4 th Grade Parent Night

1. 4th Grade Parent Night Welcome! Please sign in and pick up the folder with your child’s name from the side “kidney” table. Please find the silhouette of your child’s head. Use the writing piece to help guide you to the right seat. Mrs. Taraborelli

2. Basic Expectations for 4th Graders: • Stay organized – desk and folders/binder • Use assignment book daily • Be prepared for class with homework, books, pencils, etc. • Have a positive attitude • Respect others.

3. Typical Daily Schedule 9:05-9:40 – Specials 9:45-10:00 – Spelling and Grammar 10:05-11:15 – Math (switch) 11:20-12:05 – Recess/Lunch 12:05-12:35 – Reading/Computer Lab 12:35-1:20 – RtI/Reading Groups (Switch) 1:20-1:35 - SME 1:35-2:30 – Writing 2:30-3:20 – Science/Social Studies

4. Homework • Importance • 40 minutes per night (including independent reading time) • Independence • Asking for help – before leaving or before school the next day • Late Slips/Consequences

5. READING • Scott Foresman Reading Street • 6-Day Cycle • Main Selection (anthology) • Leveled Reading Groups/Leveled Readers • Vocabulary • “Weekly” reading skill and strategy

6. At-home READING • Monitored by homeroom teacher • 75 minutes per week • Signed reading log (due each Monday) • Verify that your child is reading.

7. WRITING • Writing Domains • Focus • Content • Organization • Style • Conventions Copy of rubric in your Parent Folder

8. WRITING • Writing Genres to be covered: • Personal Narrative • Informative • Persuasive • Poetry • Other Writing • Writing journals • Writing related to reading • Content-area writing • Pen pals

9. WRITING WORKSHOP • 10 minute mini-lesson • 30 minute writing time • 5 minute sharing time • Student choice will be incorporated in writing workshop • Purposeful writing is important • Revising: a lot of time will be spent on revising strategies • Sharing time each day

10. SPELLING AND GRAMMAR • SPELLING • Reading Street Cycle • Pretest • Up to 25 words depending on pretest • Practice • GRAMMAR • Reading Street Cycle – 1 skill each cycle • Practice • Daily Language Sheets

11. MATH • Chapter 3 taught in homerooms • Students will be grouped and assigned a math teacher • Flexibility among groups

12. MATH • Basic Facts • Topics • Data, Statistics, and Graphing • Place Value and Money • Addition and Subtraction • Multiplication and Division • Geometry • Fractions and Probability • Measurement • Operations with Fractions • Relating Fractions and Decimals • Decimal Operations • Multiplication and Division (2-digit numbers)

13. SCIENCE • Science curriculum – Harcourt School Publishers • Scientific Method • Reading skills • Website: http://www.hspscience.com/ • Regular Inquiry Activities

14. SCIENCE • Units of Study • Weather and Space • Forces and Motion • Looking at Ecosystems • Scientific Method

15. Social Studies • Topics of Study • European Explorers: Portuguese, Spanish, English • Colonies: North, Middle, Southern • Current Events • Technology Projects

16. TECHNOLOGY • Technology-integrated projects • Students will learn how to use the technology here at school. • GoogleDocs • Web 2.0 tools – Glogster, Wordle, Blabberize, etc. • Students may use technology at home, but will not be required to do so.

17. Parent-Teacher Communication • Red Take-Home Folder – PTO and school office communication, classroom notices • Graded Paper Folders – every other Monday • Parent Portal (see instructions in packet) Sapphire Community Portal • Mid-Trimester Progress Reports • Report Cards • Phone Calls • E-mail • Written Notes • Late Homework Slips • Classroom Webpage: http://mrstaraborelli.wiki.cvsd.k12.pa.us daphne_taraborelli@cvsd.k12.pa.us 717-397-5246

18. Parent-Teacher Conferences • Week of November 1-5, 2010 • November 4 – Early Dismissal, 1:15 p.m. • November 5 – No School • Sign-up for a time slot before leaving this evening Thank you for coming tonight! Please accompany me to the cafeteria for our 4th grade presentation.