1. Welcome to Curriculum Open House Please sign in on your homeroom teacher’s sheet beside your child’s name.

2. Wiley Elementary 2012-2013 Welcome to 4 th Grade! Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McCann

3. THE WILEY WAY Respect Yourself Have a positive attitude Take care of my body Be prepared to learn Do My Best! Respect Others Keep hands and feet to myself Use kind polite words Be a good listener Help, share and include others Respect Property Take care of what I use Put things where they belong Help clean what is messy and dirty

4. Classroom Procedures: Morning Work Homework Assignment Book Website Daily Schedule Monday Folders

5. Global Competency Matrix Investigate the world Recognize perspectives Communicate ideas Take action Wiley ‘s Guiding question: “How do perceptions connect and influence our world?”

6. Mathematical Practice Common Core 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.

7. MATH Students will be engaged in discussions, sharing of approaches to problem solving and becoming student leaders in the classroom. Multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication & division Measurement: angles, area/perimeter Represent and interpret Data Fractions and decimals Algebra (solving for unknown variables)

8. Reading Workshop Readers will be engaged in discussions, novel studies, and projects. Genres in Fiction: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Traditional Literature (fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths, legends), Poetry. Genres in Non-Fiction: Informational Deeper understanding of text themes CROP-QVS Main idea and details Making Inferences Character perspective and motivations Research projects

9. Writing Workshop We will have 2 state wide writing assessments. The Writing Process Prewriting Writing the First Draft Revising Editing and Proofreading Publishing Papers: opinion, short research, informative, narratives real or imagined All writing focuses on: Organization Support Style Conventions Writers will discuss, and share their writing.

10. Science Rocks & Minerals Animal Habitats Magnetism & Electricity Landforms

11. Social Studies North Carolina history, government, economy, geography, environmental literacy, and culture. Focus on critical thinking

12. Hopeful Fieldtrips Science museum State capitol and legislative bldg NC Symphony Oakwood Cemetery History museum

13. Thank you for coming!