1. Welcome to Fabulous Fourth Grade!
By coming here tonight, you have taken a huge step in helping your child succeed in school. It is proven that the majority of the students do much better in school when at least one parent is actively involved in their education!

2. Highlights of Fourth Grade:
High Five/Bucket Fillers
Be responsible, kind, respectful, safe, and cooperative
Force Field for Good
Service Squad
Buddies
Field Trips (*ICHAT every year*)
Lansing
R.I.F
Hearing Screening
Homework/Planner
Please continue signing the planner every night. Students will be given an opportunity to finish homework during class recess.
Testing (NWEA, M-Step)
Healthy breakfast, water bottle, good night’s sleep, sweater, positive attitude!
THE FOURTH GRADE TEAM!
Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Kazdan, and Miss Losey
Behind the scenes: Meeting before school, after school, and lunch
Teamwork – Life Skill
All Subject Areas
Cooperative Teaching, Flexible grouping s
GO - BOARD! K 2

3. Standards-Based grading
Standards-based grading informs parents on how students are performing on the Common Core State Standards by reporting the most recent, consistent level of performance.
4: Mastering grade level expectations
3: Shows proficient progress
2: Developing
1: Area of concern L

4. READING WORKSHOP! MAISA Units / Mentor Texts
All students will become proficient in reading informational and narrative text.
MAISA Units / Mentor Texts
Launching strong reading habits
Analyzing characters
Informational reading
Interpretive and analytic reading
Historical fiction
Informational reading research L 4

5. READING WORKSHOP! Make Connections, Ask Questions, & Make Predictions
Visualize, Summarize, & Infer
Draw conclusions & Determine Main Idea
Recognize Text Structure
Repair Comprehension (Does it make sense?)
Retell (character, setting, problem, solution, main idea, theme)
SQUIP
40 Books before 5th Grade! L

6. All students will become proficient in science.
Science Process and Next Gen Standards
Mystery Science
Hands on Science Units
Sept: Magnets and Electricity
Nov: Ecosystems
Jan: Land and Water
April: Energy Works L

7. WRITING WORKSHOP!
All students will become proficient in narrative, expository, and persuasive writing.
Realistic Fiction
Persuasive Essays
Literary Non-Fiction, Personal Expertise
Literary Essay
Informational Research Writing
Building and Writing Poetry Anthology F 7

8. SPELLING AND GRAMMAR! Word Study
New words assigned and Check-in every two weeks (Words their Way)
Daily Language Review
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics F

9. SOCIAL STUDIES! Geography History Government Economy
Maps, charts, timelines, tables
Current Events / Scholastic News
MAISA Units and Regions Text Book F

10. MATH! Operations and Algebraic Thinking 35 = 5 x 7
Number and Operations in Base Ten
700 ÷ 10 = 70
Number and Operations – Fractions
⅜ = ⅛ + ⅛ + ⅛
Measurement and Data
4 ft. = 48 in.
Geometry
♡⇭ symmetrical K

11. PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES!
Draw a diagram or a picture
Make an organized list
Make a table/graph
Solve a simpler problem
Write a number sentence
Process of elimination
Make a model
Find a pattern
Predict and test
Guess and check
Work backward
Logical reasoning K

12. All students will become proficient in mathematics.
Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
I can solve problems without giving up!
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
I can think about numbers in many ways.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
I can explain my thinking and try to understand others.
Model with mathematics.
I can show my work in many ways.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
I can use math tools and tell why I chose them.
Attend to precision.
I can work carefully and check my work.
Look for and make use of structure.
I can use what I know to solve new problems.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
I can solve problems by looking for rules and patterns. K 12

13. We look forward to a wonderful year working with you and your child!
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