1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
Thank you for being here to gain ideas in supporting your student’s learning.

3. Reading Log - Daily Homework

4. Reader’s Workshop
Cognitive Strategies - making connections, predicting, questioning, visualizing
Reading Skills – main idea, summary, finding details, inferencing, vocabulary, drawing conclusions, theme, poetic structure
Independent reading
Reading groups – teacher / peer

5. Higher Level Thinking… Reading

6. Higher Level Thinking…Reading

7. Higher Level Thinking…Reading

8. Writer’s Workshop Writer’s Notebook / Spelling & Grammar folder
Brainstorming ideas / activities
Choice writing (personal narratives, creative writing, poetry, expository)
Conferencing
Sharing

9. Writing in 4th Grade
What are the expectations for writing in 4th grade?
What do higher level thinking questions look like in writing?

13. Personal Narrative:
PROMPT – Write about a time you had to make a choice.
*what we typically see at the beginning of 4th grade

14. Personal Narrative:
PROMPT – Write about a time you had to make a choice.
*with instruction and practice, this is the kind of writing we are working toward

15. Expository Writing: PROMPT:
Write about your favorite place to spend time. Describe the place and explain what makes it special.
*what we typically see early in the year

16. Expository Writing:
PROMPT:
Write about your favorite place to spend time. Describe the place and explain what makes it special.
*with instruction and practice, this is the type of writing we are working toward

17. Higher Level Thinking…Writing

18. Higher Level Thinking…Writing

19. Higher Level Thinking…Writing

20. Math in 4th Grade 2-3 step Word Problems
Multiplication basic facts memorized
29 x 84 and 8,534 x 2
9,956 divided by 6

21. (cubes or rectangular prisms) Decimals 0.5 and 0.05
Volume 3D shapes
(cubes or rectangular prisms)
Decimals and 0.05
Line, Line Segments, Rays
Angles and Lines

22. Representing Data
Frequency Tables
Dot Plot
Stem-and -Leaf

23. Lending or Borrowing money
Financial Literacy
Making profit
Lending or Borrowing money

24. Math What can you do to help your child to do better in my Math class:
Check AGENDA every day and initial it
Monitor the HOMEFUN assignments
Have your child practice Multiplication Facts every day
Ask your child to TEACH you something they learn every day

25. Measurement and graphing are implemented into the units
Please discuss units of measurement with your child whenever possible: as you are grocery shopping, buying gasoline, cooking, and etc.

27. How often should I practice basic multiplication facts?
Only on the days you eat!
Multiplication Fluency: A necessity for success in math! Students are expected to be practicing basic multiplication fact fluency daily. Fluency means a student is able to instantly retrieve the answer from memory. Students will be held accountable for acquiring this skill. A major grade will be given each quarter. Students will be graded on fluency > speed and accuracy of 100 basic facts and will be graded as follows:
1st Quarter - 5 minutes 2nd Quarter minutes 3rd Quarter - 4 minutes 4th Quarter - 3 minutes

28. Box Model/Method Multiplication

31. Science Topics to be covered Science ISN Hands-on Vocabulary
Critical thinking – drawing conclusions
Process Skills

32. Measurement and graphing are implemented into the units
Please discuss units of measurement with your child whenever possible: as you are grocery shopping, buying gasoline, cooking, and etc.

33. We are going to have
a great year!!