Welcome To Fourth Grade! Southeast Elementary Shelley Black 816-359-6291 blacks@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Daily Schedule 8:20-8:40- Check Homework 8:40-8:50- Class Meeting 8:50-9:00- Daily Common Core Review 9:00-9:20- Word Study 9:20-10:30- Reader’s Workshop 10:30-11:20- Specials 11:30-12:15- Writer’s Workshop 12::21-1:16- Lunch/Recess 1:20-1:35- Interactive Read Aloud 1:35-2:10- Science/Social Studies 2:10-3:20- Math Workshop

Visitors/Volunteers Communication Take Home Folder- blue plastic folder with gold stars. Please check every evening and return each day. Contact Info Magnet- please feel free to call or email me if you ever have questions or concerns. Visitors/Volunteers Raptor- New visitor check in system. All visitor’s must have a valid driver’s license to register. All volunteers must be pre-screened. Forms are available in the office.

Transportation Please send a note with your child or contact the office concerning any changes in transportation. If a note is not sent and the office is not notified, your child will be sent to his or her usual transportation after school. Please do not leave messages concerning transportation on my school voice mail or email.

Birthdays Snacks Birthday treats must be individually wrapped and commercially packaged. You may send them to school or drop them in the office. Birthdays and treats are celebrated in the cafeteria. No tree nut or peanut products please. We will have a working snack time each afternoon around 2:15. Please send something healthy, dry, and quick. No peanut products. Water bottle are welcomed with water only.

Dress Code Dress comfortably Tennis shoes for P.E. and recess Limit jewelry and other accessories No hats/ball caps in building or at recess Dress for recess weather- jackets, coats, stocking caps, gloves

Continuous Improvement Leader in Me 7 Habits Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win-Win Synergize Seek First to Understand then to be Understood Sharpen the Saw Continuous Improvement Individual and class goal setting

Reader’s Workshop Resource- Structured around authentic, quality literature Goal- Develop lifelong readers Whole group, small group, and individualized instruction Reading strategies and skills will be the focus Please make reading a priority at home even though I will not required logged minutes. Read to your child, listen to your child read, and read together.

Writer’s Workshop Resource- Lucy Calkins Goal- to familiarize students with the genres of writing they will regularly encounter throughout their school career. Units of Study Realistic Fiction Persuasive Essays Research Reports Literary Essays

Word Study Resource- Words Their Way Goal- to build student’s reading and writing processing systems by being able to recognize word patterns and understand meanings to decode and solve new words. Begins with an elementary spelling placement test As a grade level students will be placed in differentiated groups. Emphasis on the spelling and meaning of groups of words will be studied with weekly spelling lists to improve spelling/writing fluency.

Math Workshop Resource- enVisionMATH Goal~ to develop conceptual understanding through daily problem-based interactive and visual learning and to create better problem solvers. Includes challenging concepts that involves many hands-on activities with a variety of manipulatives to improve understanding of real life experiences. Mastery of multiplication and division facts is essential Math homework that reinforces the daily lesson will be sent home on a routine basis.

Science Resources~Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and STEMscopes Uses~ 5 E’s instructional model ( Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) Goal~ use a constructivist approach to science instruction so students are actively developing their understanding of science concepts and practices.

New Grading System Partially Understood - I’m getting there! I can complete the task with help or an example in front of me. I may still make a few mistakes. I can find my mistakes with help from someone. Needed Support - I need help! I can follow the task while someone explains it to me. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I cannot figure out how to start. Exceeded - Ready for a challenge! I can complete the task without help. I can explain how to do the task in my own words. I can help someone who is struggling with the task. I can explain how it applies to my life. Mastered - I got it! I can show that I understand. I can find my own mistakes.

Report Card

Homework Math Frontrowed.com Required Math page each night that reinforces whatever skill we worked on that day during math workshop. Reading at home. Not required to log minutes. Optional Activities ELA Vocabulary.com Newsela.com Readtheory.org Whoosreading.org Math Frontrowed.com

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