1. Curriculum Night Ms. Sankey’s 4 th Grade 2014-2015 August 19, 2014 1 Please come in and write a letter to your child for them to read tomorrow morning.

2. Please contact me with any questions or concerns.  Email: dsankey@kyrene.orgdsankey@kyrene.org  School Phone: 480-541-3340  School Office: 480-541-3202  Attendance Phone: 480-541-3201  My website: http://www.kyrene.org/dsankey http://www.kyrene.org/dsankey August 19, 2014 2

3. Special Schedule  MondayArt  TuesdayP.E. (Wear tennis shoes)  WednesdayComputer Lab  ThursdayMusic  FridayLibrary  Snack is during reading each day about 8:30  Lunch is from 11:45-12:25 August 19, 2014 3

4. Rules and Expectations  Be Safe  Be Respectful  Be Responsible  I have been using Class Dojo, a behavior management website that tracks each students’ behaviors for the day. August 19, 2014 4

5. Weekly Homework  Monday: New spelling list. Homework will be given throughout the week and the test will be on Friday.  Read 20 minutes every night and log it. Thursday nights will need parent intials.  Math homework, problem solving every night.  No homework Fridays!  Homework is checked the following day. Missing homework will be done at recess under the ramada. August 19, 2014 5

6. New Assessments for 2014- 2015  The AIMS test, which is not aligned to the existing standards, was used for the last time in Spring 2014.  Arizona State Board of Education is devoted to the selection of a rigorous assessment to measure student learning and inform the State’s accountability measures.  The State Board of Education’s final selection and adoption of a new statewide English language arts and mathematics achievement assessment is expected to occur in early October, 2014.  This new statewide achievement assessment will be aligned to Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards and will be administered beginning in the spring of 2015. 6 August 19, 2014

7. Math  Resources:  Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space  Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Math  Common Core Standards August 19, 2014 7  Skills:  Data and Graphs  Place Value  Time  Multiplication/Division  Money  Geometry  Fractions /Decimals  Measurement  Patterns  Probability  Multi-Step Problems

8. Math Example 8 August 19, 2014

9. English Language Arts  Read Aloud  Reading: Harcourt Trophies & Novels  Question of the Day  Vocabulary - New each week  Comprehension  Fluency  Guided Reading/Independent Reading  Spelling/Handwriting  Grammar Practice August 19, 2014 9

10. ELA Example 10 August 19, 2014

11. Writing  Writer’s Workshop  Mini-lesson  Independent writing time  Time for sharing  Writing Process  Prewriting  Rough Draft  Edit  Revise  Final Copy August 19, 2014 11  Six Traits of Writing  Ideas  Organization  Word Choice  Sentence Fluency  Voice  Conventions

12. Science  One unit of study per quarter  Water and Weather  Animal Studies: Classification and Adaptation  Magnetism and Electricity  Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources August 19, 2014 12

13. Social Studies with Mrs. Lilly  Arizona History  World History  Government  Geography  American History  Native Americans August 19, 2014 13

14. Extras  Research/Reports  Field Trips  Four Parties  Birthday Parties  Nut Allergies!  THANK YOU FOR COMING! August 19, 2014 14