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Welcome to 4th Grade

Jenks East Elementary

Specials

Music

Art

Physical Education

Everyday Mathematics

Content:• Data Analysis• Geometry• Measurement

• Spiraling Program

• Hands-on

• Study Links

• Mental math and reflexes

• Revisits skills to reinforce retention

• Beginning, developing, and secure goals

• Concrete understanding, not memorization

•Numeration & Number Sense• Problem Solving• Algebraic Reasoning

ReadingComprehension Tool Kit by Stephanie HarveyAnd Anne Goudvis• Our six reading strategies:• Monitor Comprehension• Activate and Connect• Ask Questions• Infer Meaning• Determine Importance• Summarize and Synthesize

Genres:Adventure

BiographiesMysteriesTall Tales

Language Arts• Text: Write Source

• Communicating using journals, personal narratives, poetry forms, figurative language, story writing, expository writing, and compositions

• Writing Process

– Pre-writing

– Drafting

– Editing/revising

– Publishing• Research

• Word Study

– Differentiated

– Corrected in context

Science and HealthScience • Scientific inquiry • Cooperative learning• Findings are presented in

journals, tables, and graphs• Units of Study

– Animal Studies– Electric Circuits– Motion and Design

Health • Healthy living habits• Operation Aware• Character Education

Social StudiesText: TCI-Social Studies Alive-Regions of our Country

Main Focus: U.S. RegionsMovement into the U.S.Movement from region to regionSettlements in each regionKey ExplorationsCultural influenceNative American GroupsNational Monuments, Landmarks, and Historical SitesEconomy Historical PeopleEnvironmentContributions to American culture from various groupsMap Skills

Technology

– Communication and collaboration

– Information retrieval

– Student productivity

– Keyboarding Skills

– EM Math games

– Delivery of lessons

Special Events

Rose Hill Each fall, Jenks

East Elementary 4th graders take a field trip back in time to Rose Hill School for a day in 1907.

Veteran’s Day

• All students participate in the Veteran’s Day Concert honoring the men and women of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy.

• The Poppy Project is a veteran’s awareness unit of study.

Oklahoma City Field TripTour Oklahoma State CapitolExperience Science Museum

Oklahoma

We look forward to

working with you and your

child during the 2013-2014

school year!