curriculum night fourth grade miss meder
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Curriculum Night
Fourth Grade
Miss Meder
2013-2014
Welcome! Thank you for coming! Please find your child’s desk and fill out the WELCOME page. Then check out what’s inside the envelope and compare.
About Miss Meder
This is my 27th year of teaching.
I am a native of Arizona.
My father taught at Washington High School in Phoenix.
My oldest sister teaches fourth grade in Boise, Idaho.
My niece teaches fourth grade in Casa Grande.
A Typical Day
Morning Routine/Morning Meeting
Math
Special Area class 9:35-10:20
Grammar/Spelling/Writing
Recess/Lunch
Science/SS/Health
Language Arts
Common Core Standards
This is a national effort to have students
across the country learn the same
knowledge in Math and English language
arts.
The emphasis is on critical thinking over
rote learning of facts.
Learning Goals/Scales
These goals are taken from the Common Core
Standards and are taught with the adopted
curriculum.
Goals: a statement of what students will know
or be able to do.
Activities are then done to help students attain
these goals.
Scales: used to measure knowledge and growth
Shown on a point system from 4.0-1.0.
Math
Scott Foresman: traditional textbook that
focuses on practice and problem solving
Investigations: focuses on critical thinking
and reasoning
Problem Solving notebooks.
IFG: Instructional Focus Groups
Common Core Math Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Numbers and Operations: Fractions
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Fourth Grade
Math Night
Thurs., Aug. 29th
5:30 p.m.
Colina library
Social Studies
Harcourt textbook
World History: exploration of Arizona
Arizona statehood and history
Arizona Native American tribes
Geography: maps; landforms; regions
Health
Life Management Skills
Safety and Injury Prevention
Nutrition
Community Health Resources
Disease Control and Prevention
Personal Health and Hygiene
Human Growth and Development
Science
FOSS
◦ Process Skills/Scientific Method
◦ Magnetism and Electricity
◦ Water: water cycle
◦ Animal Adaptations
Language Arts
Spelling: goes along with the story;
vocabulary included
Spelling dictation will be given on Fridays.
Harcourt Reading program
Book projects: one each quarter
Writing process: Six Traits
Literature Studies
Handwriting: manuscript and cursive
Write From the Beginning Types of writing:
• Narrative (personal and imaginative)
• Response to Literature
• Expository (nonfiction)
• Argumentative (persuasive, problem/solution)
• Summarizing
Components:
Focus Model Writing
Mini-Lessons
Writing rubrics
Unassisted Writing
Thinking Maps
Eight maps: Circle; Bubble; Double Bubble;
Tree; Flow; Multi-Flow; Brace; and Bridge
A visual way to organize information
linked to a specific thought process.
Helps the brain make patterns and
connections
Can be used in all subject areas
Specials
Monday- P.E. 9:35-10:20
Tuesday- Computer Lab 9:35-10:20
Wednesday- Music 9:35-10:20
Thursday- Art 9:35-10:20
Friday- Library 9:35-10:20
Homework Homework should take about 20-30 min. plus reading
for 15 minutes (or 1 hour total for the week).
Book Projects: one per quarter
Incentives: Friday Fuzzy, privilege cards, sense of completion and success
Natural or Logical Consequences: Study Hall, incomplete assignments which creates more work, lower grades, etc.
In fourth grade, we want the students to be responsible with their work. If your child forgets his/her homework, please allow him/her to accept responsibility and deal with the related consequences.
Grades
Grading scale: 100-90%=A
89-80%=B
79-70%=C
69-60%=D
59% and lower=F
Grades on assignments and assessments
Mid-term Progress Report (Parent Vue is available
anytime)
Report card
Planners
At the end of each day we write what we learned and accomplished.
We also write any project dates or reminders.
Homework assignments will be written there as well.
Must be brought home every night so you can see what is going on in the classroom.
Used as a communication tool.
BE: RESPECTFUL
RESPONSIBLE
SAFE
.
COOL COYOTE CODE
Classroom Rules: Love and Logic
Our class rules are:
1. I am responsible for my own
learning.
2. In the classroom, we will not cause a
problem for ourselves or others
(including Miss Meder).
PBIS/Love and Logic
Rules are few
Situations are dealt with as they arise.
Consequences will be designed to fit the problem.
Enables the student to grow and learn from their actions.
Gives the kids opportunities to be personally responsible for their choices and helps them make better choices in the future.
Communication The best way to contact me is through email
Classroom phone number is 480-541-2744.
You may also send a note with your child.
Website: http://www.kyrene.org/staff/lmeder
Newsletter and other information posted on website (monthly).
Friday news emails.
Weekend Envelopes sent home on Fridays with work from the week inside.
Behavior Report – starting Aug. 19th; sent home to be signed and returned.
Internet Short cut To get to the Colina home page, use this
address for a short cut:
www.kyrene.org/col
To get to Miss Meder’s home page, use this
address for a short cut:
www.kyrene.org/lmeder
Thank You!
Thanks for coming tonight. I appreciate all that you do to help your child get the most they can out of school. I’m looking forward to a great year of learning with your child.