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Please be sure to sign in on the table by the door. Find your child’s seat.

Please be sure to sign in on the table by the door. Find your child’s seat. You may look through the materials on or inside your child’s desk.

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Please be sure to sign in on the table by the door. Find your child’s seat.

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  1. Please be sure to sign in on the table by the door. • Find your child’s seat. • You may look through the materials on or inside your child’s desk. • I will discuss all of the materials on the desk. You may fill out the homework helper paper, if you wish. Please list any students (and that student’s teacher) that would be able to bring you your child’s homework if he/she misses school. There are pens on the front table.

  2. Northern BedfordFourth Grade Classes Welcome, Parents and Guardians!

  3. Welcome to Fourth Grade! • Your child’s teachers this year are: • Mrs. Lisa Blackburn – 4A • Mrs. Paulette Baur – 4B • Mr. Matthew Wasilko – 4C • Mrs. Kathy Wright – 4D

  4. All About Mrs. Lisa Blackburn • Grew-up in Snake Spring Valley on a Dairy Farm • Graduated from Elizabethtown College • Masters Degree from Gannon University in Curriculum and Instruction • Substitute Teacher for 3 Years • 11th Year of Teaching at NBC • Husband Justin & Sons, Nate-6 and Owen-3

  5. All About Mrs. Paulette Baur • Lived in Pennsylvania until the age of 16. Moved to Florida for 20 years. • Graduated from the University of South Florida. • Currently working on my Masters Degree in Reading and Literacy. • Sixth year of teaching. Third year at N.B.C. • Married for 19 years to Gary. • Have two amazing teenagers, Katelyn and Alex!

  6. All About Mr. Matt Wasilko • 17th year of teaching • 14th year of teaching at NBC (5th grade=2 yrs and 4th grade = 12 yrs) • Taught for 3 years in North Carolina (6th grade=2 yrs and 5th grade= 1 yr) • Married to Renee (almost 18 years) • One child, William 9th grade • Dog, Sasha

  7. All About Mrs. Kathy Wright • Lived in the Cove most of my life. • Graduated from Northern Bedford • Graduated from Penn State University • 11th year teaching Grade 4 at NBC • Married to Ty • 2 Children, Dylan (15) and Kara (12) • Cares for 4 pets at home

  8. Grade 4 Goals • To give your children the academic and social skills they need to progress to fifth grade. • To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment. • To help your children make new friends and discover new interests.

  9. Class Subjects • The subjects we cover during fourth grade are: • Language Arts which include Spelling, English, Writing, and Reading • Math • Science • Social Studies

  10. Reading Skills and Strategies taught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Character Traits and Motivations • Compare and Contrast • Synonyms and Antonyms • Making Judgments • Using Story Structure • Answering Questions • Plot: Conflict Resolution • Author’s Purpose and Perspective • Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots • Locating Information

  11. More Reading Skills • Text Structure: Cause and Effect • Drawing Conclusions • Reference Sources • Predicting Outcomes • Using Graphic Organizers • Fact and Opinion • Recognizing a Theme • Following Written Directions • Narrative Forms

  12. Reading Skills Continued • Character, Setting, and Plot • Sequence, Story Events • Text Structure • Using Story Structure • Making Inferences • Using Context Clues • Main Idea and Details • Figurative Language • Summarizing • Paraphrasing • Using Graphic Aids

  13. Accelerated Reader • Students will take the Star Reading Test at the beginning of each marking period to determine their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development). • Students are to read books that are within their ZPD. • Students are required to meet their individual goal each marking period.

  14. English skills taught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Sentences- Subjects/Predicates • Prepositional Phrases • Clauses/Phrases/Complex Sentences • Nouns • Pronouns • Adjectives • Verbs • Adverbs • Review of Grammar

  15. Math Skills taught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Understand Whole Numbers and Operations • Time, Data, and Graphing • Multiplication • Division • Geometry & Algebra • Fractions & Probability • Measurement & Decimals • Perimeter, Area, & Volume

  16. Sciencetaught according to PSSA standards and anchors • The Nature of Science • Scientific Knowledge and Reasoning • Change and Its Effects • Designing and Conducting Investigations • Scientific Instruments • Systems and Their Parts • Using Models • Identifying Patterns in Nature

  17. Sciencetaught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Organisms and the Environment • Living Things and Life Processes • Adaptations • Inherited Characteristics • Ecosystems • Change and the Environment • Humans and the Environment

  18. Sciencetaught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Matter, Energy, Force, and Motion • Physical Properties of Matter • Energy • Force and Motion • Earth and Space • Describing and Measuring Weather • Earth, Sun, and Moon

  19. Social Studiestaught according to PSSA standards and anchors • Geography and Landforms • Earth’s Resources • Graphing • Plotting Points on a Grid

  20. Social Studies Continued • Pennsylvania Unit • Including topics such as the Johnstown Flood of 1889, Pennsylvania Mainline and the Allegheny Portage Railroad

  21. Spelling & Writing • Spelling • Different from previous years. • Students will be tested weekly on ten select words. • Writing • Collins Writing Program: 5 types of writing • 5-paragraph format: (narrative, persuasive, informational)

  22. Specials Classes Your child will take the following specials classes: • Gym • Computer • Library • Art • Music • Guidance • They also have the opportunity to take recorders class in the morning from 7:55-8:20.

  23. Classroom Community • Our classroom is a community. In our community, we have expectations to help us get along with each other. • Our classroom expectations are: • Follow direction the first time given. • Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself. • Use appropriate language and behavior at all times. • Be kind and respectful; always treat others as you would like to be treated.

  24. Homework • Grade four students can receive up to 45 minutes of homework per evening. • Weekly reading assignments • Homework not completed before class time will be finished at recess time. • Parents need to check that the homework is completed before they sign the child’s agenda. • We do not assign homework on weekends.

  25. Tardiness • School starts at 8:20 A.M. • If you aren’t in the classroom by the time the bell rings, please check in at the school office before coming to class. • Please be on time and prepared each day.

  26. Field Trips • Currently, we do not have a field trip planned! Our yearly field trip was always on May 31st due to the anniversary of the Johnstown Flood. We will be checking into other possibilities in the near future and will let you know when the information becomes available. • There has been an increase in the cost for the annual bowling trip. The cost will be $5 per child.

  27. Let’s Have a Great Year!

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