2. Cara Roberts Shane O’Neal Christine Niebuhr Jane Castner

3. Quiz time! Do you know the 4 th grade team?

4. This teacher snowboards! Ms. Castner

5. This teacher ran a half-marathon! Ms. Roberts!

6. This teacher is trained zip-line technician! Mr. O’Neal

7. This teacher is known to speak Greek! Ms. Niebuhr

8. 4 th Grade Activities Band Individual Lessons- 2x a week Whole band- 1x a week (beginning mid-year for 4 th grade) Spring Concert Chorus 1x a week Winter and Spring Concerts Fieldtrips In-School – Maryland Historical Society – Maryland Native Americans Living Classroom in the Spring – Examining the Chesapeake Bay’s history and health

9. Respect, Responsibility, & the Right to Learn All students have the right to learn. A key factor in determining children’s success is the environment in which they learn. Students are expected to manage and accept responsibility for their own behavior.

10. Behavior Rights and Responsibilities KBe kind and respectful at all times. B Keep body parts and objects to yourself. M Be responsible for all school and class-related work and materials. LBe an effective listener and follow directions. EBe responsible for our school environment.

11. Specials Physical Education Health Music Art Media

12. Computer Lab At least visit 1x a week Programs: Type to Learn Improves keyboarding skills RazKids TumbleBooks Study Island Successmaker Microsoft Office Enrichment to curriculum

13. Homework Policy About 45-60 minutes per night (Read 15-20 minutes, language, writing, study spelling, math, social studies, or science.) Assignments should be written down in the homework pad. Pad can be used as communications between parents and teachers. Parents can help with monitoring homework.

14. Math Mathematics Core Standards Update Mathematics: Scott Foresman & Addison Wesley Pre and Post Assessments for each cluster County Assessments January and May 80% proficiency Resource Site for Parents

15. Social Studies 4 th Grade Units Geography Building Skills Maryland’s History Maryland’s Present

16. Science 4 th Grade Units Adaptation Physical Science Alarming Idea! Water Study

17. E.L.A. English Language Arts Reading Word Study Writing Language Skills Computer Skills

18. Language Grammar Punctuation Capitalization

19. Reading Comprehension Strategies Determining Important Ideas Questioning Visualizing Making Connections Predicting Inferring Synthesizing Decoding Fluency

20. Reading Resources Anthology: Houghton Mifflin Trade Books Non-fiction articles: National Geographic Thank you PTA!

21. Word Study Phonics Spelling Vocabulary -Rev It Up!

22. Writing Text Types and Purposes Opinion/argument pieces Informative/explanatory texts Narratives

23. At Home Research Resources Ms. Julie Voight Media Specialist Why use databases instead of Google?

24. 100% of databases are K-12 curriculum-relevant 10% of Google is K-12 curriculum- relevant Editorially selected best of publisher quality articles and websites that are reviewed and updated regularly and meet K-12 curriculum and state standards. High percentage of information is not updated regularly, and may be created by questionable sources. Thousands of editorially selected newspapers, magazines, maps, correlated graphics, literature, reference sources to match curriculum, student interest, and reading levels. Searches do not include access to newspapers and curriculum-relevant magazines and journal archives because this information is copyrighted and only available through subscription databases. Reading level designations for articles and selection of appropriate websites. No method for adjusting results to student reading levels.

25. Please join your child’s homeroom teacher in the classroom. Thanks for joining us! Have a great year!