1. Welcome to 4 th Grade Curriculum Night!

2. Meet Mrs. Wilson Happily married for 18 years. 2 beautiful daughters attending school in District 308. Pets: Sophie and Sammy Hobbies: Reading!!!! Biking, gardening, being with friends and family, love the beach! Been in education for a long time!

3. Recommended Reading for You! The best ways to encourage your children to become better readers is to enjoy reading with them, to them, and around them. Libraries and bookstores are great resources. The best ways to encourage your children to become better readers is to enjoy reading with them, to them, and around them. Libraries and bookstores are great resources. Talk about great books! Listening to books on tape is reading! Talk about great books! Listening to books on tape is reading! I HIGHLY recommend you read the book The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. This is a great resource for parents. Check it out from our library!

4. Homestead’s Mission Statement HOMESTEAD students are independent problem solvers who think critically and creatively to continually grow their academic, social, and emotional skills.

5. Classroom Management Character Counts Pillars Trustworthiness Respect Caring Citizenship Fairness Responsibility

6. Rewards and Consequences Students know the rules and what is expected of them. They are aware of the rewards and consequences for following the rules. I will contact you of any issues.

7. Homework Study vocabulary, notes, concepts. Math MobyMax will be a part of the students’ weekly homework. I monitor their progress on Moby Max weekly. I encourage you to do the same. Read 20 – 30 minutes. I don’t assign a reading log. I trust that you are inspiring them to read at home and helping them create time for this. Researchers have found the most effective tool in helping your child succeed in school is encouraging them to read more, especially informational books.

8. Homework Continued Study! The students will be expected to study for quizzes and tests. They will always receive a study guide at least 2 days before the test. I stress the importance of studying for current and future success. Homework is posted on my website daily. Please try to check their assignment notebooks on a daily basis so you know what their homework is. Students will take home a Homework Whoops! sheet if they forget their homework. This sheet is expected to be signed by you. If a student misses more than 3 assignments in a quarter, they will have a check on their report card under the area of homework.

9. Literacy During reading we will focus on……… Comprehension Strategies; predicting, summarizing, connecting, questioning, inferring, and imaging Notice and Note Reading Strategies: Contrast & Contradictions, Words of the Wiser, AHA Moment, Again and Again, Memory Moment, and Tough Questions. Building fluency Higher level thinking discussions about books Reading a variety of genres

10. During writing we will focus on… Journal writing Responses to readings and discussions Variety of writing assignments that connect with other subjects (brochures, news articles, posters, etc…) 5 paragraph papers including; informational, narrative, and opinion writings Correct conventions in writing Correct grammar usage in writing

11. Words Their Way The purpose of Words Their Way is to enhance phonics, letter patterning, decoding, and affix skills. Words may appear easy to spell. Easier words are utilized to learn the patterns well. Then they are applied to decoding and spelling more challenging words. Students will be grouped based on their assessment scores and previous sort experiences. Students will be taught by one of the 4 th grade teachers to differentiate their word study learning. Sort introductions, tests, and grades will be provided by your child’s Words Their Way teacher. Sort practice will be provided by your child’s homeroom teacher. It is important students practice sorting and spelling words at home daily to learn the patterns and prepare for tests.

12. Math We are using a brand new, Common Core aligned math curriculum. One of the resources we will use is called My Math by McGraw Hill. This is a unit program that builds mastery within the unit skills. The skills are assessed by a unit assessment that is administered across the district. There is an online component to this program that the students will be getting more information at a later time.

13. Math Groups Students will be flexibly grouped per unit to ensure their needs are met. Groupings will occur between classrooms and may change with each unit. Pretests, MAP scores, classroom assessments and teacher input will determine student placement of each unit. AT students will meet with AT teachers daily. If you have specific questions, it is best to contact your child’s math teacher for answers.

14. Math Units Unit 1: Numbers and Operations Unit 2: Multiplication and Division Concepts Unit 3: Multiplication and Division Application Unit 4: Fractions and Decimals Unit 5: Computation Applications Unit 6: Geometry

15. 4 th Grade Teachers’ Email Addresses Mrs. Wilson jwilson@sd308.org Miss Wyss kwyss@sd308.org Mrs. Renfus lrenfus@sd308.org Mrs. Wober rwober@sd308.org Mrs. Curran scurran@sd308.org Mrs. Maaske amaaske@sd308.org

16. Social Studies and Science Social Studies Units Our Land and First People Exploration and Settlement The English Colonies The American Revolution Science Units Earth Materials Micro Worlds Processes of Investigations Solar System

17. Second Step Training Program that will teach students the skills to strengthen their ability to: – Learn – Have empathy – Manage emotions – Solve problems 22 lessons 45 minute lessons that will be done throughout the year.

18. Noteworthy News Phone Number: 630-636-3158 Email: jwilson0817@oswego308.orgjwilson0817@oswego308.org I try very hard to answer phone calls and emails the same day. Please read the Wilson Weekly every week! There is important information in there.

19. That’s All Folks!