1. Welcome to Navarrete Elementary School’s Curriculum Night!
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Mrs. Whitlark’s Opening Remarks--6:00-6:15 PM
Fourth Grade Team Session 1--6:20-6:40 PM
Fourth Grade Team Session 2—6:45-7:05 PM

2. Meet the 4th Grade Teachers
Mrs. Hack Mrs. MacKenzie Miss Miller Mrs. Morse

3. Reading Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys
Building vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
Whole group/Small group instruction
Scholastic News Magazines
Informational Comprehension
Literature (fictional) Comprehension
Accelerated Reader (AR)

4. English Language Arts Curriculum
Cross Curricular Writing
Grammar Skills
Writing Process
Explanatory, narrative, opinion pieces
6 traits (ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, voice, and conventions)
25 Spelling words per week, weekly Friday tests

5. Math Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt GO MATH!
Major Topics Taught:
Place Value & Operations with Whole Numbers (Multiplication & Division)
Fractions & Decimals
- Geometry, Measurement, Data

6. 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

7. Extra-Curricular Activity $70 Fee
Field Trips: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery
On-site activities: Basha Science is Fun, Childsplay Artist-in-Residence, Grand Canyon National Park Ranger, Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat

8. Use Infinite Campus Parent Portal to:
Pay Extra-Curricular Activity (ECA) Fee
Track Your Child’s Academic Progress
Verify Daily Attendance
Access Messages
View Quarterly Progress Reports and Report Cards

9. 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 2018 Youth Frontiers Kindness Retreat

10. Homework Unfinished classroom assignments or skill practice activities
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.

11. Follow the Hawk Nightly to Soar in Fourth Grade!
Fourth Grade Flash
Infinite Campus
Home Folder
Read
20+
Planner

12. Thanks so much for coming!