Curriculum Night

Fourth Grade

Miss Meder

2013-2014

Welcome! Thank you for coming! Please find your child’s desk and fill out the WELCOME page. Then check out what’s inside the envelope and compare.

About Miss Meder

This is my 27th year of teaching.

I am a native of Arizona.

My father taught at Washington High School in Phoenix.

My oldest sister teaches fourth grade in Boise, Idaho.

My niece teaches fourth grade in Casa Grande.

A Typical Day

Morning Routine/Morning Meeting

Math

Special Area class 9:35-10:20

Grammar/Spelling/Writing

Recess/Lunch

Science/SS/Health

Language Arts

Common Core Standards

This is a national effort to have students

across the country learn the same

knowledge in Math and English language

arts.

The emphasis is on critical thinking over

rote learning of facts.

Learning Goals/Scales

These goals are taken from the Common Core

Standards and are taught with the adopted

curriculum.

Goals: a statement of what students will know

or be able to do.

Activities are then done to help students attain

these goals.

Scales: used to measure knowledge and growth

Shown on a point system from 4.0-1.0.

Math

Scott Foresman: traditional textbook that

focuses on practice and problem solving

Investigations: focuses on critical thinking

and reasoning

Problem Solving notebooks.

IFG: Instructional Focus Groups

Common Core Math Standards

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Numbers and Operations: Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fourth Grade

Math Night

Thurs., Aug. 29th

5:30 p.m.

Colina library

Social Studies

Harcourt textbook

World History: exploration of Arizona

Arizona statehood and history

Arizona Native American tribes

Geography: maps; landforms; regions

Health

Life Management Skills

Safety and Injury Prevention

Nutrition

Community Health Resources

Disease Control and Prevention

Personal Health and Hygiene

Human Growth and Development

Science

FOSS

◦ Process Skills/Scientific Method

◦ Magnetism and Electricity

◦ Water: water cycle

◦ Animal Adaptations

Language Arts

Spelling: goes along with the story;

vocabulary included

Spelling dictation will be given on Fridays.

Harcourt Reading program

Book projects: one each quarter

Writing process: Six Traits

Literature Studies

Handwriting: manuscript and cursive

Write From the Beginning Types of writing:

• Narrative (personal and imaginative)

• Response to Literature

• Expository (nonfiction)

• Argumentative (persuasive, problem/solution)

• Summarizing

Components:

Focus Model Writing

Mini-Lessons

Writing rubrics

Unassisted Writing

Thinking Maps

Eight maps: Circle; Bubble; Double Bubble;

Tree; Flow; Multi-Flow; Brace; and Bridge

A visual way to organize information

linked to a specific thought process.

Helps the brain make patterns and

connections

Can be used in all subject areas

Specials

Monday- P.E. 9:35-10:20

Tuesday- Computer Lab 9:35-10:20

Wednesday- Music 9:35-10:20

Thursday- Art 9:35-10:20

Friday- Library 9:35-10:20

Homework Homework should take about 20-30 min. plus reading

for 15 minutes (or 1 hour total for the week).

Book Projects: one per quarter

Incentives: Friday Fuzzy, privilege cards, sense of completion and success

Natural or Logical Consequences: Study Hall, incomplete assignments which creates more work, lower grades, etc.

In fourth grade, we want the students to be responsible with their work. If your child forgets his/her homework, please allow him/her to accept responsibility and deal with the related consequences.

Grades

Grading scale: 100-90%=A

89-80%=B

79-70%=C

69-60%=D

59% and lower=F

Grades on assignments and assessments

Mid-term Progress Report (Parent Vue is available

anytime)

Report card

Planners

At the end of each day we write what we learned and accomplished.

We also write any project dates or reminders.

Homework assignments will be written there as well.

Must be brought home every night so you can see what is going on in the classroom.

Used as a communication tool.

BE: RESPECTFUL

RESPONSIBLE

SAFE

.

COOL COYOTE CODE

Classroom Rules: Love and Logic

Our class rules are:

1. I am responsible for my own

learning.

2. In the classroom, we will not cause a

problem for ourselves or others

(including Miss Meder).

PBIS/Love and Logic

Rules are few

Situations are dealt with as they arise.

Consequences will be designed to fit the problem.

Enables the student to grow and learn from their actions.

Gives the kids opportunities to be personally responsible for their choices and helps them make better choices in the future.

Communication The best way to contact me is through email

lmeder@kyrene.org

Classroom phone number is 480-541-2744.

You may also send a note with your child.

Website: http://www.kyrene.org/staff/lmeder

Newsletter and other information posted on website (monthly).

Friday news emails.

Weekend Envelopes sent home on Fridays with work from the week inside.

Behavior Report – starting Aug. 19th; sent home to be signed and returned.

Internet Short cut To get to the Colina home page, use this

address for a short cut:

www.kyrene.org/col

To get to Miss Meder’s home page, use this

address for a short cut:

www.kyrene.org/lmeder

Thank You!

Thanks for coming tonight. I appreciate all that you do to help your child get the most they can out of school. I’m looking forward to a great year of learning with your child.