1. Welcome to Fourth Grade!
Grande Park Elementary School….Positively working together to achieve our goals with Grizzly pride!
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2. What Will We Talk About This Evening?
The Curriculum
ELA
Science
Social Studies
Math
Assignments
Grades/ Grading
Classroom Rules & Procedures

3. ELA
ReadyGEN 2016, Pearson
This includes 4 units with 2 modules per unit:
Each unit has a science or social studies theme
Each module has a performance based assessment (PBA) at the end
Writing: This program is balanced with writing that is linked directly with the days reading activity.
“Let’s write like the author.”
Reading: Discussions, word analysis, close reads, vocabulary, etc.
Graded work: written response, multiple choice, vocabulary
Differentiated & flexible groupings

4. ELA Topics Reading Unit 1: Scientists, researchers, animals
Unit 2: Tall tales, Pourquoi tales, Native Americans
Unit 3: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
Unit 4: Starting businesses, using money
Writing
Unit 1: Biographies, Infographics
Unit 2: Narratives, Opinions
Unit 3: Opinion, News Reports
Unit 4: Narratives

5. Science
This year the students will be studying several different hands on units that directly correlate with our ELA & Social Studies curriculums.
Units are aligned with the Illinois Next Generation Science standards.
These units include topics like energy,
sound waves and natural disasters.
Energy
Waves (Ocean, Sound, Technology)
Molecules to Organisms
Earth’s Geology
Earth’s Movement & Landforms
Earth & Human Activity

6. Social Studies We use the Houghton-Mifflin series for S.S.
There will be five units the students will be covering this year:
Our Land and First People
Exploration and Settlement
The English Colonies
The American Revolution
The New Nation

7. Social Studies
For quizzes the students will be able to use their textbooks.
This will help them utilize the skills of reading and understanding non-fiction textbooks.
For tests, students will not be able to use their textbooks.
This will help them prepare for the testing style, and study strategies in future grades. Study guides will be provided.

8. Math
School District #308 utilizes the My Math program. The program has been implemented district wide Pre-K through High School and includes learning opportunities for enrichment and reteaching.
My Math relies on a variety of ways to teach, practice, and review the concepts including:
Flexible & Differentiated Grouping
Direct instruction
Partner work
Games
Small group activities

9. Math (cont.)
The purpose of the My Math curriculum is to allow students to explore key mathematical concepts and ideas through an in-depth study of all the content strands of mathematics. This also includes real world math applications.

10. Math (cont.) The Scope and Sequence can be found on the
internet at (District
Departments-Teaching and Learning- Program
Directory-Elementary Education- Choose
grade level- Choose Mathematics or Literacy).

11. My Math Student Edition
(Here you could show a student workbook with this slide to show each part of the lesson)
Understanding math vocabulary is key to understanding math concepts. My Math will begin with My Math Words which reviews previously introduced words. The My Vocabulary Cards are ready to go and use vocabulary that will be introduced and used in the chapter. These cards can also be printed at home from the Student Center.
The lesson format is the same for each lesson. The first section is Explore Explain in K-2/Math in My World 3-5. This is a hands on, teacher guided exploration of the new concept. The essential question for the chapter is listed. The next section is See and Show in K-2/Guided Practice in 3-5. In this section, the students practice the new concept with support. After that, students do independent practice (called ‘On My Own’ in K-2/ Indepednent Practice 3-5). Each lesson ends with a problem solving page. Learning how to apply math concepts to real world problems is an essential component of the program.

12. McGraw Hill Online Math Resource

13. Assignments Assignments are posted in the classroom
and each student is responsible for writing
them in their assignment notebooks. Our
goal is to prepare your child to be
independent and responsible.
Please sign your child’s assignment
notebook daily, if you feel it is best practice
for him/her.
If no homework is assigned, you can always encourage your child to study math facts for accuracy and fluency, and read for at least 20 minutes!

14. District 308 Homework Guidelines
Purpose: At the elementary level the purpose of homework, when assigned, is to reinforce or extend classroom learning for individual student success.
Length:
On average:
K-2 Fifteen Minutes/Day
3-5 Thirty Minutes/Day
No Homework Over Extended Breaks
Examples:
Included, but not limited to:
K-2: Daily reading, sight words practice, special projects, math practice, etc.
3-5: Anticipatory preparation, daily reading, math practice, special projects, study guides, etc.
Requests for make-up homework are accepted by the school office on the second day of absence by 10:00 a.m.
Make-up homework should then be prepared for after-school pick up or sent with a designated student.

15. Communication
On Thursday, building notes are sent home in the electronic backpack.
E-Newsletters every other week
Website

16. Take Home Folders & Data Binders
Take Home folders are designed to house any notes students may need to bring back and forth to school, as well as any notes from me. This folder will also bring home any completed work that has been checked but is not graded.
Data Binders will be coming home each Wednesday with all graded work showcased. The binder is divided into subjects. Students organize their graded work in their binder, and calculate their grades each Wednesday. All work stays in their binder week to week and gets emptied after each semester.

17. Grades Grades will be based on the following scale…
The scale will always be posted in the classroom and the students have already been made aware of them. The scale is also in their binders, along with directions for figuring their letter grades.
Please remember this is the first year your child will get letter grades. Please reflect on how you want to discuss and support your child in this new stage of becoming an upper elementary student. Celebrate the grades with your child! If a B was earned by your child’s best effort, celebrate!!

18. What’s My Grade? What’s My Grade? What’s My Grade? What’s My Grade?
100-97% = A+
96-93% = A
92-90% = A-
89-87% = B+
86-83% = B
82-80% = B-
79-77% = C+
76-73% = C
72-70% = C-
69-67% = D+
66-63% = D
62-60% = D-
59% - Below = F
What’s My Grade?
100-97% = A+
96-93% = A
92-90% = A-
89-87% = B+
86-83% = B
82-80% = B-
79-77% = C+
76-73% = C
72-70% = C-
69-67% = D+
66-63% = D
62-60% = D-
59% - Below = F
What’s My Grade?
100-97% = A+
96-93% = A
92-90% = A-
89-87% = B+
86-83% = B
82-80% = B-
79-77% = C+
76-73% = C
72-70% = C-
69-67% = D+
66-63% = D
62-60% = D-
59% - Below = F
What’s My Grade?
100-97% = A+
96-93% = A
92-90% = A-
89-87% = B+
86-83% = B
82-80% = B-
79-77% = C+
76-73% = C
72-70% = C-
69-67% = D+
66-63% = D
62-60% = D-
59% - Below = F
What’s My Grade?
100-97% = A+
96-93% = A
92-90% = A-
89-87% = B+
86-83% = B
82-80% = B-
79-77% = C+
76-73% = C
72-70% = C-
69-67% = D+
66-63% = D
62-60% = D-
59% - Below = F

19. Grades (cont.)
Tests, quizzes, projects, and classroom assignments will determine report card grades.
Class participation and
homework completion will be
reflected in the effort section
of the report card.

20. Classroom Procedures Filling out their planner & pack-up buddy checks
Copy planner in morning
Check planner and their stack on their desk, in afternoon with a buddy
Classroom Management:
Rules
Tickets & Gems
Consequences
Oops slips (missing/late work)

21. Thank you so much for attending this evening
Thank you so much for attending this evening. We are looking forward to a successful year!
Please sign up on the back table if you’d like to volunteer.
Post questions on the parking lot on the windows.
Keep in touch and let’s celebrate all the growth your children make this year!