Welcome We are mastering our skills in 4th grade!Ms. Itteseittes@stcatherineschool.netPlease sign in at the back table. Indicate if you want hard copies of presentation notes. Then, find your child’s seat. He/she left you a note of love. 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 Grade

Reminders:•Please indicate on sign-in sheet if you

would like hard copies of the presentation.•Presentation documents are located on our

class website.•Please sign up for a volunteer opportunity

on the back sheet.•Please be aware of some important class

dates.

Fourth Grade ScheduleFourth grade schedule

Classroom Policies

•Discipline Placemat; Family Handbook•Homework policy•Homework routines at home or study hall•Daily homework

▫Math▫Simple Solutions lesson▫Silent reading and reading aloud▫Basic facts

Classroom Policies (continued)•Friday Folders/Homework Folders

▫Work from the week such as tests and quizzes.

▫Returned on Monday with ALL assignments.▫Used for nightly homework.▫Need to be cleaned out weekly.

•Punctuality: vacation, absences, tardiness•Preparedness

▫sharpened pencils, homework, planner, healthy food and sleep

Curriculum Resources • Seattle Archdiocese Website• http://www.ocsww.org/• Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org• Washington State Office of Superintendent of

Public Schools• http://www.k12.wa.us/default.aspx• Class website

Religion Morality and Catholic Doctrine

▫Creation Story▫Ten Commandments▫Beatitudes▫Precepts of the Church▫Seven Sacraments▫Liturgical year and Eucharistic liturgy▫Personal prayer and reflection▫Prayers to learn▫Discipleship

Math

•Basic facts mastered by the end of October

•Multi-digit multiplication•Multi-digit dividend division•Fractions and decimals•Angles•Measurement•Multi-step word problems

ReadingReading to Learn and Becoming Confident Readers

•NRP Report•ReadingStreet•CIA Program with novels•Ms. Cox, reading specialist

Writing, Spelling, Word StudyWriting Conventionally to Entertain, Persuade, and Inform

Writing Spelling Word Study

-Writing Process-6 + 1 rubric-Simple Solutions-Paragraphs, essays, stories-Research-Figurative language

*High frequency words*Commonly misspelled words*Personal word lists*Weekly spelling tests based on rules*Differentiated spelling activities

-Vocabulary: GOLDEN WORDS-Patterns in words-Syllabication-Roots, prefixes, suffixes

Physical, Life, and Earth Sciences

•Science Processes•States of Matter, Properties, and Change•Earth in Space•Structures and Functions of Living Organisms•Heredity and Adaptation•Application: Different technologies

Social StudiesWashington State History with Ms. Horrigan•Map skills•Exploring the Pacific Northwest Prior to

Statehood•Lewis and Clark•Exploring the Pacific Northwest After

Statehood •Living in Washington State•Being Citizens of Washington

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)•UW World Series art performance

(January)•826Writing Seattle (February-June)•University of Washington Brain

Awareness Week (March)•Your ideas

Volunteer Opportunities

•Field trip drivers and chaperones•Fourth grade volunteer assignments•Classroom holiday activities:

▫Halloween, 2:00 p.m.▫Christmas, Dec. 20 at 11:15 a.m.▫Valentine’s Day, 2:30 p.m.

•Class “photo collector and compiler”

Closing•Your talents are appreciated!•Scholastic Book Order Code: H3ZXY•Class website•Weekly letter and homework posted by

Monday morning

Thank you for all that you do! I am available before school , via email, and phone.