Welcome to Navarrete Elementary School’s Curriculum Night! Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Mrs. Whitlark’s Opening Remarks--6:00-6:15 PM Fourth Grade Team Session 1--6:20-6:40 PM Fourth Grade Team Session 2—6:45-7:05 PM

Meet the 4th Grade Teachers Mrs. Hack Mrs. MacKenzie Miss Miller Mrs. Morse

Reading Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys Building vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension Whole group/Small group instruction Scholastic News Magazines Informational Comprehension Literature (fictional) Comprehension Accelerated Reader (AR)

English Language Arts Curriculum Cross Curricular Writing Grammar Skills Writing Process Explanatory, narrative, opinion pieces 6 traits (ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, voice, and conventions) 25 Spelling words per week, weekly Friday tests

Math Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt GO MATH! Major Topics Taught: Place Value & Operations with Whole Numbers (Multiplication & Division) Fractions & Decimals - Geometry, Measurement, Data

Social Studies Curriculum Science Curriculum Scientific Method, Classification of Organisms, Electricity and Magnetism, and Weather Social Studies Curriculum Arizona history, Arizona government, Arizona geography, Economics

Extra-Curricular Activity $70 Fee Field Trips: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery On-site activities: Basha Science is Fun, Childsplay Artist-in-Residence, Grand Canyon National Park Ranger, Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat

Use Infinite Campus Parent Portal to: Pay Extra-Curricular Activity (ECA) Fee Track Your Child’s Academic Progress Verify Daily Attendance Access Messages View Quarterly Progress Reports and Report Cards

Navarrete Character Traits Six pillars of good character (Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthiness, Citizenship, and Fairness) Positive Reinforcement Verbal Praise Awards Money for Quarterly Auctions Community Building - Community Circle (Class meetings/Olweus Bullying Program) - February 2018 Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat

Homework Unfinished classroom assignments or skill practice activities Personal Reading (20 minutes per night) Spelling Lists are introduced on Mondays. Choose your favorite activities (on the back) to practice throughout the week for Friday’s test.

Follow the Hawk Nightly to Soar in Fourth Grade! Fourth Grade Flash Infinite Campus Home Folder Read 20+ Planner

Thanks so much for coming!