1. Welcome Fourth Grade Parents
We appreciate all of your help and support!

2. General Information

3. Communication Friday Folders sent on Fridays (due back Monday)
Agenda – Agenda Club-For students who struggle with completing work.
Home Access Center - (Grades on the website)
Newsletter- ed out on Friday
addresses are on the RNE Webpage.

4. Parent Teacher Conferences October 11th.
Additional days will be provided.
Please be on the look out for links to sign up for parent teacher conferences.
NEXT WEEKS NEWSLETTER!
Sign up with your child’s math and reading teacher.
You can always contact your child’s teacher to set up a conference

5. VOLUNTEER Fulton County’s policy for anyone volunteering anywhere within the school; classroom, Media Center, or on field trips is all volunteers must complete the Child Abuse Reporting Protocol for Volunteers slideshow. This must be done prior to you arriving at the school. The protocol only takes minutes but it can take up to 48 hours for your registration to be completely processed by Fulton County. Once you receive confirmation that the registration is complete, you will only then be able to volunteer at Roswell North.

6. Transportation
We MUST have any changes in transportation in writing with parent signature. This is for the safety of your child!
Do not transportation changes.
Please be specific on who is picking up your child. First and last names.
Include how they usually go home.

7. Fourth Grade Expectations
Respect themselves and others
Work together cooperatively
Take responsibility for their own actions
Do their own personal best

8. Class Dojo-Behavior Plan
Students earn points for doing the right thing.
Following Directions Quickly
Working Hard
Helping Others
Students who earn enough points earn extra privileges.

9. Grading Scale A 90%-100% B 80%-89% C 70%-79% F 69% and below
Grade Weights
5% Homework
35% Classwork
60% Assessments Tests and Quizzes
Tests are double weighted

10. Fourth Grade Schedule 7:40 - 7:45 WRNE News/Announcements
7: :15 Bear Time
8: :15 Block 1
10: :50 Recess
10: :40 Specials
11: :05 Block 2
12: :40 Lunch (Varies By Teacher)
12:40 - 2:15 Block 2
2:20 - 3:10 Dismissal

11. Bear Time
Bear Time will be a time to review skills students need additional help with and to create enriching activities to reinforce skills.

12. Specials PE-Wear appropriate footwear on PE Days Art Music
Science Lab (NEW!)
Computer Lab (NEW!)

13. Digital Citizenship
This comprehensive curriculum is designed to
empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world.
Rings of Responsibility: What kinds of responsibilities does a good digital citizen have?
Private & Personal Information: How can you protect yourself from identity theft?
The Power of Words: What should you do if someone uses mean or scary language on the internet?
The Key to Keywords: Which keywords will give you the best search results?
Whose is it anyway?: How can you show respect for other people’s work?

14. Mr. Beese, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Craddock & Mrs. Vincent
Math
Mr. Beese, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Craddock & Mrs. Vincent

15. Math Units - 4th grade
Unit 1- Whole numbers, place value, & rounding in computation
Unit 2- Multiplication & Division of Whole numbers
Unit 3- Fraction Equivalents
Unit 4- Operations with Fractions
Unit 5- Fractions and Decimals
Unit 6- Geometry
Unit7- Measurement
Unit 8- Show what we know

16. Advanced Math Semester 1
4th Grade Unit 6- Geometry
4th Grade Unit 7- Measurement
4th Grade Unit 5-Fractions and Decimals
5th Grade Unit 1- Order of Operations and Whole Numbers

17. Advanced Math Semester 2
5th Grade Unit 2 - Adding and Subtracting with Decimals
5th Grade Unit 3 – Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals
5th Grade Unit 4 – Adding Subtracting Multiplying and Dividing Fractions.

18. Math Units Grade 5 Order of operations and whole numbers
Adding and subtracting fractions
Decimals
Geometry: Coordinate plane and 2D figures
Multiplying fractions
Dividing fractions
Multiplying and dividing with decimals
Volume and measurement

19. Homework
Math homework will be a few concept review sheets based on content recently covered in class or topics the students need to continue practicing.
Homework will be given on a Monday and is due the Friday of the same week. Students can turn in the homework in at any point in the week when it is complete.

20. How Can I Help My Child with Math?
Review addition/subtraction facts.
Practice multiplication and division facts through 10.
Show interest!
Ask to see what your child is doing in class. Have them teach you what they’ve learned.
Check homework!

21. Resources RedBird Advanced Learning Xtramath.org MobyMax KidZone Math
Math Arcade
Math Reference Table
Aplus Math
IXL.com
MathPlayGround.com

22. 4th grade PBL Units
Mr. Beese, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Craddock, Mrs. Vincent and cross curricular support from the Language Arts teachers.

23. Science PBL Units Water Cycle/ Weather Stars & Solar System
Light and Sound
Force & Motion
Ecosystem, Survival &
Extinction

24. Social Studies PBL Units
American Discovery and Exploration
American Colonization and Revolution
Westward Expansion

25. 4th Grade PBL
Because this is a hands-on style of learning, we do experiments. We may ask that you send in materials from time to time.

26. Reading and Language Arts
Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Schafer, Mr. Wesolowski, Mrs. Craddock and Mrs. Vincent

27. Reading Use a balanced literacy approach.
Shared Reading
Guided Reading Groups
Writer’s Workshop
Word Work
Small groups based on guided reading levels.
Students rotate through different stations practicing various skills.
Students become independent thinkers and workers

28. Reading/Language Arts
*4th grade reading and language arts standards build upon the standards we focused on in 3rd grade. They continue to build on them in 5th grade as well. We are digging deeper into the standard each year, so the students grasp a better understanding as they advance.
*Constructed Response- Students will be expected to provide a constructed response answer for some of their reading comprehension questions. Constructed response is answering the question by restating the question, answering it, providing evidence and elaboration, and proofreading the final answer.

29. Resources
StoryWorks Magazine- This magazine provides interesting and creative stories, articles, plays, and paired texts for the students to read. It provides many activities to go with each text as well.
Moby Max- Online resource that can be used for reading, language arts, and math.
Provides current event articles with 4 different levels to meet the needs of all students.
Novels- We use a variety of novels on the students’ specific levels. Some novels will be chosen by the student and some chosen by the teacher.

30. Implementing Writing Workshop Framework
Using the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop as a resource and model

31. Why Units of Study?
Children who leave school today without strong literacy skills will no longer find a job waiting for them! We must raise the rigor of our work with writers.
Grade specific and CC/GSE aligned

32. The Pathway Along Which Young Writers Progress
Learner needs to do the bulk of the work. Think of what a personal trainer does for a client. Should they be doing the practice? The learner needs to write, and write A LOT.
It is the teachers job to move each individual toward more and more proficiency.
Teaching writing is not about waiting for children to grow on their own. It is about knowing
Where a child is in a learning progression, and what comes next
Taking them through the gradual release of responsibility model, with feedback along the way

33. Bottom Lines For Effective Writing Instruction
Writers must write EVERYDAY
Volume Matters
The teacher is the facilitator, not the fixer
Messy should be the assumption
Writers need an audience
Engagement matters
Writers need to cycle through the process

34. Homework-Reading and Language Arts
Read! Read! Read!-Read a minimum of 20 minutes a night. We would prefer more!
One novel a month
One written book review.
Moby Max-40 minutes a week.
Assigned as needed by the individual needs of each class.

35. Please Join Us!
Child’s Homeroom For a Presentation by our Grade Level Parents from 7:15-7:30
Visit your Child’s Language Arts and Math Teacher for a Question and Answer session
Session 1-7:30-7:45
Session 2-7:45-8:00
If you have a specific concern about your child, please your teacher to set up a different time to communicate.

36. Thanks for Your Support!
Education is a partnership between parents, teachers, and students.
We are looking forward
to a great year!