Welcome To Back-To-School Night

Shelly Mastriana

Top 10 reasons for NOT doing homework.

• 10. My Mother must have thrown it away.

• 9. My father was checking it, and he didn’t put it back.

• 8. I put it in my backpack and now it’s lost.

• 7. I was too busy. I had practice.

• 6. My mom was too busy.

• 5. No one gave me the paper.

• 4. I couldn’t see the board, so I didn’t copy it down.

• 3. My mom had to go shopping, so she didn’t have the time.

• 2. My mom must have taken it out of my binder.

• 1. There was homework?

About Me – Mrs. Shelly Mastriana

I have been a teacher for 32 years, in a variety levels from preschool through 4th grade. This is my 17th year at Wolf Hill School. I have a Masters in Reading and Literacy and accumulated many more credits in a variety of topics from teaching math & technology to meeting the needs of diverse learners and many more...

I live in Freehold with my husband Bruce of 30 years. I have 4 grown children, aged 23-28, and am a grandmother to a 7 year old and a soon to be grandbaby!

Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Mathematics: Everyday Math

• Science

• Social Studies

Language Arts: • Reading• Writing• Spelling/Word Study

Mathematics

• Write, experience, and explain processes in problem solving situations.

• Use manipulatives to invent, model and describe different procedures for finding sums, differences, products and quotients.

• Model, interpret, and describe different problem solving situations for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Topics

• Whole Numbers

• Decimals and Percents

• Fractions

• Data and Probability

• Geometry

• Measurement

• Algebra

• Problem Solving

Science• Five Main Units:

• Ecosystems• Body Systems• Astronomy• Light, Heat and Electricity• Climate and Weather

Social Studies

• Colonial Period and the American Revolution

• NJ People, Industry & Culture• State Government• NJ Geography

Language Arts: Reading

• Reader’s Workshop• Daily Mini-lessons-Whole Group• Reading Independently• Reader’s Journal• Small Group Meeting-Literature Circles• Comprehension Question Worksheets

Language Arts: Writing

• Writer’s Workshop• Daily Mini-Lessons-Whole Group• Independent Writing Time-Writer’s

Notebooks• Small Group Focused Lessons• Individual Conferences

Language Arts: Spelling/Word Study

• Weekly Spelling Words

• Becoming a good speller involves more that simply memorizing words & passing tests. It is critical for students to know how to approach words that they have not learned for spelling tests. Knowledge about spelling empowers students to spell independently.• Pretest• Daily Spelling Practice• Final Test

Homework

Please check the agenda book daily.

Please help guide children through their homework by going over the directions. Work should go directly into the binder and back into the backpack.

Corrected math work will come home and needs to be returned the next day.

How to Get in Touch

• Email:• smastriana@oceanport.k12.nj.us

• Or… leave a message with the office• 732-542-0683