Room 201 Mrs. Stottlemyer Pfaff Elementary School

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 8:55-9:15- Arrival/Daily Edit  9:15-9:45- Target Time  9:45- 10:00- Correct daily edit  10:00-10:15- DEAR (drop everything and read)  10:15-10:50- Shared Reading/Read Aloud  10:55-11:25- Guided Reading  11:25-11:55- Lunch  11:55-12:20- Recess  12:20-1:10- Science/Social Studies  1:10-1:55- Special  1:55-3:00- Math  3:00-3:35- Spelling/Writing  3:35-3:45- Dismissal

 Day 1- Art  Day 2- Music  Day 3- Library  Day 4- Gym

 1 st marking period- non-fiction  2 nd marking period- mysteries  3 rd marking period- realistic fiction  4 th marking period- author study  Guided reading levels are assessed periodically throughout year  4 th Grade goal- Level R  At home and in school reading logs  Goal- 25 books150 pgs. = 1 book  Reading homework- expectation

 1 st /3 rd marking period- science Animals Land/Water Magnets/Electricity Motion and Design  2 nd /4 th marking period- social studies Lehigh and Delaware canal history

 4 th grade goal- division facts  Family letter  Pre-assessments, progress checks, quizzes  Student Reference books  Homework

 Pre-test given Mondays  Regular list or challenge list assigned  Post-test Fridays  Scoring tests  Packet due Fridays

 Formal and informal writing assignments  Narrative, Informative, and Persuasive writing  Poetry Unit in February  Rubrics  Independent writing used for assessments  Developmental- kids are at all different stages right now in their writing skills

 Students are aware of them  Aligned with report card  Assessments will show specific learning targets (see example)

Understands and responds to non fiction texts Analyzes text organization Distinguishes between essential/nonessential info Develops and Applies Vocabulary Analyzes & Interprets Informational Text Learning Targets:

 4- Exceeds the standard In order to score a 4 a student must demonstrate extended or strategic thinking beyond what was taught in class (not just everything right based on what was taught) – example will be shown on next page 3- Meets the standard A student scores a 3 when they demonstrate proficient understanding of the material taught in class (used to be 100%) 2- Nearly meets the standard A student scores a 2 when they have not demonstrated proficient understanding independently on an assessment of material taught in class. They may be demonstrating partial understanding. Student may meet with teacher during target time for re-teaching. Later on the student will be given another opportunity to demonstrate proficient understanding. 1- Does not meet the standard A student will need re-teaching and additional practice to determine what their needs are. After much more practice and correction of misconceptions the student will be given another opportunity to demonstrate proficient understanding independently.

What was the setting of your story? __________________ Who was the main character? ______________________ What was the plot? _______________________________ Whose point of view was the story told from? __________ Choose one of the literary elements from above (setting, character, plot, point of view). Tell how the story would be different if one of these were changed to something else. If the _____________________ were changed to __________________________ the story would be different because ________________ ______________________________________________

 Beginning of Year- September- math, reading, writing, science  Middle of Year- January  End of Year- May  PSSA- March Reading Math Science

 New behavior plan at Pfaff this year- PBS  LISTEN letters for class rewards  Classroom rules  Organization/responsibility

 Fall conference sign-ups  Birthdays  Instrument Lessons  Friday Folders  Web Site  Questions????????  Thanks for coming in tonight!!