Back-to-School Night Mrs. Morales Welcome to 4th Grade Back-to-School Night Mrs. Morales

Mrs. Morales Married to Marco for 32 years Three Children: Janess, Mark, & Samantha Three Grandkids Cesar, Kaylie, & J.C.

Curriculum California Common Core Standards Website: www.cde.ca.gov/ci Differentiation for ability levels Music – Recorders Assessments Tests, Quizzes, Homework, Class Participation, Projects

Balanced Literacy Program Benchmark Education Daily Language Instruction 40+ Book Challenge Scholastic Magazine Core Trade Books Island of the Blue Dolphin By the Great Horn Spoon Esperanza Rising

MATHEMATICS Textbook: Math Expressions Focus on problem solving and real world application Emphasis on Modeling and Explaining mathematical processes Robotics

SCIENCE Collisions & Conversions Tectonic Plates & Volcanoes The Brain Animal Adaptations Engineering

SOCIAL STUDIES The Land and Early People Early California The Road to Statehood

Weekly Activities Daily schedule (on board) P.E. on Friday with district teacher Recorders/Tuesday with Mr. Mast Health/Fitness - Wednesday with Mrs. Carey

Homework All assignments are updated daily to the classroom website. Daily math Show all Math Work Spelling Words TenMarks - Weekly Independent Reading (20 min. daily) Language Arts /Writing Assignments as needed Science & Social Studies review as needed Any class work not completed generally goes home for homework.

Student Responsibilities & Parent Support Study Skills Homework - http://www.quailsummitschool.org/apps/classe s/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=748613 Expectations Daily Homework Journals Time Management - Absent Work

Grading Percent grades for all tests Effort grades given on all assignments turned in Daily work checked by student and points given when completed and turned in Test grades: 100%-90%=A 89%-80%=B 79%-70%=C 69%-60%=D 59%-Below=U

Leadership Opportunities Classroom Jobs Student Council Peer Tutoring (Math Olympiads) Spirit Squad Character Crew Conflict Managers

Field Trip CA History Gold Rush Experience at Irvine Regional Park March , 2017

Parent Help *Classroom *Mother’s Workshop *Room Parents *Young Author’s Day *Community Club *Auction Items 15

Parent Communication Daily Homework Journals – (requires a parent signature daily) Homework Login:http://www.quailsummitschool.org/apps/ classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=748613 Friday Folders – due on Monday ClassDojo:www.classdojo.com/parent E-mail: nmorales@wvusd.k12.ca.us; OR ClassDojo message

Reminders Lunch Policy – debit system; late lunch arrival time by 9:30 a.m. Student Pick-up – follow traffic pattern map; students must wait on the sidewalk behind the yellow line or on grass area Students will be tardy after 8:20 a.m. FYI – free online homework help in connection with L.A. Public Library: www.librarytutor.org Quail Summit Elementary Website: http://www.quailsummitschool.org

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