1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
Miss Childs
4th Grade
“Without Confidence & Love there can be no true Education” – St. John Bosco

2. Expectations
Students will be respectful to other students, teachers and school property.
Students will come prepared to school each day with the proper writing utensils, work due and notebooks.
Students will be responsible for copying down homework each day in their planner.
Students will be responsible for turning in homework, classwork, reports, and projects on time.
Students will follow and acknowledge classroom rules and will understand consequences when rules are broken.
Students are responsible for taking notes in appropriate notebooks.
Students are responsible for asking for and completing missing assignments due to an absence.

3. Books and Policy All textbooks need to be covered.
Students need to be in full uniform at all times.
Please refer to uniform policy

4. Assessments Quizzes and Tests Homework Projects/ Book reports
Classwork
Maintenance Sheets

5. Grading Policy Summative Assessments (Tests)-- 45% Quizzes-- 25%
Classwork & Participation– 20%
Homework– 10%
All grades will be posted on Cornerstone
Grades will be posted within 5 days of the assignment due or test given

6. Grading Continued At times I often use “check grades” √++ = 100%
√+ = 95%
√ = 85%
√- = 75%

7. Newsletters
I will post a weekly newsletter on my Teacher Web as well as provide you a hard copy sent home with your child on Mondays.
You will find:
What we are working on and will work on
Upcoming Projects and Tests
Classroom Events

8. Homework
Homework will be displayed within the classroom and posted on my Teacher Web daily
Homework will be checked and should be placed in the appropriate bin upon arrival

9. Curriculum
Math
Science
Religion
Social Studies
English Language Arts

10. 4th Grade Math
Ms. Scarpelli will be teaching Math to your child this year. I will be teaching reading and spelling/vocabulary to the other fourth grade class.

11. In Science this year we will discover the following:
Properties of Water
Interactions on Air, Water and Land
Animals and Plants in Their Environment
Magnetism
We will work with science terminology, complete labs, group work, research, and use technology to help explore the wonderful world of science!

12. Religion
Morality
Lessons and rules Jesus gave his people to help them be happy and contribute
Explore the Ten Commandments
Beatitudes
Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy

13. Social Studies Native American Indians of New York State
Three Worlds (Europe, the Americas, Africa) meet in the Americas
Colonial and Revolutionary periods
Revolutionary War in New York State
The New Nation
Industrial Growth and Expansion
Urbanization: economic, political, and social impacts
Government and Purposes of Government
Local and State Government
The students will complete notes, work with vocabulary, discovering cause and effect, create timelines, complete group work, and use technology to expand learning.

14. English Language Arts Writing Grammar Spelling/ Vocabulary
Summarizing, poetry, research based writing, explanatory paragraphs, informational paragraphs, text connections, comparing and contrasting, writing a good paragraph, essay writing, research based writing, and using evidence to support ideas
Grammar
Sentences, Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Conjunctions, Prepositions, Punctuation and Capitalization
Spelling/ Vocabulary
Spelling and Vocabulary tests are alternating every other week
Words can be found in my newsletter and on my Teacher Web

15. Reading We will focus on the following
Fluency, speaking and listening, language, and comprehension
Informational texts, exploring various forms of nonfiction, literary texts, poetry, and historical fiction
Text analysis, interpreting main idea, making inferences, point of view, imagery, making observations, clarifying, summarizing, questioning, and researching
We will be using various novels and the Reading Street textbook which is aligned with the Common Core Standards to reinforce different types of texts in addition to Engage NY Modules.

16. Technology
We will be using the computer lab and iPads to help support learning and create presentations/ projects
The promethean board will be used daily for interactive learning throughout each subject area

17. Absent Work If your child is absent
Work will be collect throughout the day for your child
If you wish to pick up work, please call the office. Work will be sent to the office to be picked up by 2:30pm.
Your child is expected to bring in completed work when they return to school.

18. Upcoming 4th Grade Educational Field Trips
•Van Cortlandt Manor
–Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
•The Bardavan: Lights, Camera, Math!
–February 9th, 2017
•Lego Land
–Tentatively for June 2017

19. Important Dates •Midterms begin January 17, 2017 •NYS ELA Exam
–March 28-30, 2017
•NYS Math Exam
–May 2-4, 2017
•ADNY Religion Final Exam
–Thursday, June 1st at 9am

20. Any Questions?
Please feel free to me with any additional questions or concerns you may have
Sign up for my NewsFlash for any important announcements
Phone: (845)

21. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children throughout the school year! Please check the Teacher Web for this PowerPoint presentation and the updated teacher conference schedule.

22. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples” – Mother Teresa