1. Welcome! Fourth Grade Rm. 13 Ms. Stoddart

3. Room 13’s Weekly Schedule

4. Contact Information:
Phone #: , ext. 213

5. Edlio http://montemalaga.pvpusd.net/
Information for all Fourth Grade classes can be found from Rm. 13’s Home page. You should find our calendar, homework assignments, upcoming events, as well as links to Mr. Chin’s pages.

6. Policies Classroom Mgt. & Tickets Homework Assignments
Homework Organization
Friday Folders

7. Writer’s Workshop Narrative, Informative, Persuasive
Structured routine and procedures
Student-choice writing prompts
Revising and editing are not the same thing
Kids talk about what they are writing about in conferences
Mentor texts
Rich in nonfiction writing
Students papers are free of the adult footprint

8. According to Ralph Fletcher from What a Writer Needs
“You don’t learn to write by going through a series of preset writing exercises. You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you.”

9. Book Projects October: Mystery and Suspense
November: Historical Fiction
February: Biography or Autobiography
March: Tall Tales, Myths, and Legends
April Fantasy or Science Fiction
Book Projects

10. Core Literature Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell *
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman *
*There will be an option to purchase these two titles through the school (around $5) for your student to have a copy in which they can highlight, take notes, etc. This is optional and all students will be provided a copy to borrow and use sticky notes to mark.
Information was sent home last week in your student’s Friday folder. Thank you for submitting form and payment together to insure your order is processed properly. 

11. Social Studies Projects: Regions of California Presentations
California State Park Brochures
California History Timeline
22nd California Mission…Please do not run out and purchase a Mission Kit! 
Walk through California
Fieldtrips:
Point Vicente Interpretive Center
TBD

12. Science Scientific Method
Life Sciences: Plants and Sunlight, Food Chains/Webs, Microorganisms, Ecosystems, and Adaptations
Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals, Slow Changes on Earth, Fast Changes on Earth
Physical Science: Electricity and Magnetism
* Our Science Lab will be used during each unit to conduct related hands-on investigations and experiments. Writing will take place in the students’ Interactive Science Notebooks as they work through the Scientific Process.

13. S.T.E.M. Unit 1, Energy Collisions: Unit 2, Energy Conversion:
Students explore the properties of mechanisms and how they change energy by transferring direction, speed, type of movement, and force. Students discover a variety of ways potential energy can be stored and released as kinetic energy. They explain the relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of that object, as well as predict the transfer of energy as a result of a collision between two objects As students solve the problem for this module, they apply their knowledge and skills to develop a vehicle restraint system.
Unit 2, Energy Conversion:
Students identify the conversion of energy between forms and the energy transfer required to move energy from place to place. They also identify and explain how energy can be converted to meet a human need or want.
* Our Invention Convention is scheduled for March 22nd. More information to come! 

14. Questions…??