1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
Thank you for being here to gain ideas in supporting your child’s learning.

3. Reading Log - Daily Homework

4. Reader’s Workshop
Cognitive Strategies - making connections, predicting, questioning, visualizing
Reading Skills – main idea, summary, finding details, inferencing, vocabulary, drawing conclusions, theme, poetic structure
Independent reading
Reading groups – teacher / peer

5. Writer’s Workshop Writer’s Notebook / Spelling & Grammar Notebook
Brainstorming ideas / activities
Choice writing (personal narratives, creative writing, poetry, expository)
Conferencing
Sharing

9. Math in 4th Grade 2-3 step Story Problems
Multiplication basic facts memorized
29 x 84 and 8,534 x 2
9,956 divided by 6

10. How often should I practice basic multiplication facts?
Only on the days you eat!
Multiplication Fluency: A necessity for success in math!
Students are expected to be practicing basic multiplication fact fluency daily. Fluency means a student is able to instantly retrieve the answer from memory. Students will be held accountable for acquiring this skill.
A major grade will be given each quarter.
Students will be graded on fluency speed and accuracy of 100 basic facts within 5 minutes.

12. Decimals and 0.05
Line, Line Segments, Rays
Angles
Types of triangles

13. Representing Data
Frequency Tables
Dot Plot
Stem-and -Leaf

14. Bank as a financial institution Borrowing money from a bank
Financial Literacy
Calculating a profit
Bank as a financial institution
Borrowing money from a bank
Fixed and Variable expenses

15. Math What can you do to help your child to do better in my Math class:
Check AGENDA every day
Be involved in Homefun projects.
Have your child practice Multiplication Facts every day
Ask your child to TEACH you something they learn every day

16. Measurement and graphing are implemented into the units
Please discuss units of measurement with your child whenever possible: as you are grocery shopping, buying gasoline, cooking, and etc.

18. Science Science ISN Hands-on Vocabulary
Critical thinking – drawing conclusions
Process Skills

19. We are going to have
a great year!!