Cara Roberts

Shane O’Neal

Christine Niebuhr

Jane Castner

Quiz time!Do you know the 4th grade team?

This teacher snowboards!

Ms. Castner

This teacher ran a half-marathon!

Ms. Roberts!

This teacher is trained zip-line technician!

Mr. O’Neal

This teacher is known to speak Greek!

Ms. Niebuhr

4th Grade ActivitiesBand

Individual Lessons- 2x a weekWhole band- 1x a week (beginning mid-year for 4th grade)Spring Concert

Chorus1x a weekWinter and Spring Concerts

•FieldtripsIn-School – Maryland Historical Society

– Maryland Native AmericansLiving Classroom in the Spring – Examining the Chesapeake Bay’s history and health

Respect, Responsibility, & the Right to Learn

All students have the right to learn.

A key factor in determining children’s success is the environment in which they

learn.

Students are expected to manage and accept responsibility for their own behavior.

Behavior Rights and ResponsibilitiesK Be kind and respectful at all times.B Keep body parts and objects to yourself. M Be responsible for all school and class-related work and materials. L Be an effective listener and follow directions.E Be responsible for our school environment.

Specials• Physical Education

• Health• Music

• Art• Media

Computer LabAt least visit 1x a week

Programs:Type to Learn

Improves keyboarding skillsRazKidsTumbleBooksStudy IslandSuccessmakerMicrosoft Office Enrichment to curriculum

Homework Policy

•About 45-60 minutes per night (Read 15-20 minutes, language, writing, study spelling, math, social studies, or science.)•Assignments should be written down in the homework pad.•Pad can be used as communications between parents and teachers.•Parents can help with monitoring homework.

MathMathematics Core Standards Update

Mathematics: Scott Foresman & Addison Wesley

Pre and Post Assessments for each cluster

County AssessmentsJanuary and May80% proficiency

Resource Site for Parents

Social Studies4th Grade Units

•Geography Building Skills•Maryland’s History•Maryland’s Present

Science4th Grade Units

AdaptationPhysical Science

Alarming Idea!Water Study

E.L.A.English Language Arts

ReadingWord Study

WritingLanguage SkillsComputer Skills

LanguageGrammar

PunctuationCapitalization

ReadingComprehension

StrategiesDetermining Important Ideas

QuestioningVisualizing

Making ConnectionsPredictingInferring

Synthesizing

Decoding

Fluency

Reading ResourcesAnthology: Houghton Mifflin

Trade BooksNon-fiction articles:

National GeographicThank you PTA!

Word StudyPhonicsSpelling

Vocabulary -Rev It Up!

WritingText Types and Purposes

•Opinion/argument pieces•Informative/explanatory texts

•Narratives

At Home Research ResourcesMs. Julie VoightMedia Specialist

Why use databases instead of Google?

•100% of databases are K-12 curriculum-relevant

•10% of Google is K-12 curriculum- relevant

•Editorially selected best of publisher quality articles and websites that are reviewed and updated regularly and meet K-12 curriculum and state standards.

•High percentage of information is not updated regularly, and may be created by questionable sources.

•Thousands of editorially selected newspapers, magazines, maps, correlated graphics, literature, reference sources to match curriculum, student interest, and reading levels.

Searches do not include access to newspapers and curriculum-relevant magazines and journal archives because this information is copyrighted and only available through subscription databases.

•Reading level designations for articles and selection of appropriate websites.

•No method for adjusting results to student reading levels.

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