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Welcome to Curriculum Open House

Please sign in on your homeroom teacher’s sheet beside your child’s name. Welcome to Curriculum Open House. Wiley Elementary 2012-2013. Welcome to 4 th Grade! Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McCann. Respect Yourself Have a positive attitude Take care of my body

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Welcome to Curriculum Open House

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  1. Please sign in on your homeroom teacher’s sheet beside your child’s name. Welcome to Curriculum Open House

  2. Wiley Elementary2012-2013 Welcome to 4th Grade! Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McCann

  3. Respect Yourself Have a positive attitude Take care of my body Be prepared to learn Do My Best!  Respect Others Keep hands and feet to myself Use kind polite words Be a good listener Help, share and include others Respect Property Take care of what I use Put things where they belong Help clean what is messy and dirty THE WILEY WAY

  4. Classroom Expectations • Respectful Classroom • Respect the people, equipment, and furnishings of this classroom. • Responsible Classroom • Follow directions the first time they are given. • Pay attention in class, no side talking during instruction. • Finish my class work and do my homework. • Inspiring Classroom • Encourage each other with appropriate words and actions. • Help in keeping the classroom clean and keeping materials where they belong. • Peaceful Classroom • Adjust your voice level to suit the activity. • Treat each other the way we ourselves would want to be treated.

  5. Classroom Procedures: • Morning Work • Homework • Assignment Book • Website • Daily Schedule • Monday Folders

  6. Global Competency Matrix • Investigate the world • Recognize perspectives • Communicate ideas • Take action Wiley ‘s Guiding question: “How do perceptions connect and influence our world?”

  7. Themes of the Year

  8. Mathematical PracticeCommon Core 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  9. MATHStudents will be engaged in discussions, sharing of approaches to problem solving and becoming student leaders in the classroom. • Multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication & division • Measurement: angles, area/perimeter • Represent and interpret Data • Fractions and decimals • Algebra (solving for unknown variables)

  10. Reading WorkshopReaders will be engaged in discussions, novel studies, and projects. Genres in Fiction: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Traditional Literature (fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths, legends), Poetry. Genres in Non-Fiction: Informational Deeper understanding of text themes CROP-QVS Main idea and details Making Inferences Character perspective and motivations Research projects

  11. The Writing Process Prewriting Writing the First Draft Revising Editing and Proofreading Publishing Papers: opinion, short research, informative, narratives real or imagined All writing focuses on: Organization Support Style Conventions Writers will discuss, and share their writing. Writing WorkshopWe will have 2 state wide writing assessments.

  12. Science • Rocks & Minerals • Animal Habitats • Magnetism & Electricity • Landforms

  13. Social Studies North Carolina history, government, economy, geography, environmental literacy, and culture. Focus on critical thinking

  14. Hopeful FieldtripsScience museumState capitol and legislative bldgNC SymphonyOakwood CemeteryHistory museum

  15. Thank you for coming!

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