clearsrping elementary 4 th grade hgc back to school night 2013-2014 sarah mcginn rachelle klein...
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CLEARSRPING ELEMENTARY CLEARSRPING ELEMENTARY 44THTH GRADE HGC GRADE HGC
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 2013-2014BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 2013-2014
SARAH MCGINNSARAH MCGINN
RACHELLE KLEINRACHELLE KLEIN
ELAINE MARRAMAELAINE MARRAMA
VISION VISION STATEMENTSTATEMENT
The Center Program provides students The Center Program provides students with a full time and rigorous with a full time and rigorous instructional program that alters the instructional program that alters the content, process, and product of the content, process, and product of the curriculum by accelerating, enriching, curriculum by accelerating, enriching, compacting, and telescoping. Students compacting, and telescoping. Students are provided a safe, welcoming, are provided a safe, welcoming, motivating, and nurturing environment motivating, and nurturing environment in which to interact with their in which to interact with their intellectual peers.intellectual peers.
ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION
• DAILY PLAN BOOKSDAILY PLAN BOOKS
• WEEKLY CALENDAR/MONTHLY CALENDARWEEKLY CALENDAR/MONTHLY CALENDAR
• PROJECT PROGRESS CHECKERSPROJECT PROGRESS CHECKERS
• READING, MATH, EARLY BIRD, SCIENCE, SS JOURNALSREADING, MATH, EARLY BIRD, SCIENCE, SS JOURNALS
• MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS AND CALENDARSMONTHLY NEWSLETTERS AND CALENDARS
• ORGANIZED DESK NOTEBOOK, AND BACKPACKORGANIZED DESK NOTEBOOK, AND BACKPACK
• SCHOOL WEBSITE (GRADE 4HGC)SCHOOL WEBSITE (GRADE 4HGC)
MATHMATH
• MATH 4MATH 4
• MATH 4/5 MATH 4/5 COMPACTEDCOMPACTED
• SMALL GROUP SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION
• PROBLEM SOLVINGPROBLEM SOLVING
• HANDS-ON HANDS-ON STATIONSSTATIONS
• REVIEW AND REVIEW AND ENRICHMENT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
READINGREADING• NOVEL UNITS: HISTORICAL NOVEL UNITS: HISTORICAL
FICTION, FANTASY, FICTION, FANTASY, REALISTIC FICTIONREALISTIC FICTION
• ECOLOGY READERECOLOGY READER
• JUNIOR GREAT BOOKSJUNIOR GREAT BOOKS
• MIGRATION READERMIGRATION READER
SHARED INQUIRYSHARED INQUIRY
LITERATURE CIRCLESLITERATURE CIRCLES
RELATED RESEARCH RELATED RESEARCH AND WRITING AND WRITING ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
25 INDEPENDENT 25 INDEPENDENT READING BOOKSREADING BOOKS
WILLIAM AND MARYWILLIAM AND MARY
QUARTERLY UNITSQUARTERLY UNITS
11STST QUARTER: ADAPTATIONS QUARTER: ADAPTATIONS
22NDND QUARTER: MIGRATION QUARTER: MIGRATION
33RDRD QUARTER: CHANGE QUARTER: CHANGE
44THTH QUARTER: CAPSTONE PROJECT QUARTER: CAPSTONE PROJECT
WRITINGWRITING
SIX TRAITS OF SIX TRAITS OF WRITINGWRITING
NARRATIONNARRATION EXPOSITORYEXPOSITORY
WRITING WRITING PROCESSPROCESS
PERSUASIVE/PERSUASIVE/OPINIONOPINION
PROCEDURALPROCEDURAL
POETRYPOETRY INTERPRETIVE INTERPRETIVE
QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSANSWERS
CREATIVECREATIVE
EVALUATION EVALUATION AND AND REFLECTIONREFLECTION
CONVENTIONS CONVENTIONS AND GRAMMARAND GRAMMAR
SCIENCESCIENCE
• EARTH MATERIALSEARTH MATERIALS
• ECOSYSTEMSECOSYSTEMS
• LAB WRITE-UPSLAB WRITE-UPS
• WELL-DESIGNED INVESTIGATIONSWELL-DESIGNED INVESTIGATIONS
• ENGINEERING PROJECTSENGINEERING PROJECTS
• STEM FAIR PARTICIPATIONSTEM FAIR PARTICIPATION
• CHEMISTRYCHEMISTRY
• HEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH EDUCATION
SOCIAL STUDIESSOCIAL STUDIES
• MAP SKILLS AND GEOGRAPHYMAP SKILLS AND GEOGRAPHY
• NATIVE AMERICANSNATIVE AMERICANS
• MIGRATIONMIGRATION
• COLONIZATIONCOLONIZATION
• PRIMARY/SECONDARY SOURCE DOCUMENTSPRIMARY/SECONDARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
SPECIALS/SPECIALS/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• ARTART
• MUSICMUSIC
• PEPE
• SGASGA
• INSTRUMENTAL MUSICINSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
• SCHOOL OF ROCKSCHOOL OF ROCK
• CHORUSCHORUS
ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED FIELD TRIPSFIELD TRIPS
• CHESAPEAKE BAY SAILING TRIPCHESAPEAKE BAY SAILING TRIP
• ANNAPOLISANNAPOLIS
• ARTIST IN RESIDENCEARTIST IN RESIDENCE
• BALTIMORE AQUARIUMBALTIMORE AQUARIUM
• WOODLAWN MANORWOODLAWN MANOR
• OLNEY THEATER OLNEY THEATER
• MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYMUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
HOMEWORKHOMEWORKDAILY:•INDEPENDENT READING (25 BOOKS)•WORD STUDY•UNFINISHED CLASSWORK
WEEKLY:•LITERATURE CIRCLE READINGS AND ACTIVITIES•GRAMMAR•MATH ACTIVITIES/PROBLEM SOLVING
LONG-TERM:•ON-GOING PROJECTS
ORGANIZATION TIPSORGANIZATION TIPS• REVIEW TEACHER EMAILS, WEEKLY, AND REVIEW TEACHER EMAILS, WEEKLY, AND
LONG-TERM CALENDARSLONG-TERM CALENDARS
• FILE ALL LOOSE PAPERS IN THE SUBJECT FILE ALL LOOSE PAPERS IN THE SUBJECT SECTIONS OF NOTEBOOKSECTIONS OF NOTEBOOK
• HAVE A STUDY BUDDYHAVE A STUDY BUDDY
• BRING ALL NOTES, FORMS, MONEY TO BRING ALL NOTES, FORMS, MONEY TO TEACHER FIRST THING IN MORNINGTEACHER FIRST THING IN MORNING
• COME TO SCHOOL PREPARED WITH ALL COME TO SCHOOL PREPARED WITH ALL MATERIALSMATERIALS
• REPLENISH SUPPLIES AS NEEDEDREPLENISH SUPPLIES AS NEEDED
HOMEWORK SHOULD:HOMEWORK SHOULD:
• BE DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN THE PASTBE DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST
• TAKE LONGER BECAUSE IT IS MORE CHALLENGING (IT TAKE LONGER BECAUSE IT IS MORE CHALLENGING (IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF PER TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF PER EVENING)EVENING)
• INCLUDE BOTH DAILY AND LONG TERM ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE BOTH DAILY AND LONG TERM ASSIGNMENTS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES STUDYING FOR ASSESSMENTS.WHICH ALSO INCLUDES STUDYING FOR ASSESSMENTS.
• REINFORCE LESSONS FROM CLASSREINFORCE LESSONS FROM CLASS
• BE NEAT, ORGANIZED AND PROPERLY LABELEDBE NEAT, ORGANIZED AND PROPERLY LABELED
• BE ON TIME (DUE DATES AND DEADLINES FOR PROJECTS)BE ON TIME (DUE DATES AND DEADLINES FOR PROJECTS)
HOMEWORK STRATEGIESHOMEWORK STRATEGIES
QUIET, ORGANIZED WORK SPACEQUIET, ORGANIZED WORK SPACE SAVE LONG-TERM WORK FOR THE SAVE LONG-TERM WORK FOR THE WEEKENDSWEEKENDS
BUDGET TIME ON LONG-TERM BUDGET TIME ON LONG-TERM PROJECTS: “CHUNK IT”PROJECTS: “CHUNK IT”
USE PROGRESS CHECKERSUSE PROGRESS CHECKERS
DO THE MOST DIFFICULT TASKS DO THE MOST DIFFICULT TASKS FIRSTFIRST
SET UP A REGULAR DAILY SET UP A REGULAR DAILY HOMEWORK SCHEDULEHOMEWORK SCHEDULE
TAKE SHORT BREAKS AFTER TAKE SHORT BREAKS AFTER COMPLETING A TASKCOMPLETING A TASK
SET A TIMER TO KEEP YOU ON SET A TIMER TO KEEP YOU ON TRACKTRACK
REFER TO LONG-TERM CALENDARS REFER TO LONG-TERM CALENDARS FOR DUE DATESFOR DUE DATES
WORK WITH A STUDY BUDDY WORK WITH A STUDY BUDDY ESPECIALLY BEFORE TESTSESPECIALLY BEFORE TESTS
PROOFREAD, EDIT, REVISEPROOFREAD, EDIT, REVISE HAVE PHONE NUMBERS OF BUDDIES HAVE PHONE NUMBERS OF BUDDIES FOR HELPFOR HELP
OUTLINE OR WEB IDEAS BEFORE OUTLINE OR WEB IDEAS BEFORE WRITINGWRITING
ASK FOR HELP WHEN NECESSARYASK FOR HELP WHEN NECESSARY
EXTENDED ABSENCESEXTENDED ABSENCES
Due to the nature of our program, extended absences are discouraged during the school
calendar.
•Students frequently work in cooperative groups and peers are left to manage extra work load.
•Arranging homework in advance is difficult as we tailor and pace our instruction based on the needs of the children.
•If your child will be absent for an extended period of time, we will not be able to provide assignments. Most assignments will be completed when your child returns.
COMPUTER USE
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF RESEARCH REQUIRED BY OUR PROGRAM, STUDENTS WILL FREQUENTLY USE THE INTERNET.
PLEASE REVIEW OUR POLICY AND EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE COMPUTER USE WITH YOUR CHILD.
REMEMBER TO REVIEW, SIGN AND RETURN OUR COMPUTER USE CONTRACT IN ORDER FOR YOUR CHILD TO USE THE COMPUTER.
COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION
MS. MCGINN’S E-MAILMS. MCGINN’S E-MAIL
[email protected][email protected]
MRS. MARRAMA’S E-MAILMRS. MARRAMA’S E-MAIL
[email protected][email protected]
MRS. KLEIN’S E-MAILMRS. KLEIN’S E-MAIL
[email protected][email protected]
CLEARPSRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARPSRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(301)253-7004(301)253-7004
THANKS FOR COMING!THANKS FOR COMING!
REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR A CONFERENCE AND TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER AND SIGN UP FOR PTA.