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•Erin Banda
•Kristina Hoover
•Leslie Ireland
•Kristine Lyons
•Jason Harris (CATS)
•Kathi McNeeley (CATS)
4th Grade Team
CONTACTING 4TH GRADE TEACHERS
Office Phone – (480) 883-4100
Emails:
Room Phones – (voicemail only) Banda – Rm. H3 (480) 883-4159
Ireland –Rm. H4 (480) 883-4160
Lyons – Rm. H2 (480) 883-4158
Hoover–Rm. H1 (480) 883-4157
Harris – Rm. M4 (480) 883-4167
McNeeley – Rm. F1 (480) 883-4145
Common Core Standards across the Curriculum: •Focus: Digging Deeper instead of Skimming the SurfaceReading Comprehension Skills focus for the year include:
•Inference•Cause and Effect•Draw Conclusions•Narrative Elements•Sequencing•Character Traits•Compare and Contrast•Morals•Identifying speaker•Functional Texts (letters, menus, schedules, etc).
READING
•Literacy Stations/Reader’s Notebook•6+1 Good Traits of Writing•Harcourt Grammar Skills•Daily Journal Writing •Weekly spelling patterns•Cursive writing on many assignments
LANGUAGE
Math Concepts included in the year are:Number SenseMultiplication properties, order of operationsAdding, subtracting, comparing, ordering, breaking apart fractions, decimals, percent, number lines, and ratiosFactors and multiplesFluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
EstimatingRounding and estimating
Data AnalysisData and graphs along with median, mode and range conceptsChange over time in graphs and tables and making predictions
MATH
MATHGeometric Properties• Points, lines, rays, segments, angles, parallelism,
perpendicularity• 2D and 3D shapes• Triangles, sides, and angles• Congruent figures (slide, rotations, reflections)• 3D shapes and corresponding nets
Coordinate Geometry• Ordered pairs on a quadrant• Constructing geometric figures on a coordinate
plain
Measurement• Elapsed time to the minute• Comparing measurements• Perimeter and area
MATHProbability • Theoretical, predicting outcomes
Systematic Listing and Counting• Representing all possibilities • Drawing conclusions
Algebra• Recognize, describe, create, and extend numerical
sequences using all four basis operations• Create and solve one-step equations
4th Grade Science
1st Quarter:
Life Science:Living Things,
Ecosystems
Scientific Process
2nd Quarter:
Physical Science: Electricity & Magnetism
3rd Quarter:
Earth Science:Water Cycle,Weather &
Earth’s Processes
4th Quarter:
Science AIMS
testing
Science
4th Grade Social Studies
1st Quarter:
AZ State Facts, Symbols,
Geography
2nd Quarter:
AZ Civics andGovernment
3rd Quarter:
AZ & USHistory
4th Quarter:
AZ in WorldHistory
Social Studies
6-DAY ROTATION FOR “SPECIALS”
Each homeroom class has a different specials rotation schedule. Your homeroom teacher sent home the schedule and meet the teacher, and reminders will also be sent home in the the weekly newsletter called the “Fourth Grade Forecast.”
Please remember to send one healthy snack every day!
Remember a WATER BOTTLE every day!
Lunch: 11:05-11:25 Recess: 11:25-11:45
Afternoon Recess: 1:45-2:00
Money deposited in cafeteria accounts before school: www.mylunchmoney.com (free iPhone app)
Wear class shirts on Fridays and for field trips.
RECESS, SNACK, LUNCH AND T-SHIRTS
Let’s Make a JETS Choice! Students are encouraged daily to make good choices through positive reinforcement, verbal and non-verbal cues. “Tallies” will be given as a reminder of appropriate classroom behavior and personal responsibility, which will be communicated on the JETS Choice Slip.
Tallies2 in a day: Loss of afternoon recess3 in a day: Communiqué5 in a week: No Fun Friday
Fun Friday is awarded for good behavior, personal responsibility, completed daily work and homework
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
•Fourth Grade Forecast Includes: •Curriculum overview for upcoming week•calendar, birthdays, announcements, weekly specials schedule•Sent home weekly via email and website (hardcopies in August)
•Flyers from the office will be sent home the in class folder•Check class website frequently ….
•Updates on Newsletters, Calendars, etc.•School newsletters are sent home monthly
NEWSLETTERS AND SCHOOL NEWS
Your child will complete about 45 minutes of homework each night (including silent reading)
• Reading Homework (Due Daily)• M/W: Sci/SS Block• T/Th: ELA Block
• Literacy Calendar (Due Friday)• “Reading” section is a reminder to do nightly
reading and assignment • Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Other (choose 3)-
FOUR boxes will be completed weekly• Fourth Grade Forecast will include: Weekly
Spelling List, Grammar Skill, and Vocabulary Words• Math Homework – (Due Daily)
•Sign Agenda, Tally Sheet, and Reading Log EVERY NIGHT• No phone calls home if forgotten.
HOMEWORK
Infinite Campus – Check your child’s grades online
Assessment Folders
Progress reports are sent home mid-quarter. First quarter conferences will include these. (August 28-29th)
Sign/return report card envelopes quarterly.
GRADES
All academic and attendance awards will be recognized quarterly.
•In order to earn Principal’s List, students must receive A’s in all subject areas.
•For students to receive Honor Roll, they must receive A and B grades in all subject areas.
•Perfect Attendance Awards
ACADEMIC AWARDS
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS•Jacobson will no longer be accepting sugary treats for birthdays - Do not send cupcakes, doughnuts or other sugary food items - your items will not be delivered to the classroom or distributed to students.
•Students visit the principal’s office and receive a special gift
•Student’s name will be heard on the announcements
•Students may bring a small token pencil, eraser, etc. to pass out to classmates
•Parents may donate a book to the library in honor of the birthday
•If student brings in a treat it must be healthy (low-calorie)
•Join your child for lunch!
Thank you for volunteers who signed up! • We’ll be in touch via email • Always sign in at the office!• If you can’t make it the day you are
scheduled, just email us.
Field trips through year
Volunteers needed for Space Explorers and Art Masterpiece
Please send an email if you would like to be added to the volunteer list
VOLUNTEERS IN THE CLASSROOM
If your child is doing something different after school other than the usual, please send an email or a written note!
REMINDER
• Our Field Trips can now only be funded using Tax Credit monies donated by our wonderful families.
• Anyone can donate to tax credit: even aunts and uncles (state return).
• Tax Credit forms are attached.• Single contributions up to $200.• Married contributions up to $400.
• ALL tax credit donations are refunded directly to your tax return (it’s a credit, not a write-off)
• Any donation amount is welcomed and accepted!!!• ***If you donate online, please email your child’s homeroom
teacher so the funds can be allocated to that class.***• Fourth grade field trips may include the Basha Art Museum,
Arizona Historical Musuem, Arizona State Capitol, Child’s Play, as well as in-house field trips (speakers/presentations). This will come to approximately $40 per child for this school year.
TAX CREDIT DONATIONS
•Please feel free to email any questions you may have to your child’s homeroom teacher or to the whole team.
QUESTIONS?