1. 4th Grade Curriculum Night
Stephanie Blanco
Hannah Brents
Amy Sheridan
Jaci Steinhart
Tiffany Waller

2. Expectations Student Behavior Score Card
- Each week, a new SCORECARD will be passed out and kept in the students’ binders.
-A weekly calendar will be on the reverse side to be used to record homework.
-During each of their classes, throughout the day, the students will have the opportunity to earn 5 points. Points will be deducted for incomplete homework, disruptive behavior, etc.
-The scorecard will add up to 100 points for an entire week if your child receives all 5’s.
-90 and 100 points for the week will earn $5 “Bonus Bucks”, on Friday.
-The scorecard will run from Friday to Thursday, so that students will have their scorecard signed Thursday.
-ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE THEIR SCORECARD SIGNED BY A PARENT ON THURSDAY TO BE REWARDED THEIR BUCKS ON FRIDAY.
-The students will have a chance to spend the bonus bucks they earn at the 4th grade auction. The auctions will be held once every 9 weeks.

3. Organization Scorecards and Weekly Agenda Check binders daily!
Homework recorded daily/weekly on the back of the scorecard
Scorecards used to monitor behavior management
Check binders daily!
Any papers from school
Scorecard notations
Signed papers, biweekly, are due the following Monday with a parent signature.

4. Grading Grade Weighting
35% - Tests, Performance Assessments, In-School Projects, End of Unit Writing
30% - Quizzes, Home Projects, Oral Presentations
25% - Classwork
10% - Homework
Recovery Grade Policies: If a student makes below a 70% on a test, and that grade makes their overall grade fall below a 70%, they will have the opportunity to retake the test. The grade earned on the recovery test will be recorded as a 70% for the recovery test regardless of the actual test score. For example, if a student made a 50 % on Test #1, and retook the test and scored an 85% on Test #2, the grade recorded in the gradebook would be a 70%. It will be noted that they made the 85% so that we know they now understand the material, but the 70% will be the grade they will get for the test; not an average of the two tests.

5. Language Arts/ Reading/Writing
Write in several genres
Narrative, opinion, informational, response to literature
Research and find information
Ideas
Maintain focus in writing
Organization
Style
Engage reader
Show evidence of the author’s craft in writing
Conventions
Complete sentences
Parts of speech
Mechanics
Edit and revise writing
Use writing as a tool for learning
Daily 5

6. Math Math Units include: 5.1 Math will include:
Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, and Rounding
Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
Equivalent Fractions
Operations with Fractions
Fractions and Decimals
Geometry
Measurement
5.1 Math will include:
Order of Operations
Decimals
Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals

7. Math
Class is set up in work stations for hands-on learning and discovery
Mini-Lesson rotates between 4.1 and 4.2 Content
Three small groups rotate through a lesson
Work Stations include:
Buddy Games/Buddy Math Facts
Using Manipulatives/Interactive Whiteboard
IXL and Independent Work
Learning about Numbers/Fix the Teacher’s Mistake
Doing Math/Writing about Math
PBL will begin to be an extension activity

8. Math Assessments should begin to take place on the computer
This allows students to build comfort level and capacity for taking computerized assessments
Scores are quickly accessible
Students are responsible for keeping a data notebook
Common Assessments given bi-weekly
Students graph success and set goals
My personal goal for the classroom is for 93% of students to increase score by 20% each assessment

9. Social Studies/Writing
4th grade begins the formal study of US history
Enduring Understandings
-Conflict/Change- conflict causes change
-Beliefs and Ideals- people’s feelings influence their decisions
-Individuals/Groups/Institutions- what we do can either help or harm others
-Rule of Law- necessary to keep people safe and explain what government can or cannot do
-Location- where people live matters
-Movement-moving changes the people, land and culture of both the new and old place
-Distribution of Power- laws and people’s beliefs help to make choices in government
-Technology- different consequences arise depending on its use

10. Social Studies Curriculum
Early Native American cultures
European exploration of North America
British colonial America
American Revolution
New American nation
Westward expansion
Abolitionist and suffrage movements
Natural and man-made geographical features in the U.S.
Locate, describe how they affected the growth of the U.S.
Historical documents
Democratic beliefs and freedoms
Economic concepts, how they relate to historic events

11. Science/Writing
-The focus of fourth grade revolves around the development of process and inquiry skills
- Each of the content units—ecosystems, weather, forces, stars and solar system, and sound and light is a stand alone but will be used as the focal point of integrated writing opportunities. They are also designed to promote research and study skills.
-STEM lab

12. Science Curriculum Scientific Method Stars and planets
Differentiate between observations and ideas
Use tables or graphs to identify patterns of change
Stars and planets
Earth, Moon and Sun
Water cycle
Weather
Light and Sound
Force and Motion
Simple Machines
Food chains in ecosystems
Survival, extinction, adaptations

13. Questions??? -Auction items are still needed
-Contact information for Room Parents
-Project Based Learning- Please contact the subject area teacher for any information that needs clarification
-Teacher websites
mrssheridan.weebly.com
wonderingwithwaller.blogspot.com
buzzingwithbrents.weebly.com
Questions???