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Welcome to Fourth Grade Open House!

Welcome to Fourth Grade Open House!. PTO Business. Sign up for Parties – volunteers and supplies http://chagrinfallspto.org/. Mrs. Heartz. Born and raised in Chagrin Graduated high school from Chagrin; parents and grandma, too!

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Welcome to Fourth Grade Open House!

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  1. Welcome to Fourth Grade Open House!

  2. PTO Business Sign up for Parties – volunteers and supplies http://chagrinfallspto.org/

  3. Mrs. Heartz • Born and raised in Chagrin • Graduated high school from Chagrin; parents and grandma, too! • Graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BA in Environmental Studies • Obtained my masters degree and reading endorsement from Kent State • 17 years teaching – Fremont, Windham, Gurney – 5th grade and reading specialist • 9th year at CFIS – 5th and 4th • Live in South Russell and have a daughter, Olivia, who is 51/2. • Hobbies: reading, being outside, playing with Olivia, being with my family and friends, and drinking coffee.

  4. We are Family!

  5. Heartz Homeroom Schedule • 8:25 – 8:42 Homeroom • 8:45 – 9:42 Writing • 9:45 – 10:12 Encore 1 class • 10:15 – 10:42 Encore 2 class • 10:45 – 11:42 Reading • 11:45 – 12:42 Social Studies/Science • 12:45 – 1:12 Lunch • 1:15 – 1:42 Recess • 1:45 – 2:12 Math Intervention • 2:15 – 3:12 Math

  6. We have a full day and it is very spread out, I know appointments are sometimes unavoidable, but always making them at the end of the day will mean the students miss math.

  7. Encore (Specials) rotation • Day 1 – Encore 1 = Tech Lab with Mrs. Adick Encore 2 = SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) • Day 2 – Encore 1 = Music OR Strings Encore 2 = Physical Education (PE) • Day 3 – Encore 1 = Spanish with Senora Stapulionis Encore 2 = Library • Day 4 – Encore 1 = PE Encore 2 = Spanish • Day 5 – Encore 1 = Learning Lab in Homeroom Encore 2 = Music/Strings • Day 6 - Art for 60 minutes • Day 7 - Encore 1 = SSR Encore 2 = Guidance

  8. Handout from Encore classes

  9. Class Business • Thank you for sending in all the ‘beginning of the year’ forms and class fees. If you have not turned in everything, please get them in as soon as you can. • Please send in notes for daily changes to dismissal plans. **Please don’t email me, call office and they will let us know. • Building opens at 8:15, students in homeroom by 8:25. If they are late, need to get a tardy pass from office. • Homeroom is 8:20 – 8:42. Students get ready for the day, listen to the Announcements, participate in Morning Meeting. Birthday treats! • If a student is absent, Miss Florkiewicz and I will collect the work missed and give it to the student when (s)he returns. If you would like the work to be sent home with someone else in the building, just let me know.

  10. Class Business • Field Trips are being finalized and a separate note will be sent home with all the information and fees. • Fall, student-led parent-teacher conferences will be Tuesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 21 from 3:30 – 7:15. These are student-led, so please make sure your son or daughter can make it with you.

  11. Reading“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.” Paulo Friere Teaching Methods • We will use Literacy by Design (the same program from third grade). • We use mini-lessons, whole group work, small group meetings (guided reading), independent work and individual conferences. • We will be learning about comprehension strategies and the metacognition behind reading. • We continue to expand vocabulary and improve fluency.

  12. Reading - continued Big understandings for fourth grade • Effective readers use specific strategies to help them better understand the text. • Readers need to read between the lines to find meaning. • Audience and purpose influence the use of literary techniques.

  13. Writing“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.” Nietzsche The Six Traits of Writing Ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions The Writing Process Prewriting, rough draft, revising, editing, publishing Forms of Writing Story, research report, personal narrative, biography, persuasive essay, letter, poems, newspaper article Grammar Types of sentences, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc. Spelling • Literacy by Design spelling program • Two week cycle • Homework every week • Tests every other Friday • Spellingcity.com

  14. We are having data meetings currently and will have this class up and running by October. Monday – Thursday, 1:45 – 2:12 pm Based on OAT scores from third grade, fall AIMS benchmarks and current teacher observations students are placed in differentiated groups based on needs Students may have any of the fourth grade teachers, Mrs. Vicchio or Mrs. Blackwell Math Intervention class

  15. Assignments • The assignment planner will be filled out with the class and checked and stamped by me. • Reading Logs are given at the beginning of each week, students are to read 60 minutes for the week. Turn in Log on Friday. • Right before a Reading theme test, the kids will have Ongoing Test Practice for homework. • Students will have spelling due each Friday. Tests are every other Friday.

  16. Reading Log and Spelling homework

  17. Assignments - continued • Students will have Math homework Monday – Thursday. • Social Studies/ Science homework assigned Monday – Thursday.

  18. Grading • Graded work is sent home on Fridays in “Friday Folder.” • Infinite Campus is our district-wide electronic grade book. I update periodically. • We give letter grades on report cards.

  19. Communication • Tiger Folders will be sent home on Friday with graded work and notes/announcements from the office, PTO, other groups. Please send these back to school EMPTY on Monday. • Email is the best form of communication. • All information is on my class website which can be accessed through the school’s web page.

  20. New this year at CFIS! • Family Fridays – we meet every Friday during homeroom with the Wallenhorst (5th grade) and Jansen (6th grade) homerooms. • Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Vicchio and Mr. Dole are a part of the Family, too. • We’re building a sense of multi-grade community • Promoting positive student communication • Increasing student participation in community service

  21. Genius Hour! • This year our entire school will be involved with Writing from the Heart! • The students will be picking a topic that is important to them. • The kids will do research on their topic and throughout the year create projects of their choice. • Genius Hour will be spent every other week or so with a Mentor Teacher and other students with similar topics. • Multi-genre, multi-leveled writing that truly means something to each student.

  22. School and Teacher Websites • CFIS website has info http://www.chagrinschools.org/chagrinfallsintermediateschool_home.aspx Teacher websites http://www.chagrinschools.org/Heartz.aspx

  23. Our Contact Information: Email: Heather.Heartz@Chagrinschools.org Phone: (440) 893-7690, Extension #4232 Email: Sally.Florkiewicz@Chagrinschools.org Phone: (440)893-7690, Extension #4247

  24. Questions?

  25. “Whether we’re a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we’re acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”- Fred Rogers

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