Welcome to Fourth Grade Curriculum Night

1. Upcoming Events 8/22…..Early Release 12:05 9/1…..No School (Labor Day) School Mission Mountain Shadows is a Kids at Hope community that creates lifelong leaders with skills essential for the 21stcentury. We are the Can Do Coyotes – No Exceptions! • To insert your company logo on this slide • From the Insert Menu • Select “Picture” • Locate your logo file • Click OK • To resize the logo • Click anywhere inside the logo. The boxes that appear outside the logo are known as “resize handles.” • Use these to resize the object. • If you hold down the shift key before using the resize handles, you will maintain the proportions of the object you wish to resize. Welcome to Fourth GradeCurriculum Night Mrs. von Tobel Mrs. Hudson

2. Odds/ends • First Day Packets: sign/return forms by Friday **Pink Form (look at back for medical info, even if NO medical info, must initial ON the back) • District Website: find Student Rights/ Responsibilities Handbook which MUST be read so you can sign off on the form • Attendance: 5 unexcused tardies= letter; 10 unexcused tardies=suspension

3. Odds/ends • Cafeteria open 8:15, playground opens 8:30 • Absence: call 24 hour line 623.445.4390 by 9AM or else you’ll receive an automated call • Volunteer training: need it for parties, field trips only have to attend 1 training • Parking Lot/Pick-up requirements: ~please do NOT park along the street to pickup your child, new bus bay (need clearance)

4. Odds/ends • Parent Messages: to cut down on distractions the office will not disrupt our classes for late items or messages. Please plan accordingly. • Parties: 4 times a year; birthdays: done at lunch • 21st Century program: after school program with extra-curricular activities, by invitation only • Thursdays: schedule change, extra specials in place of the RTI block (intervention block)

5. Parent Communication • Planners: parents sign every night, students get a ticket per signature for a weekly drawing, missing work/behavior notes • Mountainshadows.dvusd.org • Email update: will receive notification when website is updated for the week, other last minute events; see hallway to sign up • Ps.dvusd.org/public: check grades on weekly basis;

6. Leadership academy • Embed opportunities throughout day • Emphasis on 7 Habits: Be proactive; Begin with the End in Mind; Put First Things First; Think Win-Win; Seek First to Understand, Then To Be Understood; Synergize; Sharpen the Saw • Every student is capable of success, No Exceptions! • Increases students’ self-confidence, teamwork, initiative, creativity, leadership, problem-solving, communication, diversity awareness and academic performance • Improve school culture

7. Discipline--Classroom • Behavior Card: ~If students are caught being responsible/kind, earn positive on behavior card ~3 warnings= infraction note in planner/on behavior card • 8 days no infractions= Can Do Crew (free choice, academic) • If no Can Do Crew then teacher chooses activity • Quarterly reward for behavior card; Coyote Cash, Tickets Discipline—PBIS (School-wide) • Matrix • Expectations in all areas of campus

8. Common Core • AZ College and Career Ready Standards (ACCRS) (http://www.azed.gov/azcommoncore) • Rigorous; College & Career Readiness • Parent Guide to ACCRS http://www.azed.gov/azcommoncore/families/ familiestoolbox/parentsguide/ • Learnzillion.com (videos that explain CC standards) • Eureka Math-commoncore.org/parents (resource) • No standard algorithms for mult./div; knowing the why behind answers/problems; nonfiction; summarizing; persuasive; finding evidence to support an opinion/answer

9. Homework • Nightly • Reading: weekly Reading Logs due Thurs; may be other types of skill based review • Math: review worksheets or study math facts • Sci/SS: study guides and studying for tests • Can read the SS book at home for the reading log • All homework due the following day unless otherwise noted • On time= 100%; 1 day late= 50%; 2+ days late= 0%

10. Quizzes/Tests • At the end of lessons or units • Length depends on content and student progression • Students will be informed ahead of time • All tests/quizzes that receive 69% or lower will need to be signed by a parent • All tests and quizzes will be kept in the students’ portfolio at school

11. Language ArtsMrs. Von Tobel • Reading • Pearson Reading Street (pearsonsuccessnet.com) • Spiral notebook and folder • Standards embedded into Social Studies

12. Language ArtsMrs. Von Tobel • Writing • Variety of genres using writing process • Six traits of writing • All writing pieces will be completed & stored at school • Grammar • Standards embedded in all subject areas • Folder • Words their Way: using sorts to investigate and recognize patterns within words

13. MathMrs. Hudson • Engage NY (common core) • Investigations • Pre and post tests • Small Group based on concepts • Spiral Notebook and folder • Learnzillion.com (videos) • commoncore.org/parents (PDF file info.)

14. ScienceMrs. Hudson • Many different resources including hands on experiments • Technology • Study guides for tests will be given • Interactive Student Notebooks ISN (spiral notebook) and folder • Water, Magnetism/Electricity, Landforms/Erosion, Animals

15. Social StudiesMrs. von Tobel • Arizona history and geography • Quiz for each lesson, test for each unit • Standards will be embedded into the Language Arts block • Folder and spiral notebook

16. Student Led Conferences • PDSA Model: Plan, Do, Study, Act • Student Data Notebooks: data sheets/work • Multiple conferences will be held at one time • Set goals with your child for upcoming quarter

17. Questions?