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Welcome to 4 th Grade!!!

Welcome to 4 th Grade!!!. Parent Orientation September 4, 2013. 4 th Grade Team. Carol Cape Karin Robinson Carol Ann Mavrinac Karen McClurg Heather Feagins. Parent Communication. SFE Website (with 4 th Grade / Teacher pages) School and Teacher Email Binder Student Planner

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Welcome to 4 th Grade!!!

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  1. Welcome to 4th Grade!!! Parent Orientation September 4, 2013

  2. 4th Grade Team Carol Cape Karin Robinson Carol Ann Mavrinac Karen McClurg Heather Feagins

  3. Parent Communication • SFE Website (with 4th Grade / Teacher pages) • School and Teacher Email • Binder • Student Planner • Phone Calls • Conferences

  4. Homework • Teaches responsibility • Provides review and practice • Generally includes Reading Log, Spelling, and Math or Science

  5. Arrival and Dismissal 7:55 students are called back to their room 8:05 students are tardy No cell phones in “School Zone” If your child is a car rider at dismissal please go through the car rider line to pick them up.

  6. Writing Workshop • Taught by Homeroom Teacher • Writing time everyday • Writing process • Focus on personal narratives, poetry, and expository writing • Writer’s Vocabulary: seed, lead, ending, small moments, layers of detail

  7. Spelling District adoption: Words Their Way

  8. Reading Workshop • Just Right Reading (JRR) / Accelerated Reader (AR) • Reading Log (reading for completion) • Teacher conferences • Comprehension skills: making connections, questioning, visualizing, determining importance, inferring, and synthesizing

  9. Math • Accuracy (correct answer) • Flexibility (different strategies) • Efficiency (solving in the most efficient way) • Fluency – practice math facts at home! • Topics: multiplication, division, fractions / decimals, geometry, measurement, problem solving strategies

  10. Math

  11. Science • Physical • Earth • Life • Hands-on activities • Science Lab • Science Fair (spring) • Green Team • Garden Club

  12. Social Studies • Map Skills / Regions of Texas • Current Events • History of Texas - Native Americans, Explorers, Missions, Texas Revolution, Texas Heroes • Field Trip

  13. Tutoring • Your child’s teacher will contact you if there is a need.

  14. S.T.A.A.R. Testing Dates • Writing: April 1 and 2, 2014 • Math: April 22, 2014 • Reading: April 23, 2014

  15. Lunch Lunch Time is 12:05-12:30 Birthday treats can be ordered from the cafeteria at least two weeks in advance. Visitors are only allowed to sit with their own child at the visitor’s table.

  16. Thanks so much for coming!

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