Back to School Night

September 24, 2015

Grade 4

Agenda:

Introductions

Class Schedules

PBIS

Common Core

Report Card

Curriculum (for 1st Trimester)

Parent Communication

Class Parents

Wellness Policy

Questions

4th Grade Teachers Ashley Conlan (Mrs. Conlan)

Aurinda Esteves Simpson (Mrs. A)

Jeremie Hittenmark (Mr. H)

• About Me• Love science/making• Used to coach

basketball/softball/baseball• Expect students’ best• Very little room for excuses• Tough on everyone wherever they

need it

Room 209 – Daily Schedule  Monda

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8:30-8:40 Unpack/Notes/Morning Work8:40-8:50 Science Social Studies

8:45 – 9:30 Science9:30 – 10:10 Reading10:10 - 10:30

Reading Group

10:30-11:15 Writer’s Workshop11:15-12:15 Math12:15 – 12:55

Lunch & Recess

1:00 - 1:45 Library P.E. Spanish Music Art1:45 – 2:30 Flex Time2:30-3:00 Word Study

What does P.B.I.S stand for? Positive

Behavioral

Intervention

Support

Our Expectations: Be Responsible

Be Respectful

Be Safe

Our ClassroomWhy use ClassDojo?

ClassDojo is the easiest way to see your child’s progress on these skills.

I’ll be sending classroom updates and photos with you through ClassDojo, too!

Common Core

Consistent clear expectations

Designed to reflect real world skills so that students are college and career ready

Math priorities: understanding & fluency of multiplication/division, develop understanding of fraction equivalence, adding/subtracting with like denominators, multiplying fractions, and understanding geometric figures

Language Arts priorities: refer to ideas and details to support, explain ideas/information, craft and structure, interpreting and integrating information in different ways, comprehend various types of texts

What is MY attitude / approach to the Common Core Standards?

Standards Based Grading at Six to Six

Continuing this year, students in grades K-6 will be assessed using standards based grading. This standards based report card is aligned with the Common Core Standards in literacy and mathematics.

The report card will show student growth on a learning continuum based on end of year grade level expectations or standards.

What is Standards Based Grading?

Standards based grading is a grading system that focuses on the content, skills, and standards that students must learn. This means that when recording scores, the concern is not with the cumulative score on a test (traditional grading), but rather the level of mastery the student has achieved on each concept assessed on that test (standards based grading). -Active Grade

Our New Report Card Grades

You will see how your child is progressing towards master for each standard

Example:

Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.

1 23 4

What the Levels Mean

1 – Does not show understanding of this concept

2 – Understanding of and ability to show off this skill is inconsistent

3 – Mastery of this skill

4 – Above grade level expectations (NOT EASY TO ACHIEVE)

Curriculum

First Trimester: Math concepts:

place value

Addition

Subtraction

Literacy

Poetry,

providing evidence to support claims

Writing informational essays

Science:

Ecosystems

Circuits

Social Studies:

Government: Responsibilities of a citizen

voting process and elections

Taxes

A Family-School Compact for Achievement is an agreement that families, students and teachers develop together. It explains how families and teachers will work together to make sure all students get the individual support they need to reach and exceed grade level standards.

Effective Compacts:

Begin with standards Focus on student learning Respond to school data Define everyone’s responsibilities Depend on us to believe in it and use it

Family-School Compacts

Our Grade Level Priority Goals

To include facts or details and elaboration across different genres of writing (narrative, informative, opinion, historical fiction, and mythology)

To understand the meaning of multiplication and division and represent and solve problems using different strategies

To be independent thinkers and persevere through work by increasing stamina using strategies taught in class

Upcoming Field Trips

Marsh Walk (ecosystems)

Wednesday, October 7th 9:30-12:30

Peabody Museum

Wednesday, November 9th ??

Eli Whitney @ school (rubberband cars)

Friday, December 11th

EESmarts @ school

Friday, January 29th ??

Upcoming Field Trips

Eli Whitney @ school (electromagnets)

Wednesday, February 10th

Eli Whitney off campus (electric city)

Tuesday, March 15th

EESmarts off campus

Friday, April 8th ??

Riverwalk Old Mine Park in Trumbull

Wednesday, June 1st

Mystic Seaport (Immigration)

End of year

Parent Communication

Phone Calls/Emails

Website

Classdojo

Wellness Policy

Healthy Foods

Snack/Lunch

DonorsChoose

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Link will be sent via Classdojo

Are there any questions?