration with PowerPoint,
  Publisher, Excel, Ed Class Activities, and Word
• Keyboarding Lessons (please monitor this process
  at home and review expectations in your childs
  binder)

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Classroom Systems

• Weekly Updates and Newsletter
• Clipboard for Work Completion
• Planners
• Friday Study Hall
• Team Points
• Extra Papers
• Star Forms for Nightly Reading

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Field Trips

• State Capitol October 26th
• Washington Festival Day February 15th
• Emergency Preparedness Training at school March
  
• Museum of Flight late April
• Kite Design Class at school May
• Port of Seattle Boat Tour June
• PLMS 6th Grade Writing Buddies - monthly

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Book Reports

• Schedule of genres is in your packet
• Students have copies of both the guidelines and
  basic rubric in their binders they will receive
  specifics about the months project the first
  week of each month.
• Selection criteria for books
• Extra Credit

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Homework Expectations

• Nightly work should take your child about 50
  minutes. This includes
• At least 20 minutes of reading
• Approximately 10 minutes to study spelling
• About 20 minutes for an additional task
• Book reports and larger projects are extra and
  can take more time.
• Fourth grade is a year where your child should
  take more responsibility for their work and
  organization.
• How can you best help your child with their
  homework?

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Changes in School Policies

• Birthdays
• Classroom Parties
• Interruptions in the classroom
• Thanks for you flexibility with these new
  systems.

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Mark your calendar!

• Standford Achievement Tests Feb. 4 15
• WASL Dates April 14 May 2
• If possible, please make sure that your children
  are in school on these days and think about this
  testing window when you are planning spring
  vacations. Thank you!

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Volunteering

• Classroom Help
• Weekly Writing Helper please talk to me if
  interested
• Science Docent
• Art Docent
• Publishing Center
• Field Trips

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Thank you!
There are sign-up sheets in the back for
volunteer opportunities. I will be in touch with
you regarding your interests and will put
together monthly volunteer calendars. Also,
please sign up for a goal setting conference in
November. Conference dates this fall are November
13 and 14. These sheets are in the back. In
addition, please make sure to give me your e-mail
address.