1. 4th Grade Curriculum Night
August 29, 2017

2. Mrs. Branch
Ms. Becker
(Student Teacher)

3. Agenda

4. Displayed on the screen every morning
Students must work through the checklist
Student’s responsibility ~ Teachers want to hold students responsible to share with parents daily to review content
Guide to share homework and skills worked on at school

5. Writing

6. Curriculum Overview Teachers pull from various resources.
Focus on basic grammar involving the parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling rules
Address commonly misspelled/misused words (too, two, to ~ there, they’re, their ~ our, are)
Begin with basic sentence construction
Progress to complex sentences (opener, interrupter, compound)

7. Curriculum Overview Organization of a paragraph
Focus on writing a solid thesis statement
Voice (letting their personality show)
Using supporting details to paint a picture for the reader
*We teach writing in a way that will allow students freedom...not formulaic.

8. Curriculum Overview 4th Grade Compositions Narrative
A piece of writing telling a story of a personal experience that is written to a stated prompt
Example: Write about a time you needed help.

9. Curriculum Overview 4th Grade Compositions Expository
A piece of writing that provides information or details (not research)
Example: Write about your favorite subject and explain why it is your favorite.

10. Buzzword Daily Buzzword Develop vocabulary
Added to word wall for future reference in writing

11. Reading

12. Curriculum Overview
Teaching basic comprehension skills through novels (Literary Text)
Character Analysis
Inferring
Summarizing/Retelling
Vocabulary Development
Story Elements
Point of View
Determining Themes
Author’s Craft
Questioning

13. Curriculum Overview
Teaching basic comprehension skills through nonfiction text
Inferring
Summarizing/Retelling
Vocabulary Development
Author’s Craft
Questioning
Text Features/Media Literacy

14. 30 Book Challenge Poetry Anthology 3 Traditional Literature 2
Realistic Fiction 3
Historical Fiction 2
Fantasy 2
Science Fiction 2
Mystery 2
Informational Texts 3
Biography, Autobiography, Memoir 2
Graphic Novel 2
Magazine 2
Chapter Book Free Choice 5
30 Book Challenge

15. Biblionasium Usernames and passwords are in your child’s agenda Uses:
Keep up with books they are reading
Keep up with a reading log
Document books that have been read completely
Chart books on the 30 Book Challenge
Respond to reading
Biblionasium

16. What can reading 20 minutes each night do for your child?

17. Social Studies

18. Texas History 4 Regions of Texas American Indians Explorers
Texas Revolution
Texas Today

19. Mrs. Branch’s Strengths
Strengths Academy
Mrs. Branch’s Strengths
Input
Developer
Discipline
Learner
Achiever

20. Designed to help upper elementary school students recognize, explore, and activate their strengths
Students will develop their top 3 themes into true strengths, build personal strengths portfolios, and learn to apply their strengths both in their schoolwork and in their relationships with peers.
Lessons will gradually expand to help students spot strengths in other people and help students to better understand why people feel, think, and act the way they do - especially when it may not be the way they feel, think, and act!
Taken from ~ Learning Together Strengths Foundation
Program Overview