Back to School Night September 24, 2015 Grade 4

Agenda:  Introductions  Class Schedules  PBIS  Common Core  Report Card  Curriculum (for 1 st Trimester)  Parent Communication  Class Parents  Wellness Policy  Questions

4 th Grade Teachers  Ashley Conlan (Mrs. Conlan)  Aurinda Esteves Simpson (Mrs. A)  Jeremie Hittenmark (Mr. H) About Me Love science/making Used to coach basketball/softball/baseball Expect students’ best Very little room for excuses Tough on everyone wherever they need it

Room 209 – Daily Schedule MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 8:30-8:40 Unpack/Notes/Morning Work 8:40-8:50 Science Social Studies 8:45 – 9:30Science 9:30 – 10:10Reading 10: :30Reading Group 10:30-11:15Writer’s Workshop 11:15-12:15Math 12:15 – 12:55 Lunch & Recess 1:00 - 1:45LibraryP.E.SpanishMusicArt 1:45 – 2:30Flex Time 2:30-3:00Word Study

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Common Core  Consistent clear expectations  Designed to reflect real world skills so that students are college and career ready  Math priorities: understanding & fluency of multiplication/division, develop understanding of fraction equivalence, adding/subtracting with like denominators, multiplying fractions, and understanding geometric figures  Language Arts priorities: refer to ideas and details to support, explain ideas/information, craft and structure, interpreting and integrating information in different ways, comprehend various types of texts

What is MY attitude / approach to the Common Core Standards?

Standards Based Grading at Six to Six  Continuing this year, students in grades K-6 will be assessed using standards based grading. This standards based report card is aligned with the Common Core Standards in literacy and mathematics.  The report card will show student growth on a learning continuum based on end of year grade level expectations or standards.

What is Standards Based Grading?  Standards based grading is a grading system that focuses on the content, skills, and standards that students must learn. This means that when recording scores, the concern is not with the cumulative score on a test (traditional grading), but rather the level of mastery the student has achieved on each concept assessed on that test (standards based grading). -Active Grade

Our New Report Card Grades  You will see how your child is progressing towards master for each standard  Example:  Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. 1234

What the Levels Mean  1 – Does not show understanding of this concept  2 – Understanding of and ability to show off this skill is inconsistent  3 – Mastery of this skill  4 – Above grade level expectations (NOT EASY TO ACHIEVE)

Curriculum  First Trimester:  Math concepts:  place value  Addition  Subtraction  Literacy  Poetry,  providing evidence to support claims  Writing informational essays  Science:  Ecosystems  Circuits  Social Studies:  Government: Responsibilities of a citizen  voting process and elections  Taxes

A Family-School Compact for Achievement is an agreement that families, students and teachers develop together. It explains how families and teachers will work together to make sure all students get the individual support they need to reach and exceed grade level standards. Effective Compacts:  Begin with standards  Focus on student learning  Respond to school data  Define everyone’s responsibilities  Depend on us to believe in it and use it Family-School Compacts

Our Grade Level Priority Goals  To include facts or details and elaboration across different genres of writing (narrative, informative, opinion, historical fiction, and mythology)  To understand the meaning of multiplication and division and represent and solve problems using different strategies  To be independent thinkers and persevere through work by increasing stamina using strategies taught in class

Upcoming Field Trips Marsh Walk (ecosystems)  Wednesday, October 7 th 9:30-12:30 Peabody Museum  Wednesday, November 9 th ?? Eli school (rubberband cars)  Friday, December 11 th school  Friday, January 29 th ??

Upcoming Field Trips Eli school (electromagnets)  Wednesday, February 10 th Eli Whitney off campus (electric city)  Tuesday, March 15 th EESmarts off campus  Friday, April 8 th ?? Riverwalk Old Mine Park in Trumbull  Wednesday, June 1 st Mystic Seaport (Immigration)  End of year

Parent Communication  Phone Calls/ s  Website  Classdojo

Wellness Policy  Healthy Foods  Snack/Lunch

DonorsChoose  Please help by donating and/or sharing!  Link will be sent via Classdojo

Are there any questions?