curriculum night

WELCOME TO 4TH GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT

Miss. Gibson Room 305Lawton Elementary

This will be my 4th year of teaching. Started career at Riverside Elementary School in Battle

Creek, teaching 3rd grade Mentor teacher this summer at the SESLA summer school

program at Scarlett Accepted my “dream job” with AAPS this summer to be

closer to family and friends and to be part of a wonderful community

We’d love to have your help this year. Please sign up. We couldn’t do it

without you! Thanks!

PLEASE CHOOSE A TIME THAT FITS WITH YOUR SCHEDULE: NOV. 3, 4 AND 6TH

A TYPICAL DAY IN 305

Morning Routines Specials Afternoon Routines Closing Up the Day Routines

HOMEWORK

•Math homework link will be sent home Monday-Thursday evenings, it is expected that students return their homework the next day

•Wednesday Write Night

•If they need extra time to finish the work, they will be given a homework club invitation during our second recess to finish up any work

•Homework will focus on math fluency and reading fluency

•Students will record their homework assignment in their planner each day. It is expected that parents initial the planners

•Feel free to use the discussion suggestions in the newsletters that I will send each week. I will include helpful links in all areas of academics.

•It is important at this time to reinforce responsibility and organization. Please do not bring your child's homework or planner if they forget it at home.

School To Home Connection

•Weekly Newsletter•Classroom Blog

STANDARDS-BASED REPORT CARDS

Fall, Winter and Spring Marking Periods First Marking Period: November 12 Second Marking Period: March 17 Third Marking Period: June 12 Report cards will be sent home with your

student. Based on a variety of achieved learning targets,

and social responsibilities

READING

Within our reading program we will teach grade level curriculum as well as differentiated material that will expand your child’s reading skills. Areas of emphasis include, but are not limited to:

Literal comprehension PredictingInterpretive comprehension PersuadingVocabulary SummarizingFluency Topic/Main Idea/DetailsGathering Information AnalyzingNonfiction Story ElementsTaking Part in Literary DiscussionPhonicsNovel readingAuthor’s mood and purpose

WRITING

Your students will have many opportunities throughout the year to practice writing for different purposes. The following are some examples of types of writing students may be doing in fourth grade.

Narrative JournalingInformative Autobiographies Paragraphs Research papersDescriptive PoetryNote taking EditingProcess writing Persuasive/argumentative

SPELLING• Words Their Way• Guided Spelling Instruction during reading block • Key is to carry this work over to their draft books

MATHEveryday Math CurriculumMath Recovery SupplementsMath Workshop or Guided Math where students are successful, independent and tracking their own progress

Everyday Math UnitsUnit 1: Naming and Constructing Geometric FiguresUnit 2: Using Numbers and Organizing DataUnit 3: Multiplication and Division; Number sentences and AlgebraUnit 4: Decimals and Their UsesUnit 5: Big Numbers, Estimation and ComputationUnit 6: Division; Map Reference Frames; AnglesUnit 7: Fractions and Their Uses: Chance and ProbabilityUnit 8: Perimeter and AreaUnit 9 PercentsUnit 10: Reflections and SmmetryUnit 11: Dimensional Shapes, Wgt, Volume and CapacityUnit 12: Rates

Number sense: Focusing on the concepts and development of strategies rather than the memorization of facts

Number Words & Numerals Structuring Numbers Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Place Value

Looking ahead: Make It-Take It Night for parents. Is there interest in this?

S.M.A.R.T TIME

Targeted learning for each student Differentiated instruction to help students

achieve grade level standards and offer enrichment for students who are progressing above grade level

30 minutes of direct instruction in a number of concepts

SCIENCE

Three science units will be taught:

Nature’s Recyclers

Matter

Watery Earth

SOCIAL STUDIES

Using the context of the United States, fourth grade students learn significant social studies concepts within an increasingly complex social environment. They examine fundamental concepts in geography, civics and government, and economics through the lens of Michigan history and the United States. Expectations that particularly lend themselves to being taught through a historic, geographic, civic, or economic lens are denoted.

FIELD TRIPS

Independence Lake JUNE 10 Lansing JUNE 11 Natures Recyclers TBD

If you would like to chaperone one or more of these field trips please sign up

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION A healthy snack in the afternoon helps a student focus

during the day. We have several nut allergies in the building. Please take

this into consideration when sending snacks or providing treats for classroom celebrations.

Thank you to those who have already made donations to our class. Our wish list consists of; chlorox wipes, kleenex, dry erase markers, pens, loose leaf paper, index cards, magazines and chapter books.

Birthday Books: Send in a wrapped new or old book to add to our classroom library. The birthday girl/boy’s picture and special birthday message will be in the book and added to our birthday book collection. Let's join together to make Birthday Books a memorable (and healthy) way to celebrate!

STAR OF THE WEEK

Each day we will celebrate the student of the week

Classmates and families members will write a letter to contribute to the memory book

The star will be featured on our classroom blog

THE 7 HABITS

IN CONCLUSION

Please know we have an open door policy Feel free to ask us questions and let us know if you

need help with your child. If we don’t know the answer, we will seek out the information.

General philosophy: 4th Graders work very hard at school all day. They are

learning academics and good study behaviors, including being responsible for themselves.

The goal is to hold the child accountable in a 7 Habits Approach. Your child’s teacher will use methods to motivate them. Your child may make mistakes, forget items, etc. That is a part of learning. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them!

THANKS FOR POPPIN’ IN!