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Please pick up flyers in the front of the room and find
your child’s seatWrite your name on the popsicle stick and put it in
the green cup.
A little about me...
• ASU graduate in Elementary Education
• ASU Master's in Educational Technology
• This is my 10th year as a certified teacher
• I taught 5th and 6th grades
• This is my 1st year teaching 4th grade
• I was born in New Mexico but grew up in Michigan
• I have been in Arizona since 1987
• My children graduated from Chandler Schools
What we learn in 4th Grade....Math
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
• Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
• Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
• Generate and analyze patterns.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Math
Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
• Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Math
Number and Operations—Fractions (NF)
• Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
• Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
• Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Math
Measurement and Data (MD)
• Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
• Represent and interpret data.
• Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Math
Geometry (G)
• Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Language Arts
• The focus of Key Ideas and Details is providing textual evidence and making inferences, identifying theme and literary elements, and
summarizing text.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Language Arts
• Texts become personally relevant and useful when readers use texts to make meaning explicitly and inferentially.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Language Arts
• Making inferences during reading helps readers fill in information the author has left unsaid.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Language Arts
• Comprehension of the author’s ideas involves making connections, comparisons, and inferences between texts and the larger world.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Language Arts
• Making meaning and determining theme gives readers a more complete picture of the text, and enables them to summarize and/or
describe textual elements.
What we learn in 4th Grade....Science
• Scientific Method
• Life Science (Organisms, bacteria, cells, adaptation, natural resources, ecosystems)
• Physical Science (Energy and magnetism)
• Earth Science (Water cycle and weather)
What we learn in 4th Grade....Social Studies
• Arizona’s Geography, people, government & economy
• Westward Expansion
What we learn in 4th Grade....Study Skills
• Homework is assigned daily and due the next day
• Spelling is a 4 point contract – student choice
• Math – 4 out of 6 questions each night
• Dojo points awarded daily, but no points taken away if all work is turned in by Friday morning
• Exception! Special Projects
• Sign up for the Parent Portal to check grades easily!
What we learn in 4th Grade....Self Control
• Respecting Personal Space – It is important to ALL of us!
• Avoiding Conflict - Using kind words to resolve issues
• Acting Responsibly – Being prepared
What we learn in 4th Grade....to have fun!
• Fun Fridays
• 3 parent signatures a week
• 4 spelling contract points
• 16 math problems
• No trips to the office or phone calls home
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