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Welcome Fourth Grade Parents General Info Sheet may be filled out now or tonight and returned tomorrow. Morning Notes/St. Francis Lunch. Hand-written note or email the night before about any special circumstances. Ex.: bathroom use, special seating, elevator use, car/bus line, etc.
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Welcome Fourth Grade ParentsGeneral Info Sheet may be filled out now or tonight and returned tomorrow
Morning Notes/St. Francis Lunch • Hand-written note or email the night before about any special circumstances. • Ex.: bathroom use, special seating, elevator use, car/bus line, etc. • $1.00/month for St. Francis Brown Bag Lunch
Classroom Website • Class Website • Homework and announcements posted weekly • Homework copied every Monday for whole week • Occasional daily updates • Other information • Daily Schedule/Specials • Class List • Back to School PP
Pearson Success/Teacherease • Pearsonsuccessnet.com • Science book online • Reading – not entire story • Social Studies – out of order • Log on Sheets • Teacherease.com • Log on/password • Grades posted bi-weekly • Grades lower than 60% are entered as 60%, actual grade will be noted • Questions about site – Mrs. H
Expectations/Consequences/Rewards • Student-made expectations • “Ready to Learn” • Behavior Worksheet – signed by parent • Rewards • Codes: • 3 codes = 1 detention • 3 detentions = 1 suspension
Miscellaneous • Breaks: Morning, Recess, Lunch, Afternoon/Dismissal • Copybook collection at end of every trimester • White envelopes are sent home on Thursdays and must be returned no later than Tuesdays • Test grading: • Mark correct answers • Test corrections below 80%. Add 1-2 points for every correct answer.
Math • Grading Scale: • Tests: 70% • Quizzes: 20% • Homework: 10% • Quiz every Friday of lessons learned Monday-Thursday • Test after every chapter (1-2 weeks notice) • Notes taken in copybook for each lesson • Homework • Given Monday-Thursday in both workbooks • Do not do ahead of time! • Must use scrap paper to show all work or homework will not count!
Math cont’d • Curriculum • Place Value • Rounding • Estimation • Money • Addition • Subtraction • Multiplication • Division • Measurement • Time • Line Plots • Fractions • Add and Subtract Fractions • Geometry • Perimeter and Area • Decimals • Intro to Algebra
ELA • Grading Scale: • Reading Tests: 30% • Grammar Tests: 20% • Spelling Tests: 15% • Grammar Quizzes: 10% • Homework: 10% • Writing: 15% • Grammar Quiz every Friday of lesson learned Monday-Thursday • Reading and Spelling test every Friday on Story and words learned Monday-Thursday • Notes taken in Grammar copybook and Spelling copybook • Homework • Given Monday-Thursday in Spelling workbook or copybook and grammar workbook
ELA cont’d • Curriculum • Declarative/Interrogative Sentences • Imperative/Exclamatory Sentences • Subjects/Predicates • Compound Sentences • Clauses/Complex Sentences • Common/Proper Nouns • Regular/Plural Nouns • Irregular Plural Nouns • Singular Possessive Nouns • Plural Possessive Nouns • Action/Linking Verbs • Main/Helping Verbs • Subject-Verb Agreement • Past, Present, Future Tenses • Irregular Verbs • Singular/Plural Pronouns • Subject/Object Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns • Contractions/Negatives • Adjectives/Articles • Adverbs • Prepositions • Conjunctions • Quotations/Commas • Main Idea • Sequencing • Fact/Opinion • Poems • Narrative, Descriptive, Persuasive, Expository Writing
Social Studies • Grading Scale: • Tests: 40% • Quizzes: 20% • Projects/Current Events: 30% • Class work: 5% • Homework: 5% • Quiz after every 1-2 lessons, notice will not always be given • Test after every chapter • 1-2 weeks notice given • No tests given on Fridays or Mondays • Notes given in Social Studies copybook, usually in worksheet form • Homework given in Social Studies packets after each lesson, not always given every night
Social Studies cont’d • Curriculum • Geography and Natural Regions of Pennsylvania • Early Land and Settlement • Revolutionary War • Civil War • World War I and World War II • Government • Maps • Globes
Science • Grading Scale: • Tests: 40% • Quizzes: 20% • Projects/Labs: 30% • Class work: 5% • Homework: 5% • Quiz after every 1-2 lessons, notice will not always be given • Test after every chapter • 1-2 weeks notice given • No tests given on Fridays or Mondays • Notes given in Science copybook, usually in worksheet form • Homework given in Science packets after each lesson, not always given every night • Science Fair takes place toward the end of the school year. This is optional and will be counted as extra credit for Science.
Science cont’d • Curriculum • Life Science • Animal and Plant Characteristics • Life Cycles • Vertebrates/Invertebrates • Human Body • Nervous System • Digestive System • Circulatory System • Plant Structure • Earth Science • Water Cycle • Oceanography • Physical Science • Matter