CURRICULUM NIGHT FEBRUARY 17, 2015 Mrs. Payne and Ms. Robinson

Language Arts & Reading-4 th Nine Weeks  Phonics and Grammar Review  Short and long vowel patterns  Th, sh, ch, wh  Nouns, verbs, compound words  Using complete sentences  Sentence structure I as a word Using ending punctuation and beginning capitalization  Using punctuation. ? ! “”

Language Arts & Reading-4 th Nine Weeks  New concepts for Phonics and Grammar  Vowel pairs: oa, ow, ie, oo, au, aw, oy, ew, ph, kn bossy r final stable syllables hard and soft c and g  Adjectives, adverbs, contractions, alphabetical order, prepositions, pronouns  Publishing non-fiction research book Coincides with science animal unit Students will use the same animal for both classes

Language Arts & Reading-4 th Nine Weeks  Strategic Reading Review  Retell  Sequencing  background knowledge  Decoding  mental imaging  Fantasy, fables and fairy tales  character traits  important events  Inferencing and context clues

Language Arts & Reading-4 th Nine Weeks  Strategic Reading New Concepts  Recognizing non-fiction text features  Retelling using non-fiction text  Author’s purpose in writing non-fiction or fiction  Main idea  Poetry structure and elements  Sensory language  Author study

Math-4 th Nine Weeks  Review  Continue skip counting  Continue money Identification Skip counting same coin Counting mixed groups (including quarters)  Counting forwards and backwards to 120  Place value (hundreds, tens, ones) ,=  10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less

Math Continued  New Concepts  Patterns with concrete objects, sounds and physical movement Predict what comes next in a pattern *+!*+!*_  Shapes (3D and 2D) Attributes and characteristics  Time To hour and half hour  Ordinal Numbers (first, second, third…)  Even and odd numbers  Equal Parts/Parts of a Set (fractions)

Science-4 th Nine Weeks  Plants  Animals (mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds)  Living and Non-Living  External Characteristics of Animals  Life Cycles  Offspring resembling parents  Species Interdependence Diorama project- coincides with ELA non-fiction research book

Social Studies-4 th Nine Weeks  Goods and Services  Financial Literacy Money, savings, etc.  Technology  How it has changed  Jobs  Career Day!  Inventors  Texas (completed)

Study Skills and Practice at Home  Study skills handout  Math flashcard games  Reading practices All of these can be found on both of our websites.

Over The Summer…  DO THE 2 nd grade PACKET!!!  It will be posted on our websites by the end of the school year  Continue practicing with Reflex math, flashcards, word wall words, etc.

Free Time!!  Explore the stations around the room with your child. Let them read to you at library, or build some words…any station your child wants to show you! HAVE FUN!  Want to discuss your child’s progress? Sign up for a conference on the sheet by the door of the classroom.