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Mrs. Walker’s Open House

Welcome to Mrs. Walker's 4th-grade track 3 classroom! Explore the frog-themed experience in her second year teaching 4th grade, with a background in elementary education and a focus on curriculum and instruction. Learn about class pets, behavior management, rewards, and more!

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Mrs. Walker’s Open House

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  1. Mrs. Walker’sOpen House 2008-2009 Grade 4 Track 3

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

  3. 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

  4. Classroom Rules • We only have four rules: • Be Safe • Be Respectful • Work Hard • Love Yourself

  5. 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

  6. 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

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

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

  9. Scholarly Students • Encourages Life-Long Learning • Social Studies • Science • Math • Language Arts • Misc. • Optional • Students Choose • Hall of Fame Wall

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

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

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

  13. 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

  14. Specials • Music • Yamaha Recorders Needed • 4th Grade Chorus • Art • Technology (Weekly Time) • P.E. • Spanish • Media • Unlimited Book Check Out • Need Media Parents (2)

  15. 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 • Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes • Vocabulary • 1st and 2nd Quarter Only (240 Words) • Friday Tests

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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!

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

  21. 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

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  25. 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

  26. Communications • Email • Work: cwalker2@wcpss.net • Home: grade4teacher@gmail.com • Website • www.steveandcat.net/mrswalker • Blackboard Page • Great resources found there! • Newsletters • Every Monday

  27. Thank You For Coming! • Questions? • Comments?

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