1. Back-to-School Night Mrs. Morales
Welcome to 4th Grade
Back-to-School Night
Mrs. Morales

2. Mrs. Morales Married to Marco for 32 years Three Children:
Janess, Mark, & Samantha
Three Grandkids
Cesar, Kaylie, & J.C.

4. Curriculum California Common Core Standards Website: www.cde.ca.gov/ci
Differentiation for ability levels
Music – Recorders
Assessments
Tests, Quizzes, Homework, Class Participation, Projects

5. Balanced Literacy Program
Benchmark Education
Daily Language Instruction
40+ Book Challenge
Scholastic Magazine
Core Trade Books
Island of the Blue Dolphin
By the Great Horn Spoon
Esperanza Rising

6. MATHEMATICS Textbook: Math Expressions
Focus on problem solving and real world application
Emphasis on Modeling and Explaining mathematical processes
Robotics

7. SCIENCE Collisions & Conversions Tectonic Plates & Volcanoes The Brain
Animal Adaptations
Engineering

8. SOCIAL STUDIES The Land and Early People Early California
The Road to Statehood

9. Weekly Activities Daily schedule (on board)
P.E. on Friday with district teacher
Recorders/Tuesday with Mr. Mast
Health/Fitness - Wednesday with Mrs. Carey

10. Homework All assignments are updated daily to the classroom website.
Daily math
Show all Math Work
Spelling Words
TenMarks - Weekly
Independent Reading (20 min. daily)
Language Arts /Writing Assignments as needed
Science & Social Studies review as needed
Any class work not completed generally goes home for homework.

11. Student Responsibilities & Parent Support
Study Skills
Homework - s/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=748613
Expectations
Daily Homework Journals
Time Management
- Absent Work

12. Grading Percent grades for all tests
Effort grades given on all assignments turned in
Daily work checked by student and points given when completed and turned in
Test grades:
100%-90%=A
89%-80%=B
79%-70%=C
69%-60%=D
59%-Below=U

13. Leadership Opportunities
Classroom Jobs
Student Council
Peer Tutoring (Math Olympiads)
Spirit Squad
Character Crew
Conflict Managers

14. Field Trip CA History Gold Rush Experience at Irvine Regional Park
March , 2017

15. Parent Help *Classroom *Mother’s Workshop *Room Parents
*Young Author’s Day
*Community Club
*Auction Items 15

16. Parent Communication
Daily Homework Journals – (requires a parent signature daily)
Homework Login: classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=748613
Friday Folders – due on Monday
ClassDojo:
OR ClassDojo message

17. Reminders
Lunch Policy – debit system; late lunch arrival time by 9:30 a.m.
Student Pick-up – follow traffic pattern map; students must wait on the sidewalk behind the yellow line or on grass area
Students will be tardy after 8:20 a.m.
FYI – free online homework help in connection with L.A. Public Library:
Quail Summit Elementary Website:

18. A Blueprint for Excellence
Kids First
Every Student
Every Day
A Blueprint for Excellence
Thank you for coming!