Welcome to Curriculum Night!Please have a seat in any desk.

Please check Student Information Sheet for accuracy. Make any corrections with a RED pen.

Leave these in the red basket when you leave.

Welcome To Fourth Grade!

7:10-7:40 Homeroom

7:45-9:45 Block 1

9:50-10:35 Specials

10:40-11:35 Block 2

11:40-12:10 Lunch

12:15-12:35 Recess

12:40- 2:10 Block 2 cont.

Mon-Music, Tues-Art, Wed-P.E., Thurs-Media Center/Guidance,Fri-PE

Policies/Procedures Water Bottles: encouraged to bring, but please remind students to bring

them home to clean them

Snacks: such as crackers w/ cheese, fruit, cereal bars or dry cereal, pudding, etc. They are allowed to eat at any point during the day

Birthdays: RNE has a no food policy for birthdays. Students may bring in something special (sticker, pencils, etc) for their birthday

Attendance: Absences: Please send in a note with your child when he/she returns

to school. It is counted as an unexcused absence until a note has been given to the teacher.

Tardies: Must sign-in students in the office when coming in late. Early check outs for anything other than medical, legal or religious will count as a tardy. 

Policies/Procedures Continued Early Checkouts: No check outs after 2:00.  During dismissal the

office is closed, unless there is an emergency.

Transportation Changes: In the event that your child needs to go home a different way or be checked out early, please send a note with your child.

4th Grade’s Grading Policy 60% Assessments

35% Classwork

5% Homework

A = 100—90

B = 89—80

C= 79—70

F = 69--Below

Report Cards-4 times every 9 weeks

AGENDAHomework is listed in this daily

Students should make sure they bring agendas home and back to school each day. They take agendas to Block 1 and Block 2 classes.

Parents should check this everyday! Look for notice of tests and long-term assignments.

Text books may be brought home any day, but don’t forget that textbooks are also online.

4th Grade HomeworkHomework is designed for practice of skills taught in

class

Given Monday through Thursday

It is your child’s responsibility to keep track of his/her daily homework.

Homework is checked daily in class. If a student doesn’t have their homework, they should still complete it and turn it in late.

Graded Papersand

Friday FoldersProcedures

Homework, classwork, and quizzes will be sent home in their

“take home” folder

Tests, projects, and final writing assessments will be sent home to

be signed and returned

Grades can be checked anytime in Home Access

A print out of grades will be sent home at the end of every month,

starting in September

The right thing to do…Students have a checkbook that they keep in

their binder. They begin with a certain amount of money . They can either earn or lose 50 cents- $1.00 based on daily behavior.

At the end of the 1st 9 weeks students may earn the MEGA PRIZE.

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The right thing to do….Class Consequences

Step 1- Verbal WarningStep2- Relocated within the classroom/ Lose moneyStep 3- Parent Contact/ Lose money• After 3 Parent Contact forms, a Minor

Incident Report will be filled out. • After 3 Minor Incident Reports students may

receive additional behavior support or Office Referral.

Testing InformationThe CRCT is being transitioned to Georgia

Milestones End of Grade (EOG) this school year.

Grades 3 – 8End of Grade (EOG) in language arts,

mathematics, science, social studies• English Language Arts and reading will

be combined and a writing component added for every grade level and course within the ELA assessment

CLINIC

All medications must be administered through the clinic. Appropriate forms must be completed.

Please be aware that the clinic is limited in the care that they can give.

You are welcome to leave over the counter medications in the clinic designated with your child’s name.

Room ParentsMary Jean NeelyLindsay LockeryKellie MacDonaldKerrin Connelly

Curriculum:Georgia Standards for

Excellence

This past winter the GA Board of Education voted to rename the ELA and Math standards to the Georgia Standards for Excellence (GSE). Small revisions were made and to be implemented this academic school year.

READING STANDARDS10 reading standards for literature10 reading standards for informational text6 standards for foundational skills (fluency,

reading with purpose, reading accurately)All of the standards build on standards from

third grade/fourth gradeReading at a 740-1010 Lexile Level for 4th

and 5th grade.Can be found at my website

Reading ResourcesStoryworks Magazine-Stories fall in the 680-

1010 Lexile BandNovels at the student’s independent levelVarious other resources.

Language ArtsWriter’s NotebookApply the skill into writingStudents will practice with rough draftsTurn in 2 final pieces of writing a quarter.Practice writing essay response to articles

from reading.Three types of writing

InformationalOpinionNarrative

Writing4 paragraphs for 4th grade (5 paragraphs for

5th grade)Introduction2-3 Body paragraphs

Using details to support main ideasConclusion

Constructed ResponseRAPP

Restate part of the question as part of your answer

Answer the question completely Some reasons-more than one Two part question

Prove with details from the text 2 specific examples from the text Quote from the text.

Proofread your answer Complete sentences with punctuation Subject verb agreement Spelling words that are in the text correctly

4th Grade MathOperations and algebraic thinking Four operations with whole numbers Factors and multiples Generate and analyze patterns

Number and operations in base ten Place value understanding – multi-digit whole

numbers Place value understanding and properties of

operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Number and operations – fractions 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

Measurement and data Solve problems involving measurement &

conversion of measurements from larger to smaller units

Represent and interpret data Understand concepts of angles/measure anglesGeometry Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify

shapes by properties of their lines and angles

5th Grade Math Order of operations and whole numbers Adding and subtracting fractions Decimals Geometry: Coordinate plane and 2D figures Multiplying fractions Dividing fractions Multiplying and dividing with decimals Volume and measurement

4th Grade Social Studies

• Describe early Native American cultures developed in North America

• Describe European exploration in North America

• Explain the factors that shaped British colonial America

• Analyze the challenges faced by the new nation

• Explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861

• Examine the main ideas of he abolitionist and suffrage movements

4th Grade Science

• Compare and contrast the physical attributes of stars, star patterns and planets

• Model the position and motion of the earth in the solar system and explain the role of relative position and motion in determining sequence of the phases of the moon

• Differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and weather

• Analyze weather charts/maps and collect weather data to predict weather events/seasonal patterns

• Investigate the nature of light using tools such as mirrors, lenses and prisms

• Demonstrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and how sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration

• Demonstrate the relationship between the application of a force and the resulting change in position and motion of an object

• Describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem

• Identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage and protection).

StandardsAll standards can be found

at www.georgiastandards.org

Thanks for Coming.

Contact Info

Mrs. Craddock Craddock@fultonschools.org

Mrs. Vincent vincents@fultonschools.org

Mr. Wesolowski wesolowskim@fultonschools.org

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