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Welcome to
Curriculum
Night!
Welcome to Room 178
My name is
Robin Millner
and I am thrilled to be
your student’s
Fourth Grade teacher
for the
2014-15 School Year!
Biography:
New Lenox resident, teaching in
and out of the public school system
for over 20 years. Started with
District 161 in 2008. Married mother
of four and grandmother of two.
Leilah
Liam
Education:
~Undergraduate
-Northern Illinois University
~Teaching certificate
-Trinity Christian College
~ Post graduate
-Saint Francis University- LBS1
DJR Family Values
Acceptance
Belonging
Community
How we will
Celebrate the Child
*Star Student of the Week
*Birthdays
*Positive behavior reward system
*Positive and encouraging language
*Providing a safe, bully free
classroom
•School and classroom rewards
•End of the year awards ceremony
CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS
1. Be Responsible- This includes coming to
school on time, using your time wisely, coming
prepared, competing homework, staying on
task, taking care of classroom materials, etc.
2. Be Respectful– Treat others as you would
like to be treated. Use respectful language
and good manners. Be a good listener, raise
hand silently, be a good friend.
3. Be Safe - Conduct yourself in a manner
that is safe for you, those around you and our
school, keep your area clean, keep hands,
feet and objects to yourself, use supplies and
materials appropriately.
Classroom Behavior Accountability Procedure
Blue: Role Model
Student is going above and beyond classroom behavior
expectations. If students ends their day on blue they
receive a blue classroom ticket.
Green: Ready to Learn
Starting place, student is following all classroom
expectations and given directions after teacher’s first
request.
Yellow: Make Better Choices
Student is not making following classroom expectations,
this serves as a warning.
Orange: Think About It
If poor behavior choices continue students will be moved to
orange “Think About It” and be required to complete a
Behavior Reflection Form that will be kept on file.
Red: Contact Home
If poor behavior choices continue students will be moved to
red and be required to bring completed Behavior Reflection
Form home and teacher will call home to discuss the issue
with the student’s family.
Classroom Management:
Teacher vs. Student Game
The objective of this game is for the students to
spell out the word ‘TEAMWORK’ This game is
played every day. The class earns a letter by
gathering more tallies at the end of each day that
the teacher has earned. The way students earn
tallies are by meeting behavior expectations in
the hallway, quieting down quickly, getting
learning materials ready after one directive, etc.
Mrs. Millner can earn the tallies when the class
continues talking after the ‘quiet down’ bell has
rung one time, talking in the hallway, etc. When
the students spell out ‘TEAM WORK’ they get to
have a classroom ‘Party’.
Healthy Kids
HAND SANITIZER
There is hand sanitizer for students to use as
needed. Please emphasize the importance of
clean hands and covering coughs with your
children.
FOOD/DRINK
Students may bring in a small, healthy snack for
their morning break. Also, students may bring a
water bottle to school for use in the classroom.
Weapons Policy
Illinois law requires school officials to expel a student
who is determined to have a weapon at school or any
school-sponsored activity or event that bears a
reasonable relationship to school. Weapons include
not only guns, but also look-a-likes and any object
used to cause or threaten injury. The expulsion from
school must be for a period of not less than one year
except that the Superintendent or the School Board
may modify the expulsion period on a case-by-case
basis. Student threats to use a weapon, even if
intended as a joke, will also be dealt with severely in
order to maintain the safety of students and District
161 employees. All teachers must explain this policy
to all students on the first day of school.
Parent Communication
 Phone/email
[email protected]
 Teacher Page Website
www.summithill.org
 School and district newsletters and
emails
 Progress reports
 Notes
 Monday Folders
Parent Communication
MONDAY FOLDERS
Every Monday your child will bring home a
folder containing all the graded papers from
the week before. Please look them over and
discuss good performance and areas that
need improvement. Also, please check for
papers that require a parent signature. Any
paper that receives a grade of D or F will
require a parent signature. Then sign the
enclosed form and have your child return the
folder with any signed assignments and the
signed form on Tuesday. Please keep the
papers from the week at home.
and/or enrich class instruction. There will be on an average of three to four nights of homework a week.
Students should be reading each night. (Average: 30-40 minutes of homework per day).
Late Work- The following reflects the grading scale for late work received:
First day 10 points or 1 letter grade off
Second day Assignment is graded a 0%
Fourth Grade
Homework includes completing work not finished in class and specific assignments to reinforce and or
enrich class instruction. Work can be expected on an average of 4 nights per week. (Average: 40-50
minutes of homework per day).
Late Work- The following reflects the grading scale for late work received:
First day 10 points or 1 letter grade off
Second day Assignment is graded a 0%
Homework
District Policy
Assignments missed due to illness will be given one day per day of absence plus one day. Requests for
homework should be given to the school office before 11 AM and picked up at the school at the end of the
school day. Summit Hill School District 161 appreciates parents taking an active role in the child’s
education both at school and at home.
Homework
HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOKS
Homework is an important extension of the concepts presented in the
classroom. Homework needs to be turned in on time and done neatly. Each
student will have an assignment notebook. Students will be given one at
the beginning of the year and another one half way through the year.
Assignments will be given orally as well as written on the assignment board
in the front of the room. Students should write down what they see to
ensure they are doing the correct assignment. Your child will bring home
their assignment notebook each night. Please check to see that all work is
completed and sign his/her notebook. I stress to the students that it is their
responsibility to remember to do all their homework . If you see that your
child is not bringing home his/her assignment book filled out or bringing
home the incorrect books, please notify me.
ROGUS HOMEWORK INCENTIVE
Students will be rewarded for turning in their homework on time. At the
beginning of each quarter, they will receive the letters ROGUS. These will
be placed in their assignment notebook. For every missing assignment,
one letter will be removed. At the end of the quarter, students who have at
least one letter left will take part in a fourth grade celebration.
Reading Calendars
At the beginning of each month, your
child will be given a monthly calendar.
They are required to read for 20
minutes each night (Monday through
Thursday). The title of what they read
and parent initials will be recorded for
each day. At the end of the month,
calendars will be placed in a box and
two will be drawn for prizes from the
prize box. This is a requirement not an
option.
ELA
English Language Arts
We have district created themed units aligned with
the Common Core Standards that we are using for
Reading. This includes novels studies as well as
our Reading textbooks. My reading classroom
uses the Daily 5 structures to ensure plenty of
small group attention for the students as well as
differentiation. We will have weekly spelling tests
as well as weekly Languages quizzes from our
Daily Language Review DLR practice sheets.
Daily Five
The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks (read to self,
read to someone, meet with teacher, writing and word
work) that students complete each day while the
teacher engages in small group instruction. This
framework helps students develop the daily habits of
reading, writing and working with peers. The goal is to
foster these good habits and develop lifelong skills of
independent literacy. This structure is interspersed
with large group teaching each day.
ELA
English Language Arts
Students will be reading a wide variety of literature outside
of just their reading stories. Some selections may be
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, myths, mysteries, folktales, and
much more. In addition to this, we will be reading several
novels that go right along with our themes.
Some of the important skills taught in Fourth Grade are
Main Idea, Cause and Effect, Summarizing, Context
Clues, Making Inferences , and Determining Theme.
Book Reports
Students will be assigned a quarterly book
report. They will be given multiple ideas to
select from. They will need to read a novel
at their reading level. These levels will be
obtained through our new testing system
called STAR. The levels will be sent home.
The book reports will be part of their
reading grade and are required.
Spelling
At the beginning of each week your child will be given a
spelling pretest. These words go along with the week’s
story or theme (20 - 25 words). In class, we will grade
the pretest. Throughout the week we will review the
words using various strategies. On Friday, or the last day
of the week, students will take a spelling posttest. Two of
the spelling words will be used in a sentence. Students
will be given the two words and they will form their own
sentences using proper sentence structure. Their
sentences should be at least 7 – 9 words long and should
use the word in proper context.
Social Studies
• Our Social Studies curriculum is theme based.
• We will be covering Westward Movement, The
Civil War, and Illinois.
• A variety of literature will be used with each of
these themes.
• At the end of the year, students will complete
state reports and state float.
Science
• Students have a Science Textbook. Science
will be taught through the textbook chapters
and note-taking.
• Students will also engage in a variety of
scientific experiments.
• Some units that will be covered include:
Getting Reading for Science, Space,
Properties of Matter, Forces in Motion
Math
• Our math curriculum is new this year, Go Math by Houghton
Mifflin. It is aligned to the common core and offers a wide
variety of technology components to support student learning.
Students will receive books by chapter.
• My website will contain links that can be used at home to
support student learning. Students are also encouraged to
practice their math facts regularly.
• Mastering Math Facts (Rocket Math) quizzes will be given
several time per week.
Specials
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The specials include:
PE
Computers
Art
Music
Library
Bookmobile
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday, November 24
Tuesday, November 25
•Please sign up for a conference time tonight.
•Please use a Post-it to write down your day and time.
•I will send home a reminder closer to P/T
Conferences.
THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
It is going to be
a great year!!