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Back-to-School Night 2013-2014

Back-to-School Night 2013-2014. College Park Elementary Mrs. Lien 4 th/ 5 th Grade. Additional Teachers. Mrs. Megan Stecker - Long term substitute- October 7 th - December 4 th Ms. Emilie Schmidt- credentialed Instructional Assistant-. Parents - Welcome to 4 th Grade.

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Back-to-School Night 2013-2014

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  1. Back-to-School Night 2013-2014 College Park Elementary Mrs. Lien 4th/ 5th Grade

  2. Additional Teachers • Mrs. Megan Stecker- Long term substitute- October 7th- December 4th • Ms. Emilie Schmidt- credentialed Instructional Assistant-

  3. Parents - Welcome to 4th Grade • Rules and Expectations • Reinforcements and Consequences • Attendance • Curriculum • Grading • Homework • Parent Volunteers • Important Information • Contact Information

  4. Classroom Rules/Expectations • Class Rules = School Rules • We show respect • Act responsibly • Value integrity • Everyone is safe

  5. Positive Reinforcement • WAVE tickets • Class Splash Cash • Weekly minutes every Friday • Trimester Auctions

  6. Consequences • Consequences • Warning- pay class cash • Broken agreement (4th) • Parent contact- Office Referral Form • Principal- Office Referral Form

  7. Attendance Tardiness- disrupts the class during valuable learning time, and could make a child feel uncomfortable. Absences -Create more stress on a child, because missing assignments need to be completed. Not completing the assignments result in lowered grade, or incomplete grade.

  8. Curriculum: Lang. Arts: Textbooks from Houghton Mifflin Reading Traditions R t I – 4th Grade Team (Reading, Vocabulary, and Spelling) RtI- 5th with Mrs. Lien Mrs. Lien (Writing, Grammar & Conventions) • Math: Textbooks from Houghton Mifflin, • Math Expressions

  9. Curriculum (cont.): Social Scott Foresman “Our Studies:California” or “Our Nation” Science: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, California Science Science Specialists for Lab – 5thMrs. Lingenfelter 4th Mrs. Garza

  10. Curriculum (cont.): • Health: IUSD required The Great Body • Shop- grade specific Music: String Teacher : Susan Gumpert- winds Keith Kroesen- strings Vocal Teacher: Kaii Lee

  11. Higher Level Thinking • Scholarly Attributes • Depth and Complexity • Small group math enrichment • Evidence-based writing assignments

  12. Grading For 4thgrade is the first year of letter grades. Science/Math/Reading/Conventions: • 70% Assessments and Projects • 20% Classwork • 10% Homework

  13. Grading Continued Social Science/Writing: • 80% Assessments and Projects • 20% Classwork

  14. Daily Homework • Assigned Monday and written in their planners • Math - Assigned daily • Spelling - Assigned daily • Reading - Assigned daily • Grammar/ - Assigned weekly Conventions

  15. Other Homework • Assigned Monday and written in their planners 4) Science - Assigned weekly 5) Social Science - Assigned varies • Writing - 2 assignments a month. This includes writing, typing, and revising.

  16. Monthly Homework • Assigned early in the month and written in their planners 7) Projects/Reports – per trimester 8) Health - none

  17. Parent Volunteers Please review and fill out the hand out. * Clerical help- times slots are flexible * Math tile groups- Thursday mornings 8-9 * Parties and Field Trips- as needed

  18. Field Trips and “Walk Throughs”

  19. StoryWorks Magazine • Common Core Aligned • 6 Issues a year • Addresses Grades 4-6 • Online Resources • A 7 dollar donation would greatly help fund this language enrichment magazine.

  20. Contact Mrs. Lien • Email anytime: KristinaLien@iusd.org • Phone before or after-school: 936-5568 • Before or after school- Room 3

  21. Thank you for coming!

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