1. FOURTH Grade Curriculum Night August 23, 2016
Mr. Moffett
Ms. Strous
Mrs. Taylor
Rick

2. Attendance/Dismissal
Please make sure that students arrive promptly at 7:40 am
Absences must be communicated through the front office
Dismissal
Any changes to a child’s normal dismissal routine must go through the front office by 2:00 pm
Please review the bus policy
Shannon
Changes to normal dismissal routine needs to be called into office or a signed, detailed note with your child

3. PBIS Creating a Positive Learning Environment
School-Wide Expectations
*Practice Respect
*Act Responsibly
*Work Together
*Safety Matters
Clip Chart
Each day, students begin on ready to learn
They can move up on the chart for making positive choices, or down for making choices that need to be coached, practiced, or re-planned
Jen

4. PBIS Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Steps up the clip chart
Blue- Good Day
Black- Great Job
Purple- Outstanding
Students are recignized for their outstanding days.
Steps down the clip chart
Yellow- coaching/redirection
Orange- Refocus desk to reflect on choices and making a plan.
Red- Refocus desk in another teacher’s classroom.
Jen
Yellow- Your child has been given a warning and still chose to continue their behavior. They will be redirected by the teacher. Orange-Your child has continued their inappropriate behavior after being warned and redirected. They must fill out a redirection form and take it home for a parent to sign.
Red-Your child has continued their inappropriate behavior for a fourth time. They must fill out another redirection form in another teacher’s room and take it home for a parent to sign

5. Homework Your involvement is key to your child’s success this year.
Parents are a child’s first and most important teacher
The most essential things parents do for their children’s education occur at home.
Homework is sent home on Mondays - Thursdays.
Reading Homework
Please read with your child for 20 minutes each night and record your signature each day
Please sign your child’s planner Monday – Thursday to show you have read it and they have finished their homework.
Homework is graded on completion so please make sure your child completes each page fully.
Shannon

6. Resources
FOSS KITS
CCRS Lessons
Engage NY
Shannon

7. English Language Arts Common Core Standards The BIG 5
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
The BIG 5
Phonemic awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Renee

8. Writing Writers’ Workshop Types of Writing
We follow a consistent routine beginning with a writing mini-lesson, followed by independent writing time, and closing with a brief sharing time.
Types of Writing
Informative/
Explanatory texts
personal Narratives
Opinion Pieces
Persuasive text
Rick

9. Kyrene Math Philosophy… Cognitively Guided Instruction
“The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple!” S. Gudder
Mathematical skills used as tools to solve meaningful problems
Flexible thinking and multiple strategies are encouraged
Talk, represent, and write about math
Work in pairs, individually, and/or groups
Shannon

10. Math Common Core Numbers and Base Ten, including fractions
And decimals
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Math practices include persevering, attending to precision, engaging in math conversations, and constructing viable arguments
Jen

11. Place Value
Understanding that the digits in 3 to 7+ digit numbers stand for hundreds, tens, and ones
Skip counting by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000,000
Mentally adding 1, 10, or 100 Thousand to any given number
Use place value properties to solve problems
Jen

12. Problem Solving
Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the (two) operations,
Represent problems using equations. with a letter standing for unknown quantity
Assess reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
develop an understanding of multiples and factors
apply their understanding to multiplication.
Renee

13. Problem Solving
explore decimal numbers via their relationship to decimal fractions
express a given quantity in both fraction and decimal forms.
make sense of multiplication and division with larger numbers
develop ideas involving measurement and conversions of measurement from a larger to a smaller unit
develop ideas about patterns, sequences, and functions as they build foundation for algebra
use graphs, expressions, and descriptions to represent a constant rate of change

14. Parent Tips… Believe your child can successfully learn mathematics
Expect your child to work hard to learn mathematics
ASK your child explain the problem by thinking aloud and showing all work
Practice basic addition and subtraction facts
Help your child connect math with daily life
Point out your own activities that involve math
Practice open communication between school and home
Shannon

15. Health Health Promotion Disease Prevention Harcourt Curriculum
Use of Interpersonal Communication, Decision making, and Goal Setting Skills to Enhance Health
Rick

16. Technology 10 laptops and 2 desktop computers in each classroom
Smartboard, projector, and document camera
Typing agent
Dreambox
Class Web Pages
Kyrene Internet Resources
PowerPoint
Project-based learning
Digital Portfolios
Renee

17. Science Units of Study Water & Weather Electricity & Magnetism
Renewable & Nonrenewable
Structures & Animal Classification
Shannon

18. Social Studies Government Map skills
Units of Study:
Government
Map skills
Native, Mesoamerican, and Arizona History
Historical Research
Rick

19. Let’s Have a Great Year!