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Welcome to 4th Grade
All About Mrs. Adick Born in Atlanta, Georgia Graduated high school in Michigan. Graduated in 1999 from John Carroll
University with a BA in Elementary Education.
Obtained my masters degree as a reading specialist from Kent State in 2003.
Taught graduate level courses at John Carroll University.
I have been married 11 years to Jeff Adick, a teacher in South Euclid- Lyndhurst.
I have three daughters Carolyn who is 8 and Sophie is 7 and Gretchen who is 4.
I love reading , being outside with my kids, and watching football.
Curriculum and Schedule
You may go to my website to see a list of the things studied in fourth grade.
Writing and Reading with me. Math with Mrs. Read: Social
Studies with Mrs. Read. Specials run everyday from
9:45-10:45 Lunch/Recess 12:45-1:45
Specials Rotation
Special Rotation Day 1 (Red)
Art Day 2 (Orange)
Library
Guidance Day 3 (Yellow)
Chinese/Spanish
Physical Education
Day 4 (Green)
SSR
Music/Strings Day 5 (Blue)
Physical Education
Chinese/Spanish Day 6 (Purple)
Music/Strings
SSR
Assignments The assignment planner will be
filled out with the class and checked and initialled by me.
Students will have math homework given on a daily basis.
Social Studies/ Science homework assigned on a daily basis
Students will have spelling due each Friday. Tests are every other Friday.
Students must read 60 minutes a week.
Students will be assigned Compass Learning or Ongoing Test Practice each week
Daily Schedule
8:10-8:40- Morning Meeting
8:40-9:40 Writing 9:40-10:40 Specials 10:40-11:40 Reading 11:40-12:40 Math 12:40-1:40
Lunch/Recess
1:40-2:10 Intervention 2:10-3:10
Science/Social Studies
Fridays 8:40-9:40 Specials 9:40-10:40 Writing
Parent Communication
All graded papers will go home on Fridays in the Friday folder.
Email is the best form of communication.
All information is on my class website,
http://www.chagrinschools.org/Adick.aspx
which can be accessed through the school’s web page.
Language Arts“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.”
Paulo Friere
Reading Using Literacy by Design
program Understanding text with
specific strategies Logging books Summarizing
Audience and purpose for reading
Expanding vocabulary Fluency practice
Writing Parts of Speech
Sentences Paragraph
Letter Writing Informational vs. Narrative
Compare/Contrast 6 Traits of Writing (Ideas,
Conventions, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence
Fluency) Research essays
Responsive Classroom
“Whether we’re a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior
or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we’re acceptable, that
our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”
- Fred Rogers
Questions?
