1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
Good Evening!
Please:
Sign up for a conference
Write down your day and time
Thank You!

2. Who is Mrs. Mount? 1st grade in a private school 2000-2004
3rd and 4th-Felida Elementary (long-term sub)
Taught 5th grade at Marshall Elementary for 2 years
11th year at Chinook (I’ve found my home!) 2

3. There’s more….. Born and raised in Jamestown, N.D.
Husband, Sage, is a firefighter for Portland
3 boxers: Harry, Oscar, & Frankie
One cat: Digi
University of Oregon, 1996
B.S. in Psychology
Portland State University, 2005
Masters in Elementary Education
Seattle Pacific, 2010
Professional Certificate 3

4. Teacher Goals Hold High Standards & Expectations
Create a Supportive Learning Environment
Welcome & Encourage Community and Parent Involvement
Accommodate Each Individual Learning Style
Put a continual focus on the meaning of the word RESPECT.

5. Parent and Teacher Communication
Important to your child’s success.
Telephone – Leave a message with the secretary
Send a note with your student
*this is the best way
However, if you need to make a change regarding your student’s transportation or pick-up and I have not ed you back by 2:00, please speak directly to the secretary.

6. Important informations
When I receive a parent , I try to get to it immediately.
Please keep them short – I have very little time during the day to read s.
My responses will tend to be short and to the point, so I can get back to the class. I may just say, “Got it!”
If you have a lot to tell me, please set up a time to conference or talk on the phone.

7. Classroom Management Positive Awards Marble Jar = Marble party
Growth Mindset punch cards
Caught ya being cool
Written or verbal recognition
Reliable roles in the classroom

8. Classroom Management cont.
Consequences
Non-verbal warning
Verbal warning (redirect)
Time out
Moved to a different spot to work
Time in office
Parent notification
Principal/Parent/Teacher Meeting

9. Homework
Monday: vocabulary – these will be the words we work on all week
or…. spelling - if spelling there may be a spelling test on friday
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: Literacy
Thursday: Math
Friday: None
This may change based on needs of the students – I will let you know if it does.

10. Homework: How Much Grades 4 to 5 -- two (2) to four (4) assignments
The frequency and duration of mandatory assignments should be:
Grades 4 to 5 -- two (2) to four (4) assignments
a week, each lasting fifteen (15) to forty- five
(45) minutes.

11. Snacks
Please keep them healthy – I am always promoting healthy eating in class.
The students Lunch is not until 12:25. If they don’t have a snack at 10:30, they are starving by lunch. Please no community snacks.
Please make sure the snack does not have nuts in it. We have students with nut allergies. 8

12. Grading System 4-= Excellent, above the standard, very few/no errors
3 = Very good, meets standard, few errors
2 = Needs improvement, does not quite meet the standard, many errors
1 = Poor, below the standard, many errors
The homework will be graded differently –
Star = Excellent, Check + = very good,
Check = average, check- = needs improvement,

13. Fourth Grade Curriculum

14. Literacy 120 minutes every day (This includes reading and writing)
80 minutes of Reading and writing instruction is done using McGraw/Hill’s Wonders curriculum.
Curriculum includes:
vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, fluency, grammar
writing and spelling.
Students will use collaboration and close reading in order to better understand complex text. They will be encouraged to dig deeper and use text evidence to back up their answers.
30 minutes is for differentiation to better meet the needs of each child.

15. Writing Six Traits Writing Ideas-----topic and support of the topic
Organization------overall structure
Voice sense of the author’s involvement
Word Choice specific words
Sentence Fluency variety of types of well written sentences
Conventions grammar and spelling (Spelling tests)

16. Math 80 minutes a day 40 minutes of instruction 40 minutes of practice
Using our new curriculum, Eureka Math, we will be covering the following topics:
Place value & Rounding
Unit conversions & metric measurement
Multiplication & division
Geometry
Fractions
Decimals
Measurement/multiplication
It is paramount that each child knows his/her multiplication facts in 4th grade. If your child has not mastered his/her facts yet, please assist your child with this goal. Every new concept will be much easier to understand.

17. Social Studies
Geography of Washington State and geographical features of the earth
Economics – decision making
Pioneers and settlers (lewis & Clark)
Civics – government, law, politics, & Citizenship
History – chronology & shapes now & future

18. Science New Standards!---Next Generation Science Standards
Fall- Physical Science
Winter- earth & space Science
Spring- Life science
Engineering design all year long

19. Health F-Family L-Life A-and S-Sexual H-Health
Look for letter From the District for information nights about this curriculum

20. Technology Online access to Wonders
iPads!!!!---We’ll be using mostly Canvas, Seesaw, and Goodnotes
Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Slides
Newsela- Literacy site that includes current events
Math apps to improve fluency
Various apps that can be used for presenting Material

21. FAB- Fine Arts Block & Library
Monday = 9:15 – 9:55 with Donna Stone
tuesday = 9:15 – 9:55 with Dawn Impellizzeri
Wednesday = 9:15 with Alicia Cast
Thursday= 9:15 – 9:55 with Jennifer Porter
Friday = 2:10 – 2:50 with Loralie Ahola

22. Field Trips Olympia, WA – March 26th
Focus: our state government
Public Utilities District – October 9th Energy & Electricity
Oregon Children’s Theatre – Ella Enchanted --- November

23. Please make sure to write your child a note for tomorrow!
Thank You!
Please make sure to write your child a note for tomorrow!