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Welcome to the Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy

Welcome to the Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy. Open House 2013 Fourth Grade. Meet Miss Linning. Education: North Central College in Naperville, IL Teaching endorsements in math, general science, and physical science Enjoys reading, playing board games, and doing arts and crafts projects.

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Welcome to the Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy

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  1. Welcome to the Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy Open House 2013 Fourth Grade

  2. Meet Miss Linning • Education: North Central College in Naperville, IL • Teaching endorsements in math, general science, and physical science • Enjoys reading, playing board games, and doing arts and crafts projects

  3. Magnet Academy • The purpose of the Magnet Academy is to “enrich and extend the district curriculum for students who need and will embrace that challenge” • The elementary program (3-4) does this through: • Interdisciplinary themes and units • Integration of science topics into reading instruction • Hands-on experiences to take learning further • Additional instructional minutes dedicated to STEM activities, including special programs

  4. Magnet Academy, continued • Specials classes every 3rd day all year • Art (Mrs. Gervais) • Music (Mrs. Huggins) • P.E. (Mr. Swanson) • Encore classes meet in 12-week blocks • Horticulture (Mrs. Cartwright) • Digital Music (Mrs. Huggins) • Robotics (Mr. Trygar) • Engineering & Technology time • Science and Social Studies are taught every day

  5. Our Class Schedule

  6. Core Subjects and Curriculum • Literacy- ELA Common Core Units, Write Tools, Daily Language Instruction • Mathematics - enVision Math (Pearson) • Science – Science Fusion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) • Social Studies - Our Country’s Regions (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill) • Engineering & Technology - Science Fusion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

  7. Reading (Literacy) • Types of Reading • Shared Reading • Read Aloud • Independent Reading • While reading, we focus on: • Fluency • Accuracy • Comprehension • Expanding Vocabulary

  8. Writing (Literacy) • Good writing skills are critical both to students’ academic achievement and to their future success in society. • We write to: • Respond to a text • Analyze a text • Explain our reasoning (extended response) • Convey information (informational) • Share personal experiences (personal narrative) • Persuade or share our point of view (opinion) • Entertain (narrative)

  9. Mathematics • Twenty Topics within the Fourth Grade book • Each topic has about six or seven lessons. • Our lessons are grouped around the following ideas: • Operations & Algebraic Thinking • Number & Operations in Base Ten • Number & Operations—Fractions • Measurement & Data • Geometry

  10. 8 Math Practices • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. • Reason abstractly and quantitatively. • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. • Model with mathematics. • Use appropriate tools strategically. • Attend to precision. • Look for and make use of structure. • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  11. Science • Quarter 1: In Home Rooms • Studying Science, Weather • Quarters 2-4: Students will rotate to each teacher for 1 Quarter • Mrs. Gorski: Earth and Space Sciences, Life Sciences • Plants & Animals, Energy & Ecosystems, Earth & Space • Miss Linning: Physical Sciences • Energy, Electricity, Motion • Ms. Lipscomb: Chemical Sciences • Properties of Matter, Changes in Matter

  12. Social Studies • Geography of the United States • The Southwest, The Southeast, The Northeast, The Middle West, The Mountain States, The West • History of the United States • Illinois history • State research projects • Mystery state boxes

  13. Engineering & Technology • Engineering is one of the fastest-growing careers today with a growing number of job possibilities • Students will have the opportunity to learn about and use a variety of technology: • laptops, SMART Boards, SMART Response, digital cameras, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

  14. Engineering & Technology Goals • Define a problem that addresses a need or a want. • Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem. • Plan and carry out fair tests of a model or prototype that can be improved. • Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information. • Use technology to communicate ideas and discoveries. • Explain how technology is used in science for a variety of purposes • Describe the effects on society of scientific and technological innovations • Identify and explain ways that science and technology impact human life and the environment.

  15. Homework • Your laptop must come to school EVERY DAY and go home EVERY NIGHT. • Thirty minutes of silent reading each night. • Math homework (almost) every night. • Practice side is graded for accuracy • Enrichment side is an effort grade only • Students may have assigned readings from our class book that they need to complete at home. • There will be a variety projects to do at home. • Students are expected to be responsible for their own homework.

  16. Grading • Homework is 30% of overall grade. • Assessment is 50% of the overall grade. • Classwork is 20% of the overall grade. Grading Scale: A 90%-100% B 80%-89.9% C 70%-79.9% D 60%-69.9% • Late Policy: The grade drops by 10% every day it is late. After 5 days, the maximum a student could earn if he/she turned in the assignment is 50%

  17. Contact Information • Email: elinning@d131.org • Preferred Contact is by email • School Phone Number: (630) 978-9482 • Website: misslinningsclass.weebly.com • Students will be using Edmodo as a resource as well

  18. Websites and Resources • 8 Math Practices: • http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice • Next Generation Science Standards: • http://www.nextgenscience.org/ • Math Textbook: • http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.org/ • Science Textbook: • http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com

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