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WELCOME TO FOURTH GRADE
Mrs. Kazdan
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS!Service SquadBuddies Speech Contest Historical American Biography ProjectField Trips Henry Ford – If I Had a Hammer Lansing R.I.F. (?) Last Day Picnic – Spencer Park
READING WORKSHOP!Genre Study Fiction: Realistic and Historical Fiction, Fantasy,
Poetry, Myths/Legends, Adventure Non-Fiction: Autobiography, Biography, Almanac,
NewspaperRead AloudsMaking Meaning ProgramReading Groups/Book ClubsStoryworks and Scholastic NewsReading Log (To, With, and By!)Book Reports
READING WORKSHOP!
Make Connections Ask Questions Make Predictions Visualize Summarize Draw conclusions Determine Main Idea Recognize Text Structure Infer Repair Comprehension (Does it make sense?) Retelling (character, setting, problem, solution, main idea, theme)
Reader’s Notebook:
READING! Intensive amounts of reading and writing are the soul of learning. Learning of the most complex kind is acquired through old-fashioned, simple activities like meaningful reading and writing.
Once students begin to read, they learn to read better by reading – just reading. (Mike Schmoker: Focus)
READING!
Adolescents entering the adult world of the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives.
Richard Vacca
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR!
Words their Way Program
Words assigned every Monday
Test every Friday
Grammar, usage and mechanics
WRITING WORKSHOP!Genres:NarrativeExpositoryPersuasiveCreative Writing
PoetryAdvertisements Recipes Fun, fun, fun!
Writing ProcessPre-Write -
BrainstormRough Draft - WriteConference - TalkRevise – Look and
ChangeEdit – CheckPublish – Final Copy!
WRITING WORKSHOP!Six (Plus One) Traits!
Sent
ence
Flu
ency
Ideas
Conventions
Conventions
Organization
Wor
d Choic
e
Voice
MATH!Number Sense and Operations: Place value to 1,000,000 Addition/Subtraction to 4-5 digits Multiplication/Division of 2-digit numbers Addition/Subtraction of fractions
Patterns, Relationships, and AlgebraGeometryMeasurementData Analysis, Statistics, and
Probability
By the end of Fourth Grade, students should be able to do:
100 Multiplication Facts in 5 minutes
and
100 Division Facts in 5 minutes
PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS!
Circle the question
Underline important information
Choose a strategy
Check your work
Write a complete answer
ADD sheets due daily
PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES!Draw a diagram or a pictureMake a modelMake an organized listMake a table/graphFind a patternPredict and testGuess and checkWork backwardSolve a simpler problemWrite a number sentenceLogical reasoningProcess of elimination
MATH!
Please help your child to study math facts EVERY NIGHT! It is our school goal that all students will have the basic facts memorized!
SCIENCE!Scientific ProcessQuestion, hypothesis, experiment, data
collection, and conclusion
Hands on Experiences
Science UnitsSun, Earth, and MoonMagnets and ElectricityEcosystems
SOCIAL STUDIES!Concepts will be taught through: Geography History Government Economy
Core Democratic ValuesU.S. RegionsMaps, charts, timelines, tablesCurrent EventsHistorical Americans biographies
COMPUTERS!
Word ProcessingGraphsGraphic OrganizersInternet SearchesSkill and Concept Practice
MISCELLANEOUSMEAP Testing Healthy breakfast, good night’s sleep, positive attitude!
Grades + , , - and A, B, C, D, E
High Five/Bucket Fillers Be responsible, kind, respectful, safe, and cooperative
Homework/Planner Please continue signing the planner and reading log every night.
School Improvement Goals
Writing:
All students will increase their proficiency in written expression.
Math:
All students will increase their ability to compute math facts.
Reading:
All students will increase reading comprehension.
Students will use their three ring binders
to track the progress of these goals.
The best way to contact me is through e-mail!
I look forward to a
wonderful year working
with you and your
child!
