1. Welcome to 4 th Grade Curriculum Night Mrs. Angela Smith

2. Information from Administration Car Rider Procedures at http://www.cobbk12.org/MtView/ Car rider procedures are posted on our school website. For everyone’s safety, please review and follow those procedures. This year, we are using car rider tags during afternoon car pool. If you have not gotten a car rider tag and anticipate needing one, let me know following this meeting. Morning drop off/car pool line begins at 7:20. Teachers are required to be in their classrooms at 7:20. Students dropped off prior to that time would lack supervision. Unless other arrangements have been made with a teacher or administrator, students may enter the school no earlier than 7:20 for their safety. Late afternoon check out needs to occur prior to 2:00. From 2:00-2:30, our front office is very busy with dismissal. Attendance Policy Regular and consistent attendance is important for our students and their academic progress. Mountain View follows the county’s attendance policy with the following procedures: After 3 unexcused absences, the teacher will make contact with parents. After 5 unexcused absences, administration will send a letter home to parents. After 7 unexcused absences, a referral to the school social worker is made. Please note that excessive absences (both excused or unexcused) can result in a referral to the school social worker. Tardies and repeated early checkouts are impactful to learning as well. Bus Lot/Fire Lane Travel through the bus entrance or bus lot is prohibited during times when buses are due to load and unload students. This is a huge safety concern so our staff will take license plates of offending vehicles and turn them over to the district’s Public Safety Department. Please do not park at the front curb even to run a quick errand in the front office as this is our fire lane. The Fire Marshall has been monitoring schools and issuing tickets to any cars parked in a fire lane.

3. Information from Administration Transportation Changes Should you need to change your child’s afternoon dismissal, please send a written note to the classroom teacher that morning. You may not send transportation changes to email because the district has a strong SPAM filter that on occasion captures parent emails. Additionally, if the teacher happens to be absent, your email will not be received by the substitute. Last minute changes in your child’s dismissal cannot be accepted by telephone. You may send a fax to the school describing the needed change along with your signature to 770-578-7267. Follow up with a call to the office staff to verify receipt of your fax. Mandated Reporter Law Please note that school volunteers are now mandated reporters of child abuse. A flyer with information regarding this new law is posted on the home page of our school website and in our front office. Buzz-in System For security reasons, Mountain View does have all exterior doors locked with a front door buzz in system. All visitors, including parents, must buzz and state their intended business to gain entrance. Visitors must then sign in at the front office and list their destination. To preserve security and to protect instructional time, visitors may not proceed to classrooms during instructional time unless they have a specific appointment to volunteer. Also, administrators have set schedules that frequently have them observing in classrooms so they do prefer meeting with parents by appointment. Those can be scheduled through the school secretary. Blackboard Connect

4. Daily Schedule 7:20-8:05 Morning Routine 8:05-9:20 Math 9:20-9:45 Mentor Sentences/Read Aloud 9:45-10:25 Specials (M- Music, T- Computer Lab, W- PE, Th- Art, F- PE) 10:25-11:21 Writers’ Workshop 11:21-11:51 Lunch 11:51-12:20 Reading/Daily 5/Café 12:20-12:40 Recess 12:40-1:20 Reading/Daily 5/Café 1:20-2:05 Science/Soc. St./Health 2:05-2:15 Pack up/Dismissal

5. Behavior Management/Homework In 4 th grade, we strive for your child to become an independent learner and to take responsibility for their own actions. Give Me Five - school wide behavior system Whole Brain Teaching Classroom Rules Assignment Board/Agendas (please sign agendas Monday)

6. Behavior Sheet

7. Math My Math Areas of Study: Place Value, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Decimals Sumdog.com for practice Username: First initial + Last Name Password: Initials of First and Last Names Daily homework will be assigned, please practice math with your child Common Core Math Standards- students find the strategies that work for them!

8. Reading and Language Arts Daily 5 and Café Reading Strategies Spelling: Words Their Way Weekly Homework- Choice Board Friday tests Grammar: Practice incorporated into Mentor Sentences Reading: 20 minutes each night. Monthly Book Reports

9. Writers’ Workshop Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy Calkins Student choice writing

10. Social Studies Text: Houghton Mifflin http://www.eduplace.com/eserviceshttp://www.eduplace.com/eservices Login: cobbstudent4 Password: password Areas of Instruction: Map and Globe Skills, Economics, The First Americans, Explorers, Colonization, The American Revolution, Westward Expansion, The New Nation, The Civil War and Reconstruction. Extension projects may accompany some units Spring - American Revolution Play

11. Science Text: Harcourt www.thinkcentral.comwww.thinkcentral.com Login: sciencestudent4 Password: education Areas of Instruction: Water and Weather, Sound and Light, Force and Motion, Simple Machines, Ecosystems and Adaptations, Space and Planets Extension projects may accompany some units

12. Field Trips Fire Safety Village Cobb County Youth Museum In-house: Sound and Light Tellus? Others: TBD

13. Homework and Daily Preparedness Given nightly, except on weekends Spelling tests on Friday Projects will be announced with ample time to complete and will be accompanied by a rubric Any money or important office information must be placed in a closed labeled envelope. **If assignments are not turned in on time they will be completed in study hall during recess and their behavior chart will be marked.

14. Communication Communication between us is KEY in the success of your child! Lines of communication in order of preference: Notes: Please send me a note in with your child. I will respond as quickly as I can. Email: angela.smith@cobbk12.org I will email you back within 24 hours during the week days. Phone: Call me at school to leave a message during school hours. Remind 101 Blog Newsletter

15. Remind 101

16. Report Card Grading Scale: To view your child’s grades, log in to ParentVUE. A = 90%-100% B = 80%- 89% C = 74%- 79% D = 70%- 73% F = 0% - 69% NOT 1, 2, 3!

17. So, what do you have to sign? Agenda – Agendas filled out for the week on Monday, please sign Monday night Behavior contract - Sign over the weekend I am asking the children to be responsible and show you all communication and papers that will go home in the Black Communication folder. Please help them to remember this. All graded work will be in the folder. If something goes home that does NOT have a grade on it, that work was completed together.

18. Wellness Wednesdays ➢ Our PTA Health & Wellness Committee encourages families to participate in Wellness Wednesdays beginning next week. Students are encouraged to bring fresh fruit or veggies for snack every Wednesday. ➢ Fruit donations are provided to one grade level each week. ➢ Our Partners in Education and other local businesses in our community are sponsoring this program. Please visit them: Kid Chess, Highland Chiropractic, Omega Learning, Friends and Family Chiropractic, First Citizens Bank, Liberty Mutual Insurance ➢ Visit http://mvehealthandwellness.weebly.com for more info or email health@mountainviewpta.org.http://mvehealthandwellness.weebly.com

19. Walk to School Days ➢ Our PTA Health & Wellness Committee encourages families to Walk to School together when possible. Studies show that students are more ready to learn after 20 minutes of physical activity. Mark your calendars for our school-wide Walk to School Wednesdays: September 2, 2015 October 7, 2015 November 4, 2015 March 2, 2016 April 13, 2016 May 4, 2016

20. Membership Matters Online Mathematics Program: Sumdog Online Reading Resources: A-Z Reading, BookFlix, Document Cameras for Classroom Instruction Art, Music & Physical Education Support Teacher-requested Curriculum Materials for K-5 th grades (e.g., Bare books) Subscriptions to Time for Kids, USA Weekly, & Georgia Weekly Student Agendas/Planners for 3 rd -5 th grades Enrichment Materials for Special Education, Target, Speech & Language, and Guidance Additional Supplies for our Amazing Building, School Clinic, & Cafeteria Staff Family Engagement Activities (e.g., Fall Festival, Science Night & Bingo Night) Thank you! Together, we make a difference! Your PTA membership dues enhance the Excellence and Quality of Education at Mountain View:

21. Membership Matters Computer Teacher Computer Lab Science Teacher Science Enrichment and Materials Ongoing Teacher Development & Education Planning for After-School Enrichment Programs Your Foundation Membership dues support Science, Technology & Enrichment Programming: How do I get informed and involved with PTA & Foundation?  Subscribe, Receive & Read Pawprints - our weekly PTA e-newsletter at mountainviewpta.org It’s all in here:  Visit us on-line – Click on PTA or Foundation links from Mountain View Elementary website: mountainviewpta.org mtnviewfoundation.org  Find out about Volunteer Opportunities! Contact president@mountainviewpta.org or president@mtnviewfoundation.org

22. Thank you for joining us for Curriculum Night!