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Back To School 4th Grade Team

View the daily schedule, curriculum, communication, and student expectations for the 2016-2017 school year at Natoma Station. Stay informed on grade policies, curriculum details, homework guidelines, and special programs.

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Back To School 4th Grade Team

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  1. Back To School4th Grade Team 2016-2017 Natoma Station August 19, 2015

  2. Flexible Daily Schedule • 8:25- 10:00 Math • 10:00-10:15 Recess • 10:15-11:50 Language Arts Benchmark • MTSS 11:05-11:35 • 11:35-11:50 Continue Lang. Arts • 11:50-12:35 Lunch • 12:35- 1:05 DEAR Silent AR Reading/log sheet • 1:05- 1:25 Finish up remaining Lang. Arts • 1:25-2:25 Science, Soc. St. Art • Music Tuesday and Thursday • PE Thursday at 8:25-9:00 • Library TBA • Computer Lab is in classroom “Chrome Books”

  3. Communication I will communicate by a group email sent out on Friday afternoon. I will blind copy everyone for privacy and responding. Sometimes short emails will be sent out as reminders.

  4. Grades • All intermediate students earn letter grades. • Homework, in class assignments, projects are included in the grade. • Students may retake tests and the scores are averaged. • If a student has trouble with a concept, the teacher will make an intervention plan with the parent. • The work is due at the assigned time. Late work is accepted, but will not receive full point values for the second and third trimester. • Point values are converted into percentages.

  5. Curriculum • Language Arts Benchmark Series (annotations, close read, vocabulary building, writer’s workshop, Step Up to Writing, Silent Reading • Novels: Island of the Blue Dolphins, Two Years Before the Mast, By the Great Horn Spoon, Clara Rounds Cape Horn • Math: Pearson Realize : Core curriculum basic operations, fractions, probability, algebra, functions, data, graphs, decimals, problem solving. • Small groups for enrichment, and intervention • Students will keep math journals • Social Studies: Scott Foresman Publisher, California Studies Weekly, trimester projects • Science: Scott Foresman Publisher, Rocks and Minerals, Ecosystems, Electricity and Magnetism

  6. Homework • Expect Math and Spelling Monday - Thursday • Unfinished Class Work • Reading for AR Points • Plan on about 40 minutes Monday - Thursday • Trimester Projects • Check Agenda and Teacher’s Web Site

  7. Projects • Reading/ Social Studies Project (Trimester 1 and 3) • Reading project Trimester 2. • Soc. Studies projects will be completed in class. Students are able to work at home independently on parts not finished. • All directions will be posted to the web site • Handouts will go home in the Friday Folder • Presentation Portfolio will be used for storing showcase work for “Open House”

  8. Accelerated Reader • Students read books at their reading level determined by the STAR placement test • Students have time to read at school and can read at home • Grades: Trimester 1, A=10 points, B=8-9, C=7, D= Below 7 • Trimester 2 and 3, A=15 or more, B=13-14, C=11-12, D=9-10, F=8 or less

  9. Rules • Be Responsible • Listen Carefully • Follow Directions • Be Respectful • Be Productive • Be Safe • Rewards and Consequences • Progressive Discipline

  10. Intel PC Pals Program • Mentoring program between Intel employees and Ms. Dean’s 4th and 5th grade students • Pals e-mail 2x per week all year from school only • Pals will meet face to face up to 4 times: • Fall Reading • Family Feast before winter holidays • Spring Reading • End of year Kickball game and Pizza party

  11. PC Pal Clearance • All Intel employees are fingerprinted upon hiring. • When employees sign up to be PC pals, a Volunteer Background information sheet is required to be completed, including disclosure of any criminal history. • PC Pals update background checks every two years • All e-mails are able to be read by the teacher • All face to face events are supervised by the teacher • Intel employees have Rules of Participation

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