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Welcome to 4th Grade

Welcome to 4th Grade. Mary Ellen Keith Tony Kresl Kate Shaw Gina Turgeon. Teacher/Parent Communication. *Conferences: Oct 9 th /10 th ; March 19 th /20 th *Weekly Whale Watch & Talk 203 Messages *Monthly grade level newsletters sent by email and updated on 4 th grade website

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Welcome to 4th Grade

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  1. Welcome to 4th Grade Mary Ellen Keith Tony Kresl Kate Shaw Gina Turgeon

  2. Teacher/Parent Communication *Conferences: Oct 9th/10th; March 19th/20th *Weekly Whale Watch &Talk 203 Messages *Monthly grade level newsletters sent by email and updated on 4th grade website *Assignment notebook

  3. Conferences • Parents need to use their Portal Access Key to log onto the conference scheduling tool. • Families will be notified when the conferencing system PTC Wizard is online - sometime in September. • Then parents using their Portal Access Key will be able to login and schedule conferences with their child’s teachers. • Parents should sign up for conferences with their homeroom teacher. Information about your child’s progress will be communicated.

  4. Introducing…. Introducing… Highlands Heroes!

  5. Curriculum Night Highlands Heroes are… • Respectful • Responsible • Safe • Kind These are the core values that will guide our behavior expectations throughout the building.

  6. Curriculum Night Highlands Heroes Core Values

  7. Curriculum Night Visual Supports • Volume Meter Posters • These posters will be hanging with the expectation posters throughout the building

  8. Curriculum Night Equipping our Students with Super Powers • Explicit teaching of expectations in a structure that fits into your schedule and classroom culture (through class meetings, when introducing Bully Backpack, before entering common areas of the building, etc…) • Constant review of expectations throughout the year • Teachable moments

  9. Curriculum Night Holding Heroes Accountable

  10. Curriculum Night Where does this fit with HOM? • Anchor Lessons • Infusion of Language throughout curriculum • Self-Reflection • Mathematical Practices

  11. Habits of Mind 4th Grade Focus(Key words and ideas to remember) Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision: Be clear! Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form Taking Responsible Risks: Venturing out! Being adventurous and trying new things. Questioning and posing problems: How do you know? Interested, quest, clarifying, pondering, inference, predicting, seeking, investigative, curious

  12. Class Meetings

  13. Reading and Writing

  14. Instructional Shifts in ELA

  15. READING – WRITING – LANGUAGE – FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS – SPEAKING & LISTENING READING – WRITING – FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS LANGUAGE – SPEAKING & LISTENING Balanced Literacy Block READING – WRITING – LANGUAGE – FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS – SPEAKING & LISTENING

  16. Vocabulary • Systematic approach to teaching vocabulary using Greek and Latin prefixes, bases, and suffixes • Focus on key roots and strategies for deciphering words and their meanings across all content areas

  17. Mathematics Curriculum • Naperville Community Unit School District 203 math curriculum is now in its second year of full implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics. • Each grade level will focus on defined critical areas in mathematical content. • All grade levels will infuse the Standards for Mathematical Practice into math instruction.

  18. Math

  19. 4th Grade Areas of Focus • Develop understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication • Develop understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends • Develop an understanding of fraction equivalence • Add and subtract fractions with like denominators • Multiplication of fractions with whole numbers • Understand decimal notation for fractions and compare decimal fractions • Describe, analyze, compare and classify two-dimensional shapes based on properties • Understand concept of angles • Solve measurement conversions

  20. Number Talks Number Talks is used to develop students’ thinking of accurate, efficient and quick strategies that can be completed mentally. Students develop flexible thinking skills that build on the foundation of mathematics. Classes spend five to ten minutes and focus on the discussion of strategies, not necessarily getting the “right answer.” Students are encouraged to share their thinking which develops communication skills for all students.

  21. Social Science: Regions of the United States • Northeast • Southeast • Midwest • West • Southwest

  22. The four concepts with guiding questions which will drive instruction for each region. What defines a region? Place • What are the human made and natural characteristics of the region? • What are the advantages/disadvantages for human inhabitation in this region? • Location • Where is the region located?

  23. Concepts with Guided Questions (cont.) Movement • What physical/human movements helped form this region? • How has geography affected interaction between this region and other regions? • Human Interaction with Environment • How have people of the past and present interacted with this region? • How do people adapt to the region and depend upon it?

  24. Science Curriculum

  25. Matter(Physical Science) • observe and define solids, liquids, and gases • conservation of matter • investigate effects of temperature on matter • explore chemical changes • design and carry out experiments

  26. Watery Earth(Earth Science) • consider water resources globally and locally • conservation and protection of fresh water • water use in our own lives

  27. NEW! STEM-Mindstorms • 4-6 week robotics unit focusing on bridging science, engineering, technology and math • Collaborative Workers (students work in teams) • Teams work at their own pace • Habits of Mind: • Thinking Flexibly • Persisting

  28. Learn to think, work and act like a scientist • Take accurate notes • Be scientifically specific • Observe • Follow directions • Think flexibly! • Community

  29. Collaborative Group Skills include: Community Contributors work with partners/groups share information and ideas come to agreement reflect synthesize new learning

  30. Band / Orchestra • Full Orchestra – Tuesdays from 11:35-12:15 • Full Band - Wednesdays from 11:35-12:15 Group lesson schedule will be coming home. Schedules will also be posted in classroom. Emails: Band Sharon Oliver – soliver@naperville203.org Orchestra: Connie Reynolds – creynolds@naperville203.org Kathy Wunsch - Orchestra Sub – kwunsch@naperville203.org

  31. Tips for Parents • discuss your child’s day - specifics • review and initial assignment notebook • check & clean out Take-Home Folder daily • provide a quiet reading environment for thirty minutes daily • practice basic math facts and mental math regularly • visit IXLand Xtra Math sites

  32. 4th Grade Testing Performance Series: Online- Reading and Math First testing dates: September 10th and 11th, 2014 2nd testing window: January 12-30th, 2015 (~two hours total) 3rd testing window: April 20th-May 8th, 2015 (~two hours total) PARCC NEW! ONLINE! 1st Testing Window: March 16th-26th, 2015 2nd Testing Window: May 11th-22nd, 2015 NAEP – Science/National Reporting: February 8th, 2015

  33. 4th Grade Testing CONTINUED • *COGATS:CognitiveAbilitiesTest • Verbal (Language) Quantitative (Math) APTITUDE • February 23rd-26th, 2015 • *Iowa Tests • NEW! Select students will take IOWAs, based on CoGATs (for Gifted Identification Process) • Math and Reading skills • April 6th-10th, 2015

  34. Field Trips • Fine Arts Civic Opera at North Central College: Oct. 7th • Naper Settlement: November (date TBD) • Naperville Children’s Museum Levers and Pulleys: January 28th or 29th • Water Reclamation Plant: Jan./Feb. • Outdoor Education: May 14th and 15th (Training May 12th) • Naperville Century Art Walk: Mid-May

  35. Websites: • Class: Canvas • http://naperville.instructure.com • (login as observer/parent, or students can log in from home) • Building: Highlands • http://schools.naperville203.org/highlands/ • District: 203 http://www.naperville203.org

  36. Parent Resources • Parent Roadmaps • ELA: • http://www.cgcs.org/domain/36 • Math: • http://www.commoncoreworks.org/cms/lib/DC00001581/Centricity/Domain/149/ParentGuide_Math_1.pdf • Engage New York Toolkit for Parents and Families • http://www.engageny.org/parent-and-family-resources • PTA Parent Guides • http://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2910 • PARCC Resources for Parents • http://www.parcconline.org/for-parents

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