Welcome to 4th Grade

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Welcome to 4th Grade

• Back to School Night, Room 19

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Weekly Specials

• Monday- Gym
• Tuesday- Gym and Library
• Wednesday- Art
• Thursday- Spanish and Computer
• Friday- Music
• Teacherweb.com/md/stpiusxschool/calkins for
  classroom schedule

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Classroom Mission

• To achieve academic excellence while instilling
  in our students a spiritual foundation of
  Catholic values.
• I am committed to creating a safe, caring
  environment that challenges and inspires everyone
  to work to his or her full potential.
• School and classroom rules are built upon
• RESPECT

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Classroom Expectations

• Arrive on time, and to be ready to go by 805.
• Attentive listening.
• Mutual respect. No put-downs.
• Personal best.

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Behavioral Consequences

• Warning
• 5 min. loss of recess
• 10 min. loss of recess
• Study Hall
• Parent Contact
• Out of classroom Parent Contact

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Positive Behavior

• Praise
• Self respect
• Positive note or phone call home
• Rewards
• 50 tallies Free time on Fridays

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Homework Expectations

• On time
• Late assignments- 5 points deducted each day, Day
  3- no points
• Assignments in Student Planner- Parent Signatures
• Wednesday Folders- Parent Signatures

• Reading Log- 20 minutes each day
• Writing- Writing 2-3 nights a week
• Spelling- Independent work, due Fridays
• Math- Nightly
• Current Event Writings- monthly

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Homework

• Please help if your child asks for help.
• Please do not correct homework.
• Incorrect answers help me to gauge student
  learning.
• If your child finds something difficult, please
  contact me.

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Wednesday Folders

• Folders sent home every Wednesday, with graded
  papers and classroom news
• Parent Signature

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Grading Policy

• Power School should be available mid September.
• A 97-100
• A 93-96
• B 89-92
• B 85-88

• C 80-84
• C 75-79
• D 70-74
• E 69 and below

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Reading

• Students will use the Macmillan McGraw Reader and
  at times, novel sets.
• Major focus is comprehension, returning to text
  to find answers.
• Develop critical thinking and reasoning skills.
  Inferences, predictions, cause and effect, and
  story elements.
• Students must have a book with them at all times.
  Reading is important. Must be grade level
  appropriate, mid-September.
• Complete Reading Log each evening. Submitted for
  grade.

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Writing

• Learn the 61 Traits of Writing
• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency- read aloud
• Conventions- edit
• Presentation
• Grammar- through text and own writing sample.
• Reading/Writing Workshop for editing.
• Paragraphs should be at least 6 sentences in
  length.

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Language Arts

• Spelling
• Words presented on Monday
• Independent and classroom work
• Independent work due Friday
• Vocabulary Sadler-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop,
  New Edition
• 2 weeks to complete a unit
• Words posted on webpage
• Apply word meanings through synonyms, antonyms,
  answer questions from a narrative.
• There will be book reports and projects
  throughout the year.

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Math

• enVision Math- multiplication, division,
  fractions, decimals, measurement, time and
  temperature, congruence, symmetry, patterns, data
  and graphs, area, perimeter, probability,
  estimation, lines, angles, shapes.
• Apply skills to real-life applications.
• Estimation Jar, Logic Puzzles, Tangrams

Computation Please practice basic facts.
Classroom drills to begin late September.
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Social Studies

• Instruction is geared so that students are
  knowledgeable to become active and involved
  citizens of the community.
• Regions Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, Middle
  West, Mountain States, West
• States and Capitals
• Maryland History
• Map Skills- hemispheres, landforms, map keys
• Monthly current event report- Local, national and
  state events.

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Science

• Scientific Process- Emphasis is a hands-on,
  minds-on approach to learn observation skills,
  predicting, classifying, comparing, measuring,
  sequencing, collecting evidence, testing a
  hypothesis, controlling test conditions,
  organizing and presenting data.
• Units
• Living Things
• Ecosystems
• Earths Surface
• Patterns on Earth and in Space
• Matter and Energy
• Forces and Motion
• Some projects. Review sheet, then test.

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Parent Conferences

• Parent Conferences October 10th and 11th.
• Look for sign up sheet in Wednesday Folder.

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Needs

• Volunteers for lunch supervision, field trip
  chaperones. STAND approval.
• As year progresses, look for needs listed on
  class webpage.
• Building classroom library and novel sets for
  reading.

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Contact

• Best way to contact me is by email.
• kcalkins_at_stpius10school.org
• Ill check my email 2X a day, and get back to you
  within 24 hours. Usually less time.

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• Questions?
• Thank you!