Welcome to 4th Grade Curriculum Night

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Welcome to 4th Grade Curriculum Night

• August 25, 2015
• Mrs. Snow

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Books and Materials

• Language Arts to include spelling, grammar,
  reading and writing
• Houghton Mifflin Reading Series
• Houghton Mifflin Spelling
• Easy Grammar
• Creative Writing
• Book Reports and Projects
• Students will be assigned books
• September Genre is still to be determined.
• October Saints Breakfast of Champions book
  project
• January Historical Fiction
• February Wax Museum research
• March Class Novel We will all be reading the
  same book and participate in a book club.
• April script and play memorization
• May Students choice
• I will also be giving students snowbills for
  extra books that they read on their own time.

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Books and Materials Continued

• Math
• Singapore Math/Accelerated Math
• Science
• Diocesan Science Lesson Plans
• Social Studies
• Do Arizona
• Scott Foresman Social Studies Regions
• Play
• Wax Museum
• Map Work
• Religion
• Atrium
• Bible Study DWP Skills
• Blest Are We
• Friday Affirmations
• Woven through out the day.

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Homework

• Based on Diocesan standards 4th grade students
  are to have 40-60 minutes of homework a night.
• Students are expected to read for a minimum of 20
  minutes evenings Monday through Friday. Your
  child is also required to practice their
  multiplication math facts using the XTRA Math
  on-line program. Students are to complete Xtra
  Math 5 nights per week.
• They will receive 10 homework points per night.
  Students will also be taking home a Math
  worksheet nightly.
• Homework will also consist of any unfinished work
  that has been assigned in class.

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Classroom Etiquette

• Students are taught self discipline
• DWPSLEs
• Rewards
• Positive reinforcement
• Super D (self discipline vs. discipline) (blue
  raffle tickets are earned and students names are
  drawn every Friday for Snow bills.
• Snow Bills
• Snow Shop

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Discipline Cycle

• First Step Warning/Yellow card and desired
  behavior is taught.
• Second Step Pink Card is placed next to the
  student.
• Third Step Student will be asked to fill out
  the inside of the pink card. Teacher and student
  discuss the contents of the pink card. Pink card
  is taken home to be signed by the parents. This
  is class STP (not an office referral)
• Fourth Step Office Referral

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Parent Teacher Communication

• Newsletters Snow Notes via emailplease read.
• Agendas (please let your child take ownership of
  their agendas, listen to them)
• Student write all assignments and activities in
  their agendas. They highlight all that that has
  been completed.
• Please sign their agendas nightly.
• Homework folders are take home every night.
• Assignments not highlighted are assignment that
  need to be completed at home.
• If you need to contact me, please send me a note
  in the homework folder, emailssnow_at_sttimothymesa.
  org.

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Late and Missing Assignments

• Absent work is due as soon as the student is able
  to turn it in within a 2-3 day period. Every
  effort should be made by the student to turn in
  the missing assignments. If there is a concern
  please let me know as soon as possible.
• Handbook page 10

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Grades

• Grades will be posted via Gradelink. Please see
  Mrs. Vick if you are having a hard time accessing
  the website. When you are in the website you are
  able to set parent notifications.
• A zero will be posted for missing work. They
  will be reminded twice to turn it in. If work is
  not turned in within a week of when the
  assignment was due, the zero will remain posted
  as a zero. I will make every effort to teach
  your child about responsibility of getting their
  work in on time or in a timely manner.
• Please let me know if you have questions or
  concerns by email at ssnow_at_stimothymesa.org

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Any Questions?

• Name__________________________
• Email _________________________
• Question(s)