Welcome to Back to School Night Fourth Grade Navarrete Elementary School 2016-2017

Meet the 4th Grade Teachers Mrs. Hack Mrs. MacKenzie Miss Miller Mrs. Proulx & Student Teacher Miss Scarpelli Mrs. Weight

Reading Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys Building vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension Whole group/Small group instruction Scholastic News Magazines Literature Studies 60% Informational Text 40% Fictional Text Accelerated Reader (AR)

English Language Arts Curriculum Cross Curricular Writing Grammar Skills / Writing Process 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

Extracurricular Activity $65 Fee Field Trips: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery Grade Level T-Shirt 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 Extracurricular Activity 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 2017 Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat

Homework Homework/Unfinished classroom assignments will be given by each teacher as needed to reinforce skills. 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

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