Welcome to 4th Grade Dallastown Area Intermediate School Team Diligence

1. Welcome to 4th Grade Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolTeam Diligence

2. Team Diligence Mr. Bricker – Math & Social Studies Mrs. Corwin – Language Arts Miss Kurnat – Language Arts Miss Mellinger – Math & Science Mrs. Mummert – Learning Support

3. Student Schedules • Each student has a schedule in the front of their assignment book for Core and Encore subjects. • 4th Grade Encore classes: PE, Health, Art, Music, Library, Guidance, and Computer.

4. MATH PLACE VALUE- MONEY: to 100,000, rounding, least to greatest, comparing number values, estimating, decimals ADDITION and SUBTRACTION: with regrouping of 2 to 6 digit numbers. TIME: telling time to the minute, elapsed time. MULTIPLICATION: by 1 and 2 digit numbers. DIVISION: into 3 digit numbers with/without remainders, averages GEOMETRY: plane and solid figures, perimeter/area, measurement, etc. PROBLEM SOLVING: various strategies for problem solving CHARTS, TABLES ,GRAPHS: make, read, and interpret. FRACTIONS: comparing, adding/subtracting

5. Flexible Grouping in Math • Teachers will administer a pretest at the beginning of each marking period. Then students will be grouped within or between classrooms based on their need for diagnostic and remedial teaching, re-teaching of specific skills, or enrichment. • Flexible grouping creates temporary groups. Students will be regrouped based on individual student’s achievement.

6. SOCIAL STUDIES States and Regions of the U.S. Land/People/Regions Northeast Southeast Middle West Southwest West

7. Life Science • Plant and Animal Structure • And Function • Energy in Ecosystems • Surviving in the Environment SCIENCE • Physical Science • Matter • Force and Motion • Electricity and Magnetism • Light and Sound • Earth Science • Measuring Weather • Makeup of the Earth • Exploring the Oceans • Movements in the Solar System **Students will work in the SCIENCE LAB once each cycle.**

8. Studying for Science and Social Studies • Science and Social Studies study guides will be sent home with students prior to the test. • Science study guides, class lessons, and extra materials are posted on Miss Mellinger’s Science Moodle. A direct link can be found on the Team Diligence website.

9. READING WORKSHOP Reading Strategies Connections Predict/Infer Questioning Monitor Summarize Evaluate Visualize Reading Activities Read alouds Interactive read aloud Shared reading Guided Groups Literature Circles Silent reading Journal entries Reading responses Book projects Research Types of Genre Historical Fiction Fantasy Non-fiction Mystery Adventure Poetry Author Studies Patricia Reilly Giff Gordon Korman Roald Dahl

10. WRITING WORKSHOP • TYPES OF WRITING • Narratives • Informative • Persuasive • Expository • Descriptive • Poetry • Summarizing • Note Taking • Friendly letters • Responding to • open ended • questions (RAFT Responses) • Learn Speaking and Listening Skills • Students will write • paragraphs and stories that display understanding of: • Focus- staying on topic • Content- using elements of a particular type of writing. • Organization- have a beginning, middle and end. • Style- use a variety of words, types of sentences etc. • Conventions-correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization.

11. SPELLING • Word Study • Word sorting to identify spelling patterns • Spelling lists go home on Monday and the test is always two weeks later on Friday. • Expect homework weekly!

12. Language Arts Homework • Students will be required to read at home each week. Detailed information will be sent home with students during the first week of school. • Word study sorts will be pasted into the agenda on the right hand side of the week. Please use these sort keys to study spelling throughout the week. We will assign word study homework weekly. Word Study homework is due the day of the test.

13. Homework! • Team Diligence Homework Policy • All Homework is to be completed and must be made up if missed. • Warning for 1st missed assignment • Loss of recess for 2nd and subsequent missed assignments. • Parent Contact (email or phone call) for 3rd missed assignment. • 4th missed assignment may result in a parent/student conference with teacher, administrator, and guidance counselor. • Monthly Homework Rewards • Students who miss an assignment will not receive the reward. • Students will start with a clean slate at the beginning of each month.

14. SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATIONS

15. Discipline Team Diligence Policy (3 Strikes) • 1st offense (warning) • 2nd offense (loss of recess) • 3rd offense (appropriate consequence)

16. Lockers • Every student has his/her own locker. • There are no locks on the lockers. • Students must keep their personal belongings in their lockers during the school day. • Students may not decorate or adorn their lockers with stickers. Magnets are permitted.

17. Student ID Cards • Every student will receive a student ID card. • ID cards will be used to purchase lunch and to borrow books from the school library. • ID cards must remain in school at all times.

18. Accessing our Team Website www.dallastown.net Step 1: From the Dallastown homepage, select Dallastown Area Intermediate School.

19. Step 2: Select Team Diligence from the Blue Community drop down menu.

20. Access our site for: • Nightly homework assignments • Team Encore schedules • Individual teacher pages • Links to class Moodle sites

21. COMMUNICATION You and your child are extremely important to our team. We want you to feel free to contact us whenever you have a question or concern about anything. You can reach us in the mornings most days from 7:50 A.M. to 8:15 A.M. Call the school @ 244-4021. It is best to reach us by email. Scott.Bricker@dallastown.net Susan.Corwin@dallastown.net Mary.Kurnat@dallastown.net Trisha.Mellinger@dallastown.net Cindy.Mummert@dallastown.net