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Welcome 4 th Grade All STARS

Welcome 4 th Grade All STARS. Striving, Thinking, Achieving, Realizing Success. Teachers: Mrs. Heistand and Mrs. Sharp. Discipline Plan. Focus on positive behavior Tickets/Treasure chest Communication with Parents Loss of social time at recess. Communication

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Welcome 4 th Grade All STARS

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  1. Welcome 4th Grade All STARS Striving, Thinking, Achieving, Realizing Success Teachers: Mrs. Heistand and Mrs. Sharp

  2. Discipline Plan • Focus on positive behavior • Tickets/Treasure chest • Communication with Parents • Loss of social time at recess

  3. Communication * STAR destination college Planner * Email * Weekly newsletter * Weekly Test folders * Phone calls * Conferences * Website

  4. STARS: Students Thriving, Achieving, and Realizing Success • Each student will have a 3-ring binder in which they will keep their planner, homework, teacher notes, daily mail, and parent notes. • Students are responsible for having their STARS planner signed nightly so parents can look over notes, monitor their reading log, and check homework.

  5. Website • Updated every week to include the new week’s homework • Includes instructions for all ongoing projects • Fantastic math websites to practice nightly facts • Science website with fun learning activities for each chapter • Links for weekly ABC project

  6. Grades Grade Breakdown 10% Effort and Participation 10% Homework 20% Projects 30% Tests and Assessments 15% Quizzes 15% Class Assignments The grading scale will be as follows: 90– 100% = A 80 – 89% = B 70 – 79% = C 60 – 69% = D Below 59% = F Progress Book http://parentaccess.ocps.net

  7. Curriculum * Language Arts * Reading * Math * Science * Social Studies * Character Education * Test Prep and Work Habits

  8. Reading/Language Arts * Phonic/Word Analysis * Fluency * Vocabulary * Reading Comprehension * Literary Analysis * Nonfiction * Communication * Information/Media Literacy

  9. Conventions Grammar (Understanding Sentences and Parts of Speech) Mechanics (Capitalization) Punctuation (Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Underlining, Italics, Parenthesis) Usage and Spelling Penmanship (Write legibly)

  10. Writing • Writing Process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) • Creative Applications • 6 Traits (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Fluency, Word Choice, Convention • Expository (Write to inform) • Narrative (Tell a story) • Persuasive (convincing/influence) • Response to Literature • Short and Extended Response (SLAMS) • Poetry

  11. Math * Number Sense & Operations * Geometry * Algebraic Thinking * Fractions and Decimals * Problem Solving

  12. Science * Scientific Method and Processing Skills * Life Science * Earth Science * Physical Science * Space & Technology * Science Fair Project (Spring 2010) * Hands-On Experiments in Real World

  13. Social Studies * Map skills and Florida geography * Florida history from pre-historic times to the present * Florida ABC Book * Current events (Time for Kids)

  14. Field Trips St. Augustine Bob Carr Symphony

  15. Homework * Daily Reading * Language Arts (occasionally) * Florida ABC Book (due every Wednesday) * Monthly Genre Book Reports * Projects ($1,000,000, Science Fair) * Computer Curriculum Support – Reading Plus, FCAT Explorer, Vmathlive, SpellingCity.com, Scott Foresman Science

  16. ACCELARATED READER (AR) • * What is AR? • * How do you earn points? • * What are Sunshine State books?

  17. MONTHLY GENRE BOOK REPORT • Different genre each month • Due at the end of each month • Counts towards your reading grade • Most are presented orally (practice at home • beforehand)

  18. Thank you for coming!

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