4th Grade Parents Welcome!

Curriculum Night 4th Grade 2017-2018

Goals and Philosophy Create and maintain a healthy classroom community Provide an active and engaged learning environment where students feel safe to ask questions and grow emotionally and intellectually Challenge students with meaningful and authentic learning experiences that are guided by students individual needs High Expectations, Intrinsic Motivation, Learning is FUN!

4th Grade Reading Focus on Vocabulary Acquisition Comprehension Fluency Creating Lifelong Readers

Reading Tools and Techniques Reading Street Program- Weekly Story Choice Boards Literature Studies Whole Group, Small Group and Individualized Instruction Weekly Tests based on Reading Street Text Reading Conferences Nightly Reading Homework 20 Minutes Online Text

Writing and Spelling Words Their Way Writing: Writer’s Workshop (Lucy Calkins) Genres of writing will include explanatory, literary analysis, persuasive, narrative

Social Studies Arizona American History World History Civics/Government Geography

Science The Scientific Method FOSS kits Magnetism and Electricity Water and Weather Landforms Environments

4th Grade Math Number and Operations Algebraic concepts Geometry Measurement Data Analysis and Probability

Tools and Techniques for Math Hands-on activities Manipulatives Story problems Computation Whole Group, Small Group and Individualized Instruction (Tenmarks)

Standards Based Grading Tests- A score of 50% will be recorded instead of a zero or lower percentage Quizzes Projects – A score of 49% will be used instead of a zero or lower grade for final grades when assignments are missing. Homework Not Graded but checked; documented in Grade Book If student has 9 or more missing or late assignments in a quarter, they will NOT participate in the quarterly reward. Grading practice brochure

Test Corrections Students may have the opportunity to correct math tests or reading tests to improve their score. Scores must be below 80% to qualify for test correction.

Classroom Community Clipchart to Character cards transition Growth mindset Grit

Homework Policies Expect to have math and reading homework four nights a week. No homework will be assigned on Fridays.

Communication Remind: Texting App Text @ww4t to 81010 Agendas Weekly e-mail newsletters Agendas Daily Behavior Weekly Homework Assignments

Important Links Class Website: School Website: www.westwing.dvusd.org Grades: https://ps.dvusd.org/public/ Reading Street – students access through Power schools

Helping at Home Practice typing at home Learnzillion videos Practice multiplication Facts Please check out our 4th grade website for helpful links Listen to your child read

Let’s Have a Great Year! Thanks for coming!