Parent Open House2013-2014

Post Road SchoolMrs. WigginsMrs. MaguireMrs. Perdew

Our Daily Schedule8:35 – Walk upstairs from gym8:40 – Unpack8:45 – Morning Meeting9:00 – Reader’s Workshop9:45 – Special (Music, Art, Physical Education)10:30 – Writer’s Workshop (working snack)11:15 – Intervention Block ( I-Block)11:55 – Recess12:25 – Lunch1:00 – Write down homework – Independent

Reading1:25 – Math Workshop2:25 – Science/ Social Studies3:15 - Dismissal

  

PAWSIn our classroom

Practice Respect Accept Responsibility Work Together Safety Matters

 We respect ourselves, others, our school, our things.  We will listen when someone is speaking. We will be kind to others.

 We will be problem solvers, not problem makers. If we make a mistake, we will fix it.

 We will raise our hand before speaking. We will act like a team. We will treat others the way that they want to be treated. 

 We will walk in the halls quietly. We will keep our hands to ourselves.                      

Responsive Classroom• Morning Meeting:

Greeting, Share, Morning Message, Activity• Community Building:• Rules and Routines:

role play, problem solving,

know what to expect,

rewards• Logical Consequences:

“You break it – You fix it”

mishandling responsibility – set limits

time out

Homework• Must be done every night (Mon-Thurs nights).

• WEB Reading – Read at least 20 minutes each night and record on reading log. Parent signs log each night.

• Readers get better by reading!

• Homework is written down in planner and needs to be signed by parent when completed each night. Homework needs to be complete and show best quality work.

• Available on our class WEB site.• Usually…Language Arts: Reading passage

and WEB ReadingMath: Envisions Reteach page and Practice facts

Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Language Arts – Reader’s Workshop:

Read alouds, Shared Reading, Independent readingWriter’s Workshop:

– Personal narrative– Writing a mystery– Non-fiction writing– Creating a play

Word Work: Grammar and Words Their Way

Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Mathematics– Multiplication/Division– Analyzing Patterns/Relationships between numbers– Place Value– Addition/Subtraction– Fractions– Measurement– Geometry

Students must have mastery of their multiplication facts. This only happens when they practice, practice, practice.

Fourth Grade Curriculum• Social Studies

– Geography and map skills– Native Americans– Explorers– Colonial Life– American Revolution– Underground Railroad– Industrialization

• Science– Plants – Life Cycles– Buoyancy– Properties of matter– Mechanical systems/simple machines– Electricity and magnetism– Review of earth science

Fourth Grade Field Trips

• Trailside Nature Museum (Native Americans)• Philipsburg Manor (Colonial Life)• Van Cortlandt Manor (Colonial Life)• Story Teller: Jonathan Kruk (New York History)• Fort Montgomery (Revolutionary War)• Nature’s Classroom – May 15, 16, 17, 2014 • High Tech–High Touch Science (Simple Machines)

Special Events

• World Cultures Day- October • Ballroom Dancing• Colonial Day

Grading and Tests• Grading

Grades are based upon daily work, teacher observations/evaluations, HOMEWORK completion, and tests/quizzes.

• State Testing in May• English Language Arts – April 1st-3rd, 2014• Math – April 30th- May 2nd, 2014• Science – Performance Test – End of May

» Written Science Test - June 2nd

• Report Cards• Go home on December 6th

• Go home on March 14th

• Go home on June 26th

Parent Conferences

Parent conferences – please sign up tonight***Indicate if you need translation

The first set of conferences are: October 28th (half day), 29th (evening),or November 7th (half-day).

Feel free to contact me, always.•janetwiggins@wpcsd.k12.ny.us•send a note to schedule a conference•call the school 422-2320

UNITY Poem I dreamed I stood in a studio

And watched two sculptors there,The clay they used was a young child's mind

And they finished it with care.One was a teacher; the tools she used

Were books and music and art;One a parent with a guiding hand

And a gentle and loving heart.Day after day the teacher toiled

With a touch that was deft and sureWhile the parent labored by her sideAnd polished and smoothed it o'er.

And when at last their task was doneThey were proud of what they had wrought,For the things they had molded into the child

Could neither be sold nor boughtAnd each agreed he would have failed

If he had worked alone.For behind the parent stood the school

And behind the teacher, the home.Anon. * 1998