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Parent Open House 2013-2014. Post Road School Mrs. Wiggins Mrs. Maguire Mrs. Perdew. Our Daily Schedule. 8:35 – Walk upstairs from gym 8:40 – Unpack 8:45 – Morning Meeting 9:00 – Reader’s Workshop 9:45 – Special (Music, Art, Physical Education) 10:30 – Writer’s Workshop (working snack)
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Parent Open House2013-2014 Post Road School Mrs. Wiggins Mrs. Maguire Mrs. Perdew
Our Daily Schedule 8:35 – Walk upstairs from gym 8:40 – Unpack 8:45 – Morning Meeting 9:00 – Reader’s Workshop 9:45 – Special (Music, Art, Physical Education) 10:30 – Writer’s Workshop (working snack) 11:15 – Intervention Block ( I-Block) 11:55 – Recess 12:25 – Lunch 1:00 – Write down homework – Independent Reading 1:25 – Math Workshop 2:25 – Science/ Social Studies 3:15 - Dismissal
Responsive Classroom • Morning Meeting: Greeting, Share, Morning Message, Activity • Community Building: • Rules and Routines: role play, problem solving, know what to expect, rewards • Logical Consequences: “You break it – You fix it” mishandling responsibility – set limits time out
Homework • Must be done every night (Mon-Thurs nights). • WEB Reading – Read at least 20 minutes each night and record on reading log. Parent signs log each night. • Readers get better by reading! • Homework is written down in planner and needs to be signed by parent when completed each night. Homework needs to be complete and show best quality work. • Available on our class WEB site. • Usually… Language Arts: Reading passage and WEB Reading Math: Envisions Reteach page and Practice facts
Fourth Grade Curriculum • Language Arts – Reader’s Workshop: Read alouds, Shared Reading, Independent reading Writer’s Workshop: • Personal narrative • Writing a mystery • Non-fiction writing • Creating a play Word Work: Grammar and Words Their Way
Fourth Grade Curriculum • Mathematics • Multiplication/Division • Analyzing Patterns/Relationships between numbers • Place Value • Addition/Subtraction • Fractions • Measurement • Geometry Students must have mastery of their multiplication facts. This only happens when they practice, practice, practice.
Fourth Grade Curriculum • Social Studies • Geography and map skills • Native Americans • Explorers • Colonial Life • American Revolution • Underground Railroad • Industrialization • Science • Plants – Life Cycles • Buoyancy • Properties of matter • Mechanical systems/simple machines • Electricity and magnetism • Review of earth science
Fourth Grade Field Trips • Trailside Nature Museum (Native Americans) • Philipsburg Manor (Colonial Life) • Van Cortlandt Manor (Colonial Life) • Story Teller: Jonathan Kruk (New York History) • Fort Montgomery (Revolutionary War) • Nature’s Classroom – May 15, 16, 17, 2014 • High Tech–High Touch Science (Simple Machines)
Special Events • World Cultures Day- October • Ballroom Dancing • Colonial Day
Grading and Tests • Grading Grades are based upon daily work, teacher observations/evaluations, HOMEWORK completion, and tests/quizzes. • State Testing in May • English Language Arts – April 1st-3rd, 2014 • Math – April 30th- May 2nd, 2014 • Science – Performance Test – End of May • Written Science Test - June 2nd • Report Cards • Go home on December 6th • Go home on March 14th • Go home on June 26th
Parent Conferences • Parent conferences – please sign up tonight • ***Indicate if you need translation • The first set of conferences are: • October 28th (half day), 29th (evening),or • November 7th (half-day). • Feel free to contact me, always. • janetwiggins@wpcsd.k12.ny.us • send a note to schedule a conference • call the school 422-2320
UNITY Poem I dreamed I stood in a studioAnd watched two sculptors there,The clay they used was a young child's mindAnd they finished it with care. One was a teacher; the tools she usedWere books and music and art;One a parent with a guiding handAnd a gentle and loving heart. Day after day the teacher toiledWith a touch that was deft and sureWhile the parent labored by her sideAnd polished and smoothed it o'er. And when at last their task was doneThey were proud of what they had wrought,For the things they had molded into the childCould neither be sold nor bought And each agreed he would have failedIf he had worked alone.For behind the parent stood the schoolAnd behind the teacher, the home. Anon. * 1998