Parent Orientation

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Parent Orientation
Agenda Schedules Classroom
Rules Grading Policies
Volunteers Homework Help Wish
List Curriculum Summary
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• Daily Schedule
• Each morning starts with a warm up activity while
  attendance and lunch count is taken.
• Morning(Before Lunch)
• Math
• Reading
• Spelling
• Afternoon
• Language Arts
• Social Studies or Science

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SPECIALISTS SCHEDULE All Specials from
1000-1050 MONDAY Art with Mrs.
VandeVorde TUESDAY Music with Mrs. Marcy
WEDNESDAY Computers
THURSDAY P.E. with Mrs. Paulson FRIDAY
Library is unknown as of
printing
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PARENT/STUDENT CONFERENCES September
13-16 Please bring your child
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GRADING POLICIES

• Formal Grading - Standard Percentage Grades A
  90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F
  0-59
• Informal grading. Not all assignments are
  entered into the gradebook for averaging.
• Assignments should be completed by the due date.
  If homework is received one day late, the grade
  drops 10, two days late the work is worth 50,
  thereafter it is a zero.
• Mid-terms. I strive to keep my grade book as
  up-to-date as possible. Official midterms for D
  and F grades will be sent out during the middle
  of each quarter.

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Online Grades

• Grades will be posted online at my website.
• Grades will be updated every three weeks.
• Passwords are assigned based on student ID
  numbers.
• Log-ins and passwords will be sent home end of
  next week.
• If you want a hard copy of grades, please let me
  know.

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HOMEWORK

• Monday through Thursday
• Maximum of 45 minutes
• Plus 30 minutes of independent reading
• Short and long term homework is recorded in daily
  assignment book

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Fourth Grade Curriculum
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Math Curriculum

• Everyday Math
• Fourth Grade

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MATH

• Everyday Math is a research based math program
  based on the National Council of Teachers of
  Mathematics(NCTM).
• Everyday Math covers all strands of math
  including
• Numeration
• Operations and Computation
• Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data and Chance
• Woven into each strand is estimation, logic,
  reasoning, and problem solving.
• Everyday Math is a spiraling program in which one
  concept builds upon others. Not every concept is
  to be taught to mastery.

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MATH - Contd.

• Lesson Components
• Guided Lessons
• Small group and independent practice
• Games to reinforce skills(both computation and
  logic/reasoning)
• Study Links
• Written assessment

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Writing

• Six Traits of Writing (Ideas, Fluency,
  Organization, Word Choice,Voice, Conventions)
• Write Source (Modes of writing Narrative,
  Expository, Descriptive, Imaginative/Creative).
• Writing Process Pre-writing, revision, editing,
  final copy.

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• Mechanics
• Capitalization (all proper nouns, beginning of
  sentences, etc.)
• Commas in a series, direct address, dates,
  greeting and closing of a letter, after direct
  quote.
• Recognition of 4 types of sentences (declarative,
  expository, interrogative, and imperative).
• End of sentence punctuation (!.?)
• Apostrophes used for possession and contractions.
• Proper use of quotation marks
• Indenting paragraphs

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• GRAMMAR
• -Nouns, verbs, pronouns, prepositions,
  adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, articles (the,
  a, an).
• Identification of subject and predicate of a
  sentence.
• -Students will use different figures of speech
  similes, metaphors, idioms.
• -Writing topic sentences and supporting detail.
• PENMANSHIP
• -DNealian Cursive
• formation of letter, spacing, consistent slant,
  size, legibility.

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RESEARCH PROJECT

• Table of Contents, Dictionary, encyclopedia,
  thesaurus, index, guide words. Students are
  expected to incorporate writing skills taught
  Introductory paragraph, body, and conclusion

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Reading
Houghton Mifflin Reading Program A literature
based, integrated program which exposes ALL
students to significant literary works along with
real world resources (magazine, etc) provides
for the integration of reading, writing,
listening, and speaking uses collaborative
learning and higher level thinking skills, and
builds on students interests and experiences.
Reading emphasis will be on comprehension and
vocabulary development. Some of the skills
expected of a 4th grader are recognizing story
elements Character analysis, setting, plot,
sequence, conclusion, relationships and
motivations of characters, and comparing/
contrasting. Students will achieve success by
guided reading lessons using grade level text and
self-selected texts (individual reading levels).
My main goal is to motivate students to read.
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SPELLING

• Rebecca Sitton Program
• based on high-frequency words (those words used
  most often in writing and reading).
• Core Words taught each week using spelling rules,
  patterns, etc.
• Review Words are repeated until they become no
  excuse words.
• 50 of grade Weekly Random Spelling Checks from
  Student Writing
• 50 of grade Dictation on Friday, phonics'
  quizzes, writing samples

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SCIENCETaught first or second half of quarter

• FOSS - Full Option Science System
• Magnetism Electricity, Structures of Life,
  Water, Ideas Inventions, Measurement
• Thinking Process Advanced organizing,
  comparing, communicating, and observing.

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SOCIAL STUDIES - Arizona Studies Quarters 1-3

• Geography
• Arizona Regions
• Arizona Counties
• Mapping skills
• History
• Spanish in AZ
• Americans in AZ
• The Mexican War
• Territorial Days
• AZ the 48th State

• AZ Government
• Modern AZ Indians
• Plants Animals
• State Tree
• State Flower
• State Bird
• AZ 5 Cs (Cattle, Copper, Climate, Cotton,
  Citrus)

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SOCIAL STUDIESFourth Quarter

• U.S. Geography
• U.S. Mapping Skills
• Content Reading From Text in Preparation for 5th
  Grade
• Current Events
• Time for Kids Magazine-4.50 per child.

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TECHNOLOGY

• Focus
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Excel
• Internet
• Camera
• Scanner
• Procedures Save retrieve info. print import
  graphics access research software WORD
  PROCESSING page set-up, editing with spell
  check, use of thesaurus, and cut past function.
• Keyboard Type minimum of 15 wpm with 90
  accuracy.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

• Gingerbread Houses (Before Winter Holiday)
• Research Paper
• Fiddler Crabs
• Tucson Water Co. will visit and speak to our
  students.
• Trico Electric Co. will also visit and
  demonstrate electrical safety.
• Fourth Grade Musical
• Field Trips????
• Additional Guest Speakers-Notice sent home before
  date.

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Cool School Tools

• Be Responsible
• Be Respectful
• Be Safe

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CLASSROOM RULES

• I will respect the right of others and their
  things.
• I will listen and follow directions to the best
  of my ability.
• I will be kind.
• I will raise my hand and wait to be called on
  before speaking.
• I will keep my hands, feet and other objects to
  myself.
• I will work on seatwork quietly.
• I will follow school-wide behavior plans.
• I will complete my in-class work on a timely
  manner by not visiting and disrupting others.

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• I will bring all homework to class on due dates
  and be ready to learn.
• I will organize my responsibilities by recording
  class activities and homework assignments in my
  Daily Assignment Book for my parents review
  after school.
• I will be responsible for turning in work to the
  teacher when asked.
• I will be successful if I follow these rules.

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BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

• Verbal praise, open acknowledgement
• Free assignment coupons
• Clean desk awards
• Prize Drawer
• Chance Tickets
• Sit out part/entire recess
• Phone call home
• Asked to office

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VOLUNTEERS

• YES YES YES YES YES
• Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
• Fill out sign up for preferred days, I will do my
  best to accommodate!
• Our office staff and specialists can always use
  volunteers!!! By helping them, you are helping
  me.

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WISH LIST

• See chart. Any donations will be appreciated.
• THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN
  YOUR CHILDS EDUCATION!