4 th grade parent night
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4 th Grade Parent Night. Welcome! Please sign in and pick up the folder with your child’s name from the side “kidney” table. Please find the silhouette of your child’s head. Use the writing piece to help guide you to the right seat. Mrs. Taraborelli. Basic Expectations for 4 th Graders:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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4th Grade Parent NightMrs. Taraborelli
Welcome!Please sign in and pick up the folder with your
child’s name from the side “kidney” table.
Please find the silhouette of your child’s head. Use the writing piece to help guide you to the right
seat.
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Basic Expectations for 4th Graders:
• Stay organized – desk and folders/binder• Use assignment book daily• Be prepared for class with homework,
books, pencils, etc.• Have a positive attitude• Respect others.
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Typical Daily Schedule
9:05-9:40 – Specials9:45-10:00 – Spelling and
Grammar10:05-11:15 – Math (switch)11:20-12:05 – Recess/Lunch12:05-12:35 – Reading/Computer
Lab12:35-1:20 – RtI/Reading Groups
(Switch)1:20-1:35 - SME1:35-2:30 – Writing2:30-3:20 – Science/Social
Studies
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Homework
• Importance• 40 minutes per night (including
independent reading time)• Independence• Asking for help – before leaving or
before school the next day• Late Slips/Consequences
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READING
• Scott Foresman Reading Street• 6-Day Cycle• Main Selection (anthology)• Leveled Reading Groups/Leveled
Readers• Vocabulary• “Weekly” reading skill and strategy
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At-home READING
• Monitored by homeroom teacher• 75 minutes per week• Signed reading log (due each Monday)• Verify that your child is reading.
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WRITING
• Writing Domains• Focus• Content• Organization• Style• Conventions
Copy of rubric in your Parent Folder
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WRITING
• Writing Genres to be covered:• Personal Narrative• Informative• Persuasive• Poetry
• Other Writing• Writing journals• Writing related to reading• Content-area writing• Pen pals
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WRITING WORKSHOP
• 10 minute mini-lesson• 30 minute writing time• 5 minute sharing time
• Student choice will be incorporated in writing workshop• Purposeful writing is important• Revising: a lot of time will be spent on revising strategies• Sharing time each day
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SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
• SPELLING• Reading Street Cycle• Pretest• Up to 25 words depending on pretest• Practice
• GRAMMAR• Reading Street Cycle – 1 skill each cycle• Practice• Daily Language Sheets
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MATH
• Chapter 3 taught in homerooms• Students will be grouped and assigned a
math teacher• Flexibility among groups
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MATH
• Basic Facts• Topics
• Data, Statistics, and Graphing• Place Value and Money• Addition and Subtraction• Multiplication and Division• Geometry• Fractions and Probability
• Measurement• Operations with Fractions• Relating Fractions and
Decimals• Decimal Operations• Multiplication and Division (2-
digit numbers)
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SCIENCE
• Science curriculum – Harcourt School Publishers
• Scientific Method • Reading skills• Website: http://www.hspscience.com/• Regular Inquiry Activities
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SCIENCE
• Units of Study• Weather and Space• Forces and Motion• Looking at Ecosystems
• Scientific Method
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Social Studies
• Topics of Study– European Explorers: Portuguese, Spanish,
English– Colonies: North, Middle, Southern
• Current Events• Technology Projects
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TECHNOLOGY
• Technology-integrated projects• Students will learn how to use the
technology here at school.– GoogleDocs– Web 2.0 tools – Glogster, Wordle, Blabberize,
etc.• Students may use technology at home,
but will not be required to do so.
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Parent-Teacher Communication
• Red Take-Home Folder – PTO and school office communication, classroom notices
• Graded Paper Folders – every other Monday• Parent Portal (see instructions in packet)
Sapphire Community Portal• Mid-Trimester Progress Reports• Report Cards• Phone Calls• E-mail• Written Notes• Late Homework Slips• Classroom Webpage:
http://mrstaraborelli.wiki.cvsd.k12.pa.us
717-397-5246
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Week of November 1-5, 2010• November 4 – Early Dismissal, 1:15 p.m.• November 5 – No School• Sign-up for a time slot before leaving this
evening
Thank you for coming tonight!
Please accompany me to the cafeteria for our 4th grade
presentation.