1. 2015 - 2016 Curriculum Presentation Fourth Grade Team Ms. Dewarrat, Mrs. Schmalstieg, Ms. Webb

2. School-wide Guidelines The 3 B’s! 1.Be respectful 2.Be responsible 3.Be safe

3. Honey Drops How do students get them? ◦ By being safe, respectful, and responsible (the 3 B’s). Any teacher or staff member can spot students following the three B’s and give honey drops ANY TIME, ANYWHERE!!

4. Homework 1. In 4 th grade, students are required to do 40 minutes of homework each night. 2. Students will receive homework in both Math and Language Arts each day that will be due the next day. (We will occasionally have homework in other subjects but the total time should be about the same each night). Homework will be posted on classroom webpage for you to refer to. 3. Students are responsible for completing their homework on time. We will go over it in class the next day.

6. Wacky Wednesday & Study Hall! 1. Every Wednesday, we will have a Wacky Wednesday free time for students who completed all homework and classwork. 2. Students who have not turned in a homework assignment or have incomplete classwork will go to study hall instead of Wacky Wednesday.

7. Graded Work & Newsletters Graded work and class work will be sent home on Fridays in their expandable folder. Please take out all your student’s work and review it with your child…this is yours to keep. You can access your student’s grades on ParentVue. Newsletters will be posted on our classroom webpage. Please make sure we have your current e-mail. The newsletter includes: ◦ What we will cover in class in all curriculum areas. ◦ Anything upcoming that you should be aware of.

8. Reading Literature Studies: Focus on vocabulary, spelling, and text comprehension including main idea, theme, and citing evidence from the text. We will incorporate the following into our reading instruction: Whole Group Small Group (ability based) Partner Reading S.Q.U.I.R.T. (silent reading)

9. Reading Skills Reading skills that we work very hard on in fourth grade are: Making inferences Main idea/ Summarizing Theme Cause and effect Comprehension Sequencing Author’s Purpose

11. WRITING PROCESS Write From the Beginning – our new curriculum helps student better map out their ideas to plan their writing and helps with structure and more expressive writing Prewriting Draft Revision Editing Publishing

12. Genres of Writing Opinion Narrative Informative/ Explanatory

13. LANGUAGE Analogies Context Clues Prefixes / Suffixes / Root Words Antonyms / Synonyms / Homonyms Figurative / Literal Language Types of Sentences Subject and Predicate Punctuation Parts of Speech Contractions Fact and Opinion

14. Spelling Each week: Each Monday, students will be given 20 spelling words. These will also be vocabulary words connected to our literature studies. They will record this list of words in their Agenda which goes home each night in their expandable folder. Spelling homework: Homework will focus on 5 words each night. Student can also practice the words using Spelling City at www.spellingcity.com or by another method of your choice. www.spellingcity.com Each Friday there will be a Spelling Test & Vocabulary test!

15. MATHEMATICS The expectation for your child entering 4 th grade: Fluency of multiplication and division facts 0 through 10. Operations and Algebraic Thinking Solving problems using multiplicative comparisons Applying multiplication and division strategies to solve problems with larger numbers patterns and relationships Number and Operations in Base Ten Place value understanding for multi-digit numbers operations w/ multi-digit whole numbers

16. MATHEMATICS Number and Operations— Fractions Applying understanding of fraction equivalence and operations Understanding of fraction equivalence, operations, and connections to decimals Measurement/Data converts measurement units within a system Investigating data analysis Geometry Lines and angles classifing two-dimensional figures based on their properties

17. Social Studies Learning Goals : I can understand that people in Arizona have always been affected by and changed the environment. I can understand that exploration in Arizona resulted in the founding of European colonies and changes for the local Native Americans. I can understand and explain the events that led to Arizona becoming a state. I can understand how and why the people of Arizona are responsible for their community, government and economy.

18. SCIENCE Scientific Process Making Observations Creating Hypothesis Test Hypothesis/ Collect Data Drawing Conclusions Communicate Results

19. Scientific Units of Study Animal Classification and Adaptations Water and Weather Electricity and Magnetism Renewable and Nonrenewable Sources

20. Health Wellness and emotional health Nutrition Preventing the spread of germs Safety and first aid Human growth and development

21. Technology  Our class is scheduled to be in the computer lab once a week for at least 1 hour  Areas of exploration include: ◦ Coding ◦ PowerPoint and multi-media presentations ◦ Typing skills—speed and accuracy ◦ Researching on the web ◦ Google Docs

22. Kyrene Educational Resources Kyrene.org > students > educational resources

23. Parent Drop off Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk. If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk. Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one line of traffic that is pulling in from the street. Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is appropriate.

24. Parent Drop Off PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF Enter Exit CROSSWALK South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue Mountain Sky Avenue

25. Parent Pick-up Please have the Blue sign with your students first and last name, and grade level displayed in the windshield or hanging from the visor.

26. Parent Pick-up Pull up as far as possible and your student will be sent to your car. Students can enter cars after car passes the cross walk. PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP LANE FOR STUDENT PICK- UP Enter Exit CROSSWALK South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue Student waiting zone

27. Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward

28. Let’s Put Student Safety First!

29. Parents, Students, Teachers ***************** Together we will work as a TEAM to make this school year a positive one for our students!