1. Welcome to River Gate Elementary’s Curriculum Night!

2. RGES and Class Expectations Be Responsible Be Respectful Be Safe

3. Consequences and Rewards Verbal Warning Time out Loss of privilege Phone call home Office referral Rewards: Praise Feeling good about yourself Stickers Candy Prize box

4. GRADING SCALE A: 93 - 100 B: 85 - 92 C: 77 - 84 D: 70 - 76 F: below 70

5. Literacy

6. English Language Arts CCSS Reading Language: Describe the theme of the story, describe a character in depth, Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems, Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics Reading Information: Informational Text, making inferences, Main Idea, Summarize, Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. Reading Foundation: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words, Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension, Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Language: Grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. Speaking and Listening: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

7. TEXTS IN GENRE Fiction- Legends, Novels, Folklore & Science fiction Nonfiction- Autobiographies, Informational books, Diaries & Journals Poetry - Concrete poems, Haiku Drama- Skits, Plays

8. ** Comprehension **Shared Reading **Guided Reading **Word Work **Fluency **Independent Reading Balanced Literacy

9. CCSS for MATH The K-5 standards provide students with a solid foundation in whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals—which help young students build the foundation to successfully apply more demanding math concepts and procedures, and move into applications.

10. Fourth Grade Common Core Math Standards Operations and Algebraic Thinking Number and Operations in Base Ten (including decimals) Number and Operations-Fractions Measurement and Data Geometry

11. Standards of Mathematical Practice Mathematically Proficient Students… –1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. –2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. –3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. –4. Model with mathematics. –5. Use appropriate tools strategically. –6. Attend to precision. –7. Look for and make use of structure. –8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

12. Science 7 Units of Study Force and MotionMatter: Properties of Change Energy: Conservation and Transfer Earth in the Universe

13. Science cont. Earth HistoryEcosystems Molecular BiologyReview of all previous units

14. Health Education The five strands of health education in the North Carolina Healthful Living Essential Standards Mental and Emotional Health Personal and Consumer Health Interpersonal Communication and Relationships Nutrition and Physical Activity Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Research suggests healthier children learn better. Health education promotes learning in other subjects. Numerous studies have shown that healthy students tend to do better in school. Therefore, Health education lessons will be given by the homeroom teacher on P.E. days that students don’t have recess.

15. Social Studies Our focus is the state of North Carolina. Landforms, bodies of water, map skills. Natural resources in NC, and cultural and physical characteristics of NC regions. Early people and major landmarks, State symbols and history.

16. Field Trips JA Biz Town – December 8 & 9, 2014 Approx: $30.00 ** Chaperones needed Raleigh-Tentatively April 30, 2015 Approximately $60 ***Chaperones needed

17. Agendas Students are expected to accurately write their assignments in their agendas daily. The teacher will also sign and/or initial agendas, too. Please make sure you sign your child’s Agenda each night. If they do not write anything down, please do not sign. It is their responsibility to get it to you to sign. Hold them accountable. Your child should be reading every night for 30 min. in his/her Good Fit book and recording it on their nightly reading log. Please sign this, as well.

18. Name tags Each student will be issued a school name tag with his/her first, middle and last name, picture and a bar code to scan in the Media center and cafeteria. For safety reasons, it is imperative that each student wear the nametag everyday at school. There will be a $5 fee for replacing lost nametags. To prevent lost nametags we are working on responsibility and requiring that all nametags stay at school.

19. Homework Policy Students are expected to complete homework to support their learning and prepare them for the school day. Students have HW Monday through Thursday in Spelling/Vocabulary, Math and nightly Reading of 30 minutes. Please sign the Spelling contract and the Reading Log to verify that you are aware of the work and your child has completed it. Assist your son/daughter by reviewing the work. Ask student comprehension questions about what was read, explanations of math problems and meanings and usage of spelling/vocabulary words. Expect to see weekly HW sheets in math or a worksheet.

20. EOG’s In preparation for the EOG test later in the year, please purchase EOG practice books in reading in math. Forms went home in Thursday folders today. Please plan your schedule accordingly so that your child is on time and present for each day of testing. Testing for Grades 3 and 4 will be in Reading/Language Arts and Math Calculator Inactive and Active.

21. Thanks for all you do to support your child!