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Journey Through Fourth Grade: Curriculum Night Reading & More

Explore six comprehension strategies, language skills, writing types, math concepts, science units, social studies topics, homework guidelines, and technology projects in fourth grade curriculum. Contact teachers for details.

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Journey Through Fourth Grade: Curriculum Night Reading & More

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  1. Welcome to Curriculum Night

  2. Reading • Six Comprehension Strategies • Visualizing • Connections • Summarizing • Questioning • Inferring • Synthesizing • Nonfiction comprehension strategies and structures • Language • Nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, adjectives, Verbs, adverbs, articles and conjunctions • Sources • Novels • Basal Readers • TFK • Newspaper • Picture books • Internet • Reference Materials

  3. Additional Reading • Interactive Read Alouds • Silent reading • Reading for enjoyment • LLC book • Book from home • Wheaton Public Library book • Appropriately leveled • Each classroom teacher decides how often and how long this will take place per week • Comprehension strategies reviewed

  4. Spelling Tests are given weekly Homework will be used as weekly review Student responsibility in mastering spelling words

  5. Writing • Three types covered throughout the year: • Narrative • Informational • Opinion • Preparation for ISAT: • Written response to Reading • Written response to math using problem solving strategies • Skills: • Transition into 5-paragraph writing • Writer’s Workshop / Graphic organizers • Written Language including Poetry

  6. Math • Timed tests • Multiplication and Division • Nightly fact practice initiative =10 minutes per night - 3 minute timed test given Fridays • Curriculum • Common Core Curriculum • Operations and algebraic thinking • Number and operations in base ten • Number and operations -Fractions • Measurement and data • Geometry • Problem Solving for ISAT

  7. Main units Scientific Method & AT HOME Science Project Cells and microscopes Adaptations & Classification-Mrs. Saporito Plants- Mrs. Clapp Human Body- Ms. Kennard Animal Kingdoms & Ecosystems-Ms. Queen Health/Family Living Unit Film shown last Friday in May Boys and girls separate when viewing the film Science

  8. Social Studies • Map Skills • States and Regions • Government / citizenship • Revolutionary War • Civil War • Time For Kids (TFK)/ Current events

  9. Homework • 45 minutes nightly (including all reading, worksheets, math, and projects) • Get It Done Club (GIDC) • At recess • Monitored by 4th and 5th grade teachers • Note sent home that MUST be signed and returned • Kids do not have to miss entire recess

  10. Assignment Notebook andPortfolios • Organizational tool • Return daily • Communication tool • Daily assignments • Long-term projects • Parent-teacher dialogue • Parent-student discussions

  11. Take a Peek! Biography Posters Science Experiments State PowerPoints Genres

  12. Projects/Technology • Debby Lawson, Librarian • Genre Study/ bookmarks- Create Word table, clip art, typing • Biography Poster-research, Word Art, clip art, import photos • National Park Tour- Research Photo Story 3 • State PowerPoint-research, PowerPoint and oral presentation skills • Technology • PowerPoint • Movie maker • Word processing • Research

  13. Special Schedule • Lunch: 12N-12:25 Recess: 12:25 – 12:55 • Music: 25 minutes • Art: 45 minutes • Library: 30 minutes • Saporito: Wednesday • Clapp: Wednesday • Kennard: Friday • Queen: Thursday • P.E.: 20 minutes • Computer: research, reinforcement tool

  14. Contact • Email • Best policy! • Assignment Notebooks • Newsletters • Each week • Posted on the Lincoln website

  15. Expectations for incoming fourth graders! • Handout coming home: • Social • Academic • Work habits Distributed in your child’s classroom!

  16. Thank you! Ms. Queen Mrs. Saporito Aide: Mrs. Bernhagen Ms. Kennard Mrs. Clapp Aide: Mrs. Lee

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