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Welcome to Fourth Grade!. Mrs. Weber. Professional Experience. 21 Years of Teaching Taught Grades 3 & 4 Clayton Accelerated/Gifted Cohort Life-long Learner. Communication. *Email sherylweber@claytonschools.net Voicemail 854-6337 Meramec Current Fourth Grade News
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Welcome to Fourth Grade! Mrs. Weber
Professional Experience • 21 Years of Teaching • Taught Grades 3 & 4 • Clayton Accelerated/Gifted Cohort • Life-long Learner
Communication • *Email sherylweber@claytonschools.net • Voicemail 854-6337 • Meramec Current • Fourth Grade News • Friday Folders • Weekly Reflections • Family Letters
Friday Folders • Graded papers & Important notes • Sign inside paper and write comments • Return on Monday
Character Development • Meramec Five • Essential Fifty Five • Class Meetings
Meramec Activities Children • Character Council • Scouts • Computer Club • Chess Club • Choir Parents • PTO • Parent-Principal Dialogue • Community Book Study
Mathematics District purchased online version, so that students will be able to access from home. http://www.greatsource.com/singaporemath
Reading • Independent Reading • Literature Discussions • Library Reading Awards • www.lexile.com • Nightly Reading- 20 Minutes
Writing • Writer’s Workshop • Writing Process • Six Traits of Writing • Ideas • Organization • Word Choice • Sentence Fluency • Voice • Conventions
Social Studies • Missouri • Geography • History • Government • Economics Jefferson City Field Trip April/May St. Charles Field Trip November History Museum
Science- FOSS Hands-on! • Matter & Energy • Structures of Life • Magnetism & Electricity • Earth Materials Explore on www.fossweb.com
Spelling • Create individualized list on Monday • Sentence or definitions • Study nightly • Test on Friday
Fourth Grade Projects • Map in a Month • Famous Missourian Wax Museum • Jefferson City technology project • MO Reading Circle Awards
Cursive/Keyboarding Cursive is practiced in Fourth Grade Keyboarding- 15 words per minute by the end of the year New online keyboarding-Type to Learn 4
Tests/Quizzes • 2-5 Days notice • Study Guide/Spiral Notebook
Homework • PLANNERS! • Given Monday-Thursday • Unfinished work from the day goes home • Weekend Workout
Grading • Exceeds Expectations • Expected • Developing • Tests, quizzes, and some class work with be graded by percentages • Some class work is graded with percent or scored to correspond with report card.
4-W’s Website • www.claytonschools.net/meramec
Out of School Activities I’d love to come, just get me a schedule!
Reminders! • Specialists are in their classrooms • Respond to your child’s letter… • Class donations/Pick up an apple • Conference sign up on line