1. Mrs. Walker’s Open House 2007-2008 Grade 4 Track 3

2. Welcome! Introduction Experience BS Elementary ED Social Studies Major Science Minor MAEd Curriculum and Instruction MAED Administration and Supervision

3. Classroom Rules 1.Be Respectful 2.Be Safe 3.Work Hard 4.Love Yourself Consequences People/Pockets

4. Positive Incentives Table Points- Lunch with Mrs. Walker Chance tickets Chance Raffle Teacher of the Day Warm Fuzzy Friday Many choices offered (where to sit and read)

5. Daily Schedule Morning Work Social Studies/Science Special Working With Words Reading Writing Lunch Read Aloud Math SSR

6. Morning Work North Carolina Dailies Daily Practice Problems Word Problems Geography Grammar Reading Comprehension Following Directions Morning Exercise Program

7. Social Studies/Science Done every other day SS- North Carolina studies Text book Science- Begin with Rocks and Minerals Food Chemistry, Animal Adaptations and Magnetism and Electricity Kits/experiments

8. Specials Music (Yamaha Recorders) Media Art Spanish Physical Education Technology sign ups

9. Working With Words Spelling Words each Monday Monday: Making Words Tuesday through Thursday: Daily Caught’ya (Grammar) Friday: Spelling Test

10. Reading Whole Group Conferences Guided Reading Groups Houghton-Mifflin Book Reports Reading Response Journals Genres Accelerated Reader

11. Writing Writing Process 4 Square 6+1 Traits Modes of Writing Writer’s Notebook Resources Dictionary/Thesaurus

12. Lunch/Recess/Read Aloud Lunch from 1:05-1:35 Recess from 1:35-1:55 Read Aloud Variety of Books Calming before Math

13. Math Math Trailblazers Supplemental Math Homework Acronyms (DAB/SG) Timed Tests Larson’s Math

14. SSR Self-Selected Reading Sustained- Silent Reading Meet with Reading Groups

15. Checked Papers “P” means Practice 1,2,3 was graded Three assessments per objective Come home daily Turn in work to individual folders

16. Volunteers Room Moms (Bell and Keyes) Publishing Center Send in snacks for class Scholastic Book Orders Field Trips Get Clearance!!

17. Communications Newsletters Website: http://steveandcat.net/mrswalker http://steveandcat.net/mrswalker Home email: grade4teacher@gmail.comgrade4teacher@gmail.com School email: cwalker2@wcpss.net Blackboard Site Monday Folders (Return on Tuesday)

18. Questions? Thank you for coming!