2012 - 2013

Curriculum Presentation

Fourth Grade Team

Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Schneider, and Mr. O’Connell

Snacks

Students are encouraged to

bring a healthy snack each

day. It must be small

enough to be consumed in

our 10 minute snack time!

School-wide Guidelines

The 3 B’s!

1. Be safe

2. Be Responsible

3. Be Respectful

Rewards and Consequences Tokens: Each child will receive 5 tokens at the

beginning of each week. When they are off-task, talking during inappropriate times, or exhibiting other behaviors not appropriate for the classroom they will lose a token. If they have at least one token left on Friday, they will get to participate in “Fun Friday”! If they have lost all of their tokens for the week, they will go to “Study Hall” instead.

Students who lost 0 or 1 token during an entire quarter will receive something extra for being excellent role models!

Students will start with 3 tokens after winter break!

Homework

Monday: Reading 1. Vocabulary Words / Reading Packet (due Wednesday)

2. Read for 20 minutes

Tuesday: Writing 1. Writing activity (due Friday)

2. Read for 20 minutes

Wednesday: Math 1. Math practice to reinforce the current concept (due Friday)

2. Read for 20 minutes

Thursday: Spelling 1. Study Spelling words for the Weekly Review

(Resource = www.spellingcity.com)

2. Read for 20 minutes

Additional math homework will be coming home as needed.

*Messy or illegible work will not be accepted. All homework should be done in pencil.

Graded Work

Graded work and class work will be sent home every Friday in the front pocket of your student’s binder. A “Weekly Report” will be sent via email each week. Please make sure we have your current email. The Weekly Report includes:

◦ What we covered in class that week (in all curriculum

areas)

◦ Anything upcoming that you should be aware of

Please take out all your student’s work and review it with your child…this is yours to keep.

Accessing Blackboard for Homework Assignments

Link: http://ksdblackboard.kyrene.org/

On the

Blackboard

Entry screen

your child will

type in their

username (a

5 or 6 digit

number) and

will input

“fourth” for

the password!

Bookmark this

page for easy

access in the

future!

Accessing Blackboard for Homework Assignments

Click on your

child’s

teacher!

Link: http://ksdblackboard.kyrene.org/

Accessing Blackboard for Homework Assignments

Click on the

Homework for

that particular

week!

Link: http://ksdblackboard.kyrene.org/

Accessing Blackboard for Homework Assignments

Sample Homework Assignment

Accessing Grades Through the Parent Portal

Link: https://sispxp.kyrene.org/

Click I

am a

parent

Bookmark this

page for easy

access in the

future!

Accessing Grades Through the Parent Portal

Link: https://sispxp.kyrene.org/

If you are a

returning

user, enter

your name

and password

If you are a new

user, create an

account with your

7 digit

authorization key

If you forgot your username and password, don’t worry! You can have it sent to

you via e-mail. Please request it by sending an e-mail request to sis@kyrene.org

Accessing Grades Through the Parent Portal

Link: https://sispxp.kyrene.org/

If you forgot your username and password, don’t worry! You can have it sent to

you via e-mail. Please request it by sending an e-mail request to sis@kyrene.org

Reading

Trophies: Research based instruction in phonemic

awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and text

comprehension.

We will incorporate the following into our

reading instruction: Whole Group

Small Group (ability based)

Partner Reading

Literature and Author Studies

S.Q.U.I.R.T.

Spelling

Reading Skills

Reading skills that we work very hard

on in fourth grade are: Making inferences

Main idea

Cause and effect

Comprehension

Sequencing

Author’s Purpose

WRITING PROCESS

Prewriting

Draft

Revision

Editing

Publishing

Six Traits of Writing

Ideas/Content

Organization

Sentence Fluency

Word Choice

Voice

Conventions

LANGUAGE Analogies

Context Clues

Prefixes / Suffixes / Root Words

Antonyms / Synonyms /

Homonyms

Figurative / Literal Language

Types of Sentences

Simple and Compound Sentences

Subject and Predicate

Quotation Marks

Commas

Parts of Speech

Contractions

Fact and Opinion

Spelling

Kyrene School District has adopted the Trophies spelling

program to go along with the reading program. This focuses

on word families and story words.

Each week:

Each Monday, students will be given a Spelling Preview where they

are given word family words. We will correct it together .They will

take home a list of words they are to be studying during the week.

Challenge words will be given to students who get 0 or 1 wrong on

the preview.

Thursday’s spelling homework is to practice the words using

Spelling City at www.spellingcity.com.

Each Friday there will be a Spelling Review where they are tested

on the words.

MATHEMATICS Make estimates

Compose and decompose numbers using factors and multiples

Bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs

Median, mode, mean, and range

Fluency of multiplication and division facts

Associative and distributive property

Elapsed time to the minute

Multiply two digits by two digits

Order of operations

Discrete math

Construct tree diagrams

Measure length, mass, and capacity

Points, lines, line segments, rays, and angles

Perimeter and area

Fractions, decimals, and percents

Add and subtract fractions and decimals

Probability

Problem solving

Social Studies Using timelines to interpret historical data

Prehistoric people in America

Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloans, Hohokam people

Early civilizations that developed into empires in Central and South America

Early Spanish exploration of Mexico and the Southwestern US

Impact of Spanish colonization in the Southwest

Location and cultural characteristics of Native American tribes during the Spanish period

The Mexican Revolution

The influence of American explorers on the development of the Southwest

Events that led to Arizona becoming part of the US

The impact of Native Americans and Hispanics on the culture of Arizona

The Civil War

Economic development of Arizona

Key individuals and groups related to Arizona

The Great Depression

World War II

SCIENCE

Scientific Process

Making Observations

Creating Hypothesis

Collecting Data

Drawing Conclusions

Scientific Units of Study

• Electricity and Magnetism

• Renewable and Nonrenewable Sources

• Water and Weather

• Animal Classification and Adaptations

Together we will work as a

TEAM

to make this school year a

positive one for our students.