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Here is our goal:
• Give you ideas for preventing summer slide
• Go over all the BIG skills your incoming 4th grader should have
• Provide you with resources to help you get reading for 4th grade
Reading• Weekly reading test
Common Core • New Additions:
– Roots from Greek Mythology– 1st and 3rd Person Point of View– Explain events in all genres of text
(historical, directions, scientific , technical)
– Compare and Contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of events
– Provide evidence the author gives to prove themselves
– Effectively engage in collaborative discussion (coming prepared, studying, taking notes and sharing ideas.
– Know when to use formal and informal English
– Greek and Latin roots– Idioms, Adages, Proverbs
• Small group instruction based on needs of students
• Centers to support literacy and provide independent practice
• Differentiated Instruction based on Needs
• Grades are weighted by assignment:
• Summative Finals 50%,• Participations 20%• Midpoints 30%
Take a look at these question stems we will be using!
To prevent Summer Slide
• Read each night with your child
• Have your child start independently reading chapter books
• Go to the library
• As you go out have your child read menus, articles, magazine, or newspapers.
• Use Question stems
Accelerated Reader
• Average percent correct + GOAL will count as a test grade each grading period
• Set reading goals for each studentbased on STAR Reading Test.
• Should spend a minimum of 20 minutes each night reading (before bed is a great time)
• AR rewards in classroom and school wide
Spelling/Word Study
• Homework counts as 20% of spelling grade
• Words are introduced on Monday
• Spelling is one of the fundamental sub-skills of effective written communication.
English
• Quizzes per skill• Review daily (class work daily)• Some new additions: • Cursive Skills will be implemented• Relative Pronouns and Adverbs• Modal Axillaries (can, may,must)
How to prevent Summer Slide:
• K12 Reader – is a great resource• http://
www.k12reader.com/adverbs/Adverb12_Identifying_Adverbs.pdf
• Keep spelling and correcting grammar.
• http://www.k12reader.com/spelling/Fourth-Grade-Master-Spelling-Lists.pdf
• Social Media post correcting
Document Based Questions• What is a DBQ?
– Research primary and secondary resources– Discuss and collaborate– Form an opinion– Write an essay documenting your research
• 4 times a year• Reading/Social Studies/Lang Arts grades
are taken from this assignment• Example topics discussed:
– What is Harriet Tubman’s Greatest Achievement?
– What Caused the Dust Bowl? – How were the Native Americans different? – How much is a million?
Math • Weekly math test on
Common Core • Each student is
expected to know all their Multiplication and Division Facts to 12.
• New Additions: – Multiplication comparisons– Determine true or false statements
about equations – Comparative relational thinking – Prime and Composite – Adding and Subtracting Fractions – Multiply fractions with a whole number – Use a protractor to measure angles– Add Angles – Decimals
• Small group instruction based on needs of students
• Centers to support skills and provide independent practice
• Differentiated Instruction based on Needs
• Grades are weighted by assignment:
• Summative Finals 50%,• Participations 20%• Midpoints 30%
Take a look at a sample question!
How to prevent Summer Slide:
• Addition facts (single and double)• Subtraction facts (with regrouping
across zeroes) • Multiplication Facts (1-12)• Division Facts (1-12)• Word problems, show your work. • http://www.commoncoresheets.com
/
Fourth Grade Florida History
• All across Florida, fourth graders learn about Florida History.
• St. Augustine Trip• Projects based on
Floridian: animals, plants, economics, effects of war and colonization
• Quiz:• Who discovered
Florida? • What is the oldest
city? • Which countries
fought to colonized Florida?
• What does Florida mean?