Mrs. Walker’s Open House 2008-2009 Grade 4 Track 3

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Welcome!

Introduction – Frog Theme • Experience – – – Second year in 4 th grade Three years teaching 5 th Four years teaching 3 rd grade grade • Education (EMU) – BS Elementary Ed – – MAEd Curriculum & Instruction MAEd Administration and Supervision

Class Pets

• • • Esio Trot (s-e-o trot) – – Teacher Appreciation Day Gift 36+ Years Old Carl and Carla – – Fiddler Crabs Animal Studies Unit Track Out – Adopt them for the three weeks

Classroom Rules

• We only have four rules: 1) Be Safe 2) Be Respectful 3) Work Hard 4) Love Yourself

Behavior Management

• • Hops – – – – – Verbal Warning Hop 1: Warning Hop 2: Note in Agenda Hop 3: Call Home Hop 4: Office People – – One Week Emptied Each Day

Rewards

• • • • • Table Points – Lunch on Friday Chance Tickets/Raffle Choices Given – Where to read/sit Teacher of the Day – Students Pick each day Star Students – Students Pick each month

Warm Fuzzy Fridays

• • • Warm Fuzzies – Given for random acts of kindness Mail Call – Letters Buckets – Have You Filled A Bucket Today?

Jobs and Appointments

• • • Each child will have a classroom job (they select) Jobs are changed each Monday Appointment Cards – For working with a partner

Scholarly Students

• • • • Encourages Life-Long Learning – – – – – Social Studies Science Math Language Arts Misc.

Optional Students Choose Hall of Fame Wall

Daily Schedule

• • • • • • • • • • • Morning Work/Announcements Social Studies (1 st Half of quarter) Science (2 nd Half) Word Work (WWW) Specials Reading Writing Lunch Read Aloud Math SSR

Morning Work

• • • • • • • • • NC Dailies Daily Word Problem Daily Practice Problems (DPPs) History Geography Grammar Reading Comprehension Following Directions Graded Each Morning

Social Studies

• First Half of the Quarter – 1 st Quarter: Native Americans/Relative Location/State Symbols – – – – – – 2 nd 3 rd Quarter: Coastal Plain Quarter: Piedmont 4 th Quarter: Mountain Region States and Capitals all year Study Guides for tests Textbook

Science

• Second Half of the Quarter – Rocks and Minerals – – – – – – – Food Chemistry Animal Studies Magnetism and Electricity Science Kits Hands On Wake County Assessments (no study guide) Science Fair

Specials

• • • • • • Music – Yamaha Recorders Needed – Art 4 th Grade Chorus Technology ( Weekly Time) P.E.

Spanish Media – Unlimited Book Check Out – Need Media Parents (2)

Word Work (WWW)

• • • • Working With Words – Phonics and Word Study Spelling – Houghton-Mifflin Words – – Rebecca Sitton (end of year) Tests each Friday Grammar – Parts of Speech – Vocabulary – – Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes 1 st and 2 nd Words) Friday Tests Quarter Only (240

Reading

• • • • • • • Project Achieve Focus Lessons – NC SCoS Objectives – Blue Diamond Houghton-Mifflin – Whole Group – Guided Reading Groups Novel Studies Reading Response Journals – Due Each Week Genres Accelerated Reader – Not Mandatory STAR – Reading Test Given Once Each Quarter – Parent Report

Writing

• • • • • Writing Test – Given in March (Results in May) – Two Mock Tests 3-5 Writing – Focus, Organization, Style, Support and Elaboration, Conventions Writing Process – Pre-Writing, Draft, Revision, Editing, publish/share Free Writing – Weekly conferences Writer’s Notebook “Seed Book” – Lucy Calkin’s Units of Study

Lunch/Recess/Read Aloud

• • • • Lunch Time: Recess: Indoor Recess – Games Computers – Read Aloud – Exposure to a variety of texts and authors – – – Lasts 20 minutes Chapter books and picture books Done Daily

Math

• • • • • Math Trailblazers (MTb) – SG: Student Guide (Book) – – DAB: Discovery Assignment Book Wake County Approved Textbook/Program Larson’s Math – Computer Based Multiplication Timed Tests – Weekly – – Six Levels Five Minutes– 100 Problems Perfect Score Needed – Homework – Three Nights Per Week Flash Cards – Multiplication Necessary!

SSR

• • Self-Selected Reading Sustained Silent Reading • Students can read wherever they choose as long as they’re reading • No talking allowed

Grading

• • • • • “P” means Practice “HW” means Homework Papers come home daily Each objective is graded three times then a final grade for that objective is given There are numerous objectives that make a final grade

Grading Continued

Grading Continued

Grading Continued

Volunteering

• • • • Field Trips (Usually 2-3 Parents needed per trip) Send in snacks for the class Help specials teachers with various events Parties – – Send in food/items Come in and help

Communications

• • • • Email – – Work: [email protected]

Home: [email protected]

Website – www.steveandcat.net/mrswalker Blackboard Page – Great resources found there!

Newsletters – Every Monday

Thank You For Coming!

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