welcome to 4 th grade curriculum night ms. jaye isaac

Welcome to 4th GradeCurriculum Night

Ms. Jaye Isaac

Information from Administration

• Car Rider Procedures at http://www.cobbk12.org/MtView/ • Morning drop off/car pool line begins at 7:20. • Late afternoon check out needs to occur prior to 2:00. From 2:00-

2:30, our front office is very busy with dismissal. • Attendance Policy • Bus Lot/Fire Lane • Transportation Changes • Mandated Reporter Law• Buzz-in System

Daily Schedule • 7:20-8:15 Morning Responsibilities • 8:15-9:45 Math/Number Talks • 9:45-10:25 Specials (Squaded)• 10:25-11:21 Writing Workshop• 11:21-11:51 Lunch • 11:51-1:00 Daily 5/Café• 100-1:20 Recess• 1:20-2:10 Science/Soc. St./Health• 2:10-2:15 Prepare for Dismissal • 2:15 Dismissal

Morning Routine 7:20-8:15

• Students take care of their morning responsibilities. • Communication folders and agendas are checked. Please be sure to

check both of these each night at home. • The agenda must be signed nightly. • Morning Work• Announcements • Attendance

Behavior Management/Homework

• In 4th grade, we strive for your child to become an independent learner and to take responsibility for their own actions.

• Give Me Five - school wide behavior system • Classroom Rules • Assignment Board/Agendas

Behavior Sheet

Math• New Math Adoption• Areas of Study: Place Value, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and

Decimals• Type of Instruction: Whole Group, Small Group, Learning Stations,

Individualized Instruction, Partners, and Differentiation• IXL will still be in use this year.• Daily homework will be assigned, please practice math with your

child.• Common Core Math Standards

Reading and Language Arts• Daily 5 and Café

• Reading Strategies (Mini-lessons)• Spelling: Words Their Way/High Priority and Core Words• Grammar: Practice incorporated into Spelling Homework

• Core Books to incorporate Science and Social Studies: Fiction, Non-fiction, Historical Fiction

• Reading: 20 minutes each night. • Reading Logs

Writing

•Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy Calkins

Social Studies• Text: Houghton Mifflin http://www.eduplace.com/eservices Login: cobbstudent4 Password: password• Instruction delivered through reading of text, workbook, independent

projects, quizzes, technology, tests, etc.• Areas of Instruction: Map and Globe Skills, Economics, The First

Americans, Explorers, Colonization, The American Revolution, Westward Expansion, The New Nation, The Civil War and Reconstruction.

• Spring - American Revolution Play

Science• Text: Harcourt • Online text information: • www.thinkcentral.com Login: sciencestudent4 Password: education• Instruction delivered through reading of text, workbook, investigations,

classroom projects, field trips, technology, quizzes, tests, etc.• Areas of Instruction: Water and Weather, Sound and Light, Force and

Motion, Simple Machines, Ecosystems and Adaptations, Space and Planets• Interactive Science Journals will be used in class.

Assessments• Class Participation• Projects• Classroom writing assignments• Performance-based Assessments• Tests and quizzes• DRA: Development Reading Assessment• SRI: Scholastic Reading Inventory: Matches reading material to the

comprehension level and interest level of a child.• STAR: helps determine reading proximity level

Field Trips• Fire Safety Village• Cobb County Youth Museum (February –Rev. War)• In-house: Force and Motion/Sound and Light-(Dec.)• Looking in to a big field trip• Others: TBD

Homework and Daily Preparedness• Given nightly, except on weekends• Spelling tests on Friday with dictation• Projects will be announced with ample time to complete and will be

accompanied by a rubric• **If assignments are not turned in on time they will be completed in

study hall during recess and their behavior chart will be marked.• Be sure your child is prepared each day by having all of their materials

and appropriate paperwork signed. • Any money or important office information must be placed in a closed

envelope.

Communication• Communication between us is KEY in the success of your child!• Lines of communication in order of preference:

• Notes: Please send me a note in your child’s agenda or communication folder. I will respond as quickly as I can.

• Email: jaye.isaac@cobbk12.org I will do my best to email you back that same day.

• Phone: Call me at school to leave a message.

Report CardGrading Scale:

A = 90%-100%B = 80%- 89%C = 74%- 79%D = 70%- 73%F = 0% - 69%

NOT1, 2, 3!

New PE Grading Rubric

SYNERGYParentVUE Activaton Key

Parents of 4th and 5th Graders please stop by the gym and pick up your ParentVUE Activation Key!

ParentVUE is a great tool to help you monitor your child’s progress and have access to the latest information about your child’s schedule, attendance, and grades.

So, what do you have to sign?• Agenda – Sign nightly Monday through Friday (Agenda is checked daily.)

• Behavior contract - over the weekend. (Behavior Contract will be checked every Monday.)

Please wait to sign on the weekend. • I am asking the children to be responsible and show you all communication and

papers that will go home in the Red Communication folder. Please help them to remember this. All graded work will be in the folder.

Ink - HP74 or HP74XL

HP75 or HP75XLPost-it Notes: 3” x 3” (different colors)

Cardstock – White and/or coloredItems under $1.00 for treasure chest

Swiffer Duster refills

Wish List

Did you know that students will never take the crct again?

This year 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be

taking the Georgia Milestones. If you did not attend the 5:20 session, please join us for a brief, informational

session at 7:20 in the cafeteria!

Thank you for joining us forCurriculum Night!