Curriculum Night 4th Grade 2021-2022
Transcript of Curriculum Night 4th Grade 2021-2022
Curriculum Night4th Grade2021-2022
Mrs. Atterholt
Mrs. Bridges
Ms. Carr
Mrs. Clements
Ms. O'Connor
Mrs. Morgan
We want to personally thank you for supplying our classroom this year as well as donating items from
the “Wish List”. You all are “The Best” and we couldn’t do this without your support.
Fourth Grade Philosophy
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do
and I understand -Author unknown
Together, we believe that children learn
most efficiently in a comfortable
environment, through active learning, with
cross-curricular connections. We
incorporate these ideals into our daily
classroom lessons and routines.
Fourth Grade ProceduresGOAL: for students to become more independent & responsible
- Signed papers on Friday (every other week)- Life Binder- Tests and Projects- Dates written in agenda at least 3 days in
advanceHomework
-Written in agenda-Assigned daily (Monday – Thursday)- 20 minutes of reading each night-Homework should be completed in 40-60 minutes
Behavior ManagementStep 1: Verbal reminder
Step 2: Checkbook system
Step 3: Parent Contact- form of email or written note
Step 4: Office referral
Checkbooks- Students are recognized with good behavior by
receiving money in their checking account. Students get to spend
their money on bi-monthly reward coupons.
Alphabet Moves- Class behavior system
School-WideExpectations:
Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Be Safe
PBISPositive Behavioral Intervention and Supports
Great Gators and Gator Grams
Agendas
Please look in your child’s agenda every night. Homework will be written there,
along with other information you may need. Ex: Picture Day, Projects Due
Homework
Your child’s homework will come home each night in their homework life
binder. Please make sure your child puts it back in before they come to school.
Your child should read 20 minutes each night (Monday – Thursday).
Graded Papers
Graded Papers will be coming home on every other Friday. Please make sure
you sign progress sheet stapled in folder and return EVERYTHING on Monday.
-First Friday Folders will start September 10th
Home/School Communication
Handbook RemindersTransportation
-Please send a written note with any transportation changes. If you need to change transportation at the last minute, please call the front office.
Absences and tardiness
- Please email [email protected] and copy teachers when absent.
- If there is no email, the absence is unexcused.
- If your child is carpool and is tardy, YOU MUST walk your child in the school
Snacks
- Send in a healthy snack every day.
Birthdays
- Treats can be shared in the classroom, no invitations passed out at school
• Please make sure the snack is individualized/prepackaged for each student
Volunteering
- No volunteering opportunities at this time
Medication
-must be taken in clinic with a note.
If your child is absent from school, please submit an email
to [email protected] within five days of returning to
school.
Please include:
•Child's first and last name
•The absence date(s)
•Reason for absence(s) *attach doctor's note if applicable
Copy your child's homeroom teacher on the email as well. You can
monitor student attendance in your Campus Parent Portal account.
New Attendance Policy
Infinite Campus provides parents access to attendance records and grades. We highly recommend downloading the
Infinite Campus App.
An individual access code is needed for each child. If you
need your code, you can pick it up at the school’s front desk
by showing your photo ID.
Your child’s code will remain the same from year to year.
Infinite Campus
S.M.A.R.T.S.M.A.R.T. time (Students Moving Around
Teachers) is time allotted in the day to master
core concepts and elevate learning to the next
level. S.M.A.R.T. Time will occur from 7:45am to
8:15 daily. During this time students will be
engaged in independent reading. Students may
be working with other 4th grade
teachers/instructional support team members
based on their needs.
Your conference will be with your child’s homeroom
teacher. Math and ELA teachers will communicate
your child's progress with each other prior to your
meeting. All subject areas and behavior will be
shared with you during your conference.
Look for an email regarding scheduling
conferences later this fall!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
E-mail is the preferred method of contact.
If you have questions or concerns, always contact your child’s classroom teacher first.
If you have questions or concerns regarding a specific content area, please contact your child’s math or reading teacher.
Website- Current standards, educational links
LWE4thgradewebsite.weebly.com
Remind App- Please download the Remind App to get the most
current updates and reminders.
Contact
TechnologyWe use many platforms in 4th grade to enhance
student learning and engagement. Here are a few
of the important ones we utilize on a daily basis:
MathAt LWE, your child has been placed in a math class with a group matching
their academic level.
Curriculum includes:
Georgia Standards of Excellence
McGraw Hill MyMath book series
At home:
- practice to mastery (multiplication and division facts)
-check for completion and/or accuracy of work
-RACE stratety used in math and science
At School:
- explore multiple strategies and deepen concepts
MathMini-Lesson – introduce topic 10-20 minutes
M- Math with Teacher
Students meet with the teacher in a small group every other day to learn and review concepts studied or enrich concepts
A- At Your Seat
Students work independently to show their knowledge
T-Technology
Students use technology to remediate or enrich their learning
H-Hand On
Students work with partners or groups to collaborate on activities and games that support concepts studied
Math 4.1-4.2Unit 1- Whole Numbers, Place Value, and Rounding to the millions• Value vs Place Value
• Comparing and Ordering
• Rounding for estimation
• Fluently Add and Subtract within one step word problems
Unit 2- Multiplication and Division• Factors and Multiples
• Prime and Composite Numbers
• Fluently Multiply up to a 1 digit by 4-digit number
• Fluently Multiply a 2 digit by 2-digit number
• Fluently Divide 1-digit divisors into 4-digit dividends
• Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide within multi-step word problems
Unit 3- Fraction Equivalents• Create equivalent fractions with and without models
• Compare fractions with unlike denominators
Math 4.1-4.2Unit 4- Operation with Fractions• Convert improper fractions into mixed numbers
• Add and subtract fractions with like denominators
• Multiply fractions by a whole number
Unit 5- Fractions and Decimals• Relate a fraction to a decimal
• Compare and order decimal fractions
• Find decimal fractions on a number line
• Add decimal fractions with denominators of 10 and 100
Unit 6- Geometry• Recognize lines, rays, and angles within shapes
• Recognize types of triangles and quadrilaterals
• Recognize lines of symmetry
Unit 7- Measurement• Convert metric units and customary units within the same system
Math 5.1-5.2Unit 1- Order of Operations and Whole Numbers• PEMDAS and Expressions
• Powers of 10
• Fluenty multiply 2 digit by 3 digit numbers
• Fluenty divide 4 digit divisors by 2 digit dividends
Unit 2- Adding and Subtracting with Decimals• Place Value of decimal to the thousandths
• Fluently add and subtract decimals to the thousandths
Unit 3- Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals• Fluently multiply and divide decimals
• Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10
Math 5.1-5.2Unit 4-All operations with Fractions• Fluently add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions with unlike
denominators
Unit 5- 2D Figures• Understand the heirarchy within triangles and quadrilaterals
Unit 6-Volume and Measurement• Find the volume for regular and irregular prisms
• Convert metric units and customary units within the same system
Unit 7-Geometry and the Coordinate Plane• Locate points on a coordinate plane
• Create patterns on function tables to create figures on coordinate
planes
Math 6.1-6.2
Unit 1: Number System Fluency
Unit 2: Rates and Ratios, proportional reasoning, using equivalent fractions
Unit 3: Expressions
Math 6.1-6.2
Unit 4: One step equations and inequalities
Unit 5: Area and Volume
Unit 6: Statistics
Unit 7: Rational explorations: numbers and opposites
ScienceUnits of Study:
Weather
• Water cycle
• Weather instruments
• Weather ForecastingSolar System
• Planets vs Stars
• Earth's rotation vs revolution
• Moon PhasesLight
• Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque objects
• Reflection vs Refraction vs AbsorptionSound
• Create an instrument to show pitch and volumeEcosystems
• Food Chains vs Food Webs
• Human and natural impacts on species
Forces and Motion
• Simple Machines
Reading• Students will build their comprehension
skills in both fiction and non-fiction text.
• Six-week units, alternating between literary and informational genres.
• Students will be engaged in teacher read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading.
• Students will participate in book clubs.
Read Alouds• The Tiger Rising (by Kate DiCamillo)
• Who is Neil Armstrong? (by Roberta
Edwards)
• George Washington's Socks (by Elvira
Woodruff)
• Storyworks Magazine articles and stories
Reading• Reading fluency
• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary building
• Root Words and Affixes
• Context Clues
• Read at Lexile level that is challenging
• 4-5th grade Lexile: 770-980
Foster a love of reading!!
*Georgia Standards of Excellence
Fountas and PinnellLadder of Progress
Writing• Students write in three genres:
• Narrative
• Informational
• Opinion
• Heavy emphasis on using text evidence to
support ideas (Informational and Opinion)
• See website for tips/examples to support
writing growth at home
• Follow your child's writing progress through our
digital writing notebooks (in OneNote)
What is Writer’s Workshop?Writer’s workshop is an environment where students can acquire the
skills and confidence to see themselves as writers. Students are put in
charge and are actively involved in creating their own texts. The
writing workshop puts students on the spot and makes them
responsible for their writing.
What does it look like?I deliver instruction on a specific writing technique during a brief mini-
lesson. Then, students practice the technique during independent
writing time. We write every day and teachers conference regularly
with students to provide feedback for growth.
Independent
Work
35-40 minutes
Conferring
Writing/Reading
Guided Reading
Strategy Groups
Share
5-10 minutes
Mini-Lesson
5-10 minutes
Events Leading to American RevolutionActs of King George and Parliament, Boston
Massacre, Declaration of Independence
American RevolutionBattles of Lexington & Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown
Key Figures and Founders
A New NationConstitution, Bill of Rights, and Formation
of Government
Westward ExpansionOregon Trail, New States and Territories
Social Studies Units of Study
Industrial RevolutionCotton Gin, Steam Engine, Telegraph
Movements and Equal RightsSuffrage and Abolitionist Movements
Civil WarCauses, Battles of Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Vicksburg, and
Gettysburg, Key Figures
ReconstructionRebuilding and 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
Personal FinanceCreating a budget
Social Studies Units of Study, Continued
Social Studies ResourcesGallopade
• Access through ClassLink (in Social
Studies folder)
• Digital version of workbook
• Interactive tools
School Bus Safety
Safety
Mental Health
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Personal Health and Wellness
Eating Healthy
Violence Prevention
Health Education
Grade WeightsAll Subjects
Examples of Major Assignments: Unit Tests, Unit Projects, Quizzes – assignments with 3 or more standards
Examples of Minor Assignments: Quizzes, projects, check-ins –assignments with 1-2 standards involved
Major Grades- 60%
Minor Grades- 40%
NEW Recovery Policy
Students will only be able to recover 1 Major grade each 9 weeks.
Assignments eligible for recovery per subject area:- major assessment
- earned a 79% or below- can only earn up to a 79% on recovery
Have a wonderful evening!
Thank you for coming!
VisitorA volunteer includes any person (including parent/guardian) who leads or assists students other than their own in a classroom/school wide program/activity, chaperones a trip, reads to a student or group of students, assists with field day, etc. We truly appreciate each and every one of you who volunteers your time and efforts at LWE and we know you are a big part to the success of our students. If you plan to volunteer at any time
during the school year, you will need to complete the Online Volunteer Process prior to volunteering.
Please use the following link to complete the online volunteer process.
If you are just visiting the school (attending a parent/staff meeting, eating lunch with your child, signing your child in/out), you will still need to present your ID to the front desk and obtain a visitor badge.
Volunteer
https://www.fultonschools.org/volunteer