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Welcome We are mastering our skills in 4th grade!Ms. Salisburycsalisbury@stcatherineschool.net
Please find your child’s seat. He/she left you a note. Enjoy!
•Welcome•Schedule•Classroom Policies•Curriculum•Grading•Field Trips•Volunteer Opportunities•Closing Reminders•Questions
Agenda“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we
fall.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to Fourth GradeReminders:•Presentation documents will be located on our
class website.•Please be aware of some important class dates.
About Ms. Salisbury• Born and raised in Oregon City,
OR• Attended University of Portland• Studied abroad for a year in
Salzburg, Austria• Graduated with a degree in
Elementary Education and Special Education with a Teaching License
• Currently apart of the University of Portland, Masters of Education and ESOL Endorsement program
Fourth Grade Schedule
Classroom Policies
•Family Handbook•Homework policy
▫Late/Poor Quality Assignment Slip•Daily homework
▫Math▫Simple Solutions lesson▫Reading Log
Classroom Policies (continued)•Take Home Folders
▫Work from the week such as tests and quizzes.
▫Used for nightly homework.▫Friday work from the week will be sent home.▫Need to be cleaned out weekly.
•Punctuality: vacation, absences, tardiness Send absences to
attendance@stcatherineschoolnet. •Preparedness
▫sharpened pencils, homework, planner, homework folder, healthy food and sleep
Behavior Plan
•Class rules created by the students
•Clip up and down•Outstanding earns Tiger
Paw•Parent Contact= Your child
and I will contact you
Curriculum Resources • Seattle Archdiocese Website• http://www.ocsww.org/• Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org• Next Generation Science Standards
http://www.nextgenscience.org/ • Class Websitehttp://www.stcatherineschool.net/mssalisburypage.html • Religion Standards• http://www.ocsww.org/site/content.php?r=129-Religion
Religion Morality and Catholic Doctrine
▫Morality ▫Ten Commandments▫Beatitudes▫Precepts of the Church▫Creation Story▫Liturgical year and Eucharistic liturgy▫Personal prayer and reflection▫Prayers to learn
Math
•Basic facts mastered •Multi-digit multiplication•Multi-digit dividend division•Fractions and decimals•Angles•Measurement•Multi-step word problems
ReadingReading to Learn and Becoming Confident Readers
•CIA Program with novels-Shiloh-Castle In The Attic-Streams to the River, River to the Sea-Children of the Goldrush
•Ms. Cox, reading specialist
Writing, Spelling, Word StudyWriting Conventionally to Entertain, Persuade, and Inform
Writing Spelling Word Study
-Writing Process-Simple Solutions-Paragraphs, essays, stories-Research-Figurative language
*Content related words*Personal word lists*Weekly spelling tests based on vocabulary from reading texts *Differentiated spelling activities
-Patterns in words-Roots, prefixes, suffixes
Physical, Life, and Earth Sciences
•Scientific Method •Energy •Waves and their applications to
Technologies for Information Transfer •Animal structures and functions•Earth and Human Activity
Social StudiesWashington State History
•Map skills•Washington Geography •Civics: Our Government•Lewis and Clark •Economics
Washington: Our Home
Grading
•Standards based (Common Core State Standards)
•4 point scale 4 is exceeds standards 3 is meets standards 2 is approaching standards 1 is far below standards
• Mastery of standards by the end of 4th grade is our goal!
Field Trips (tentative)
•Tacoma Glass Museum (November)•Washington State History Museum
(March)•Klondike Gold Rush Museum (April)
Volunteer Opportunities
•Field trip drivers and chaperones•Classroom holiday activities:
▫Halloween, 2:00 p.m.▫Christmas, Dec. 20 at 11:15 a.m.▫Valentine’s Day, 2:30 p.m.
•Scholastic Book sales•Decorate for Holidays
Closing• Your talents are appreciated!• Turn in forms to the cream turn in basket• Class website• Weekly newsletter will go out by Sunday• Time is limited tonight, please e-mail me with
any questions, comments or concerns.
Thank you for all that you do! I am available for scheduled conferences and via email.