Welcome Parents!

Please …

Find your child’s seat and read the note they left for you.

Write back! They are excited to read your responses

tomorrow.

Take a peek at some of their work and get a feel for what we

have been doing in class.

Have a look around the classroom. Find your child’s work

and their “top-secret” self-portraits. On a post-it, write the

number of the self-portrait which you think is your

son/daughter’s and ;eave it on their desk.

Introduce yourself to other parents ...

We will begin @ 7:50 ...

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WELCOME TO GRADE 4!

THE GOALS FOR TONIGHT:- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GR

4

- TIME FOR QUESTIONS

- TIME TO MINGLE AND MEET EACH

OTHER

- SEE WHAT YOUR SON/DAUGHTER IS

DOING IN CLASS

- A GLIMPSE INTO HOW WE LEARN

BUT FIRST

... A

LITTLE BIT

ABOUT ME

MY TEACHING

PHILOSOPHY...

* I WANT KIDS EXCITED TO COME

TO SCHOOL

* EVERY CHILD IS DIFFERENT

* INQUIRY, PASSION & POTENTIAL

* CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IS

KEY

* CLASSROOM AGREEMENTS(STUDENT GENERATED)

1ST 2 WEEKS OF SCHOOL

- ROUTINES

- COLLABORATION

- COMMUNITY (CLASS & GRADE

LEVEL)

BUILDING A LEARNING

COMMUNITY WHO TRUST,

SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE

EACH OTHER

(POSTED ABOVE OUR DOOR AND USED EVERYDAY)

CLASSROOM

AGREEMENTS

WHAT’S NEW IN GRADE 4?Agendas … please sign them

More homework

More responsibility

Accountability

Social interaction

Overnight Field Trip to Ayuthaya (Oct/Nov)

HOMEWORK30 minutes- reading

25 minutes- other

*** the importance of finding a

good spot to do homework

Email

Agendas [please sign]

Home Folders [Mon to Fri]

COMMUNICATION

SNACK/LUNCH FROM HOME

BIRTHDAYS

QUESTIONS

HOW DO WE LEARN?Math: Four in a Row

Science: Drops on a

Penny

Class Blog: subscribe,

browse, play

iPads: Check out

Popplet, Pic Collage,

Haiku Deck, or Drawing

Pad

THE 4TH GRADE TEAM

Mr Jessee

Mr. Ward

Khun

Klaang

Mr Hunter

Mrs. Macky

Khun Thewit

Ms. Hamlin

Mr. Crimi

Khun Korn

Mrs. Ruti

Mrs. Gaetgaeow

Mrs. Vila

A TYPICAL DAY IN ROOM

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Specialists:

Music - Ms. Sandman

PE - Mrs. Perry

Art - Mrs. Nelson

Words Their Way

Differentiated Groups

Assessment checkpoints 3x year

Sorting words, studying words, using words

SNACK … WORD STUDY

READ ALOUD

INVESTIGATIONS MATH

•multiple strategies

- what works best for students

•deeper understanding

- explain and analyze their methods

•meta-cognition

- students thinking about and being aware of

how they learn

Math Workshop

READING

WRITING

Units: Family Stories, Feature Article, Poetry,

Independent Writing Project, Short Fiction,

Biographies, Op-Eds

SOCIAL STUDIES

INFLUENCE

&

IS IT FAIR?

SCIENCE

MAGNETISM &

ELECTRICITY

WATER

READING

WRITING ABOUT READING (NOTEBOOKS)

-

READ A LOT (FOCUS AND STAMINA)

-

JUST RIGHT BOOKS

-READING LOGS (SOON ONLINE)

-

WORKSHOP MODEL

-

READING

Units: Character, Non-fiction, Interpreting Texts,

Performance Reading, Author Study,

Biographies, Social Issues

LET’S TRY A MATH

ACTIVITY

HOW MANY DROPS OF

WATER?PREDICT .... ACTUAL RESULTS (RECORD ON A POST-IT)

SCIENCE ACTIVITY

HOW MANY DROPS OF

WATER

CAN YOU FIT ON A PENNY?

STEP 1: MAKE A PREDICTION OF HOW MANY DROPS OF WATER YOU THINK YOU

CAN FIT ON A PENNY. WRITE IT ON A POST-IT.

STEP 2: USE THE DROPPER TO CAREFULLY DROP WATER ONTO THE PENNY.

COUNT THE NUMBER OF DROPS. STOP RIGHT BEFORE YOU THINK THE WATER

WILL SPILL OVER AND LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF THE WATER.

STEP3: IN THE END, HOW MANY DROPS OF WATER COULD YOU FIT ON THE

PENNY?

STEP 4: WHAT CONCEPT DO YOU THINK THIS ACTIVITY INTRODUCED?

PLEASE KEEP YOUR RESULTS A SECRET ... STUDENTS WON’T DO THIS UNTIL

NOVEMBER!

QUESTIONS

Thank you for coming!

Don’t forget to sign-up if you are interested in

volunteering in any way:

room parent ... field trips ... school events