WELCOME TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

2015!

Mrs. Stein’s 4th Grade

Introducing the Minions!

Communication

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•Assignment Book / Binder•Phone- (609) 737- 4008

•E-mail matthewstein@hvrsd.org•Class website and Oncourse

•Instagram - tgmrstein

Birthdays•Fall - Friday, Oct 16th (to represent birthdays Sept.1st-Nov.30th )

•Winter - Thursday, January 14th (to represent the winter birthdays Dec. 1stt-Feb.28th)

•Spring - Wednesday, April 20th (to represent the spring birthdays March 1st-May 31st)

•Summer - Tuesday, June 2nd (to represent the summer birthdays June 7th June 1st t-Aug. 31st )

Classroom Environment

• Fostering a sense of community through Responsive Classroom techniques

• Citizenship award / weekly positive student award

• Classroom jobs

• Morning meetings

• Logical consequences

Miscellaneous

• Buddies (1st grade Mrs. Emhof)

• Snack (When, how long, and what)

• Locker procedure and how they look

• Field Trips (State House and Liberty Science Center. Dates - TBD)

Everyday MathDifferent websites that we will be using in math class

are XtraMath, Study Island, and IXL

• Whole Numbers• Fractions• Geometry and Constructions• Decimals and Percents• Data and Probability• Measurement• Algebra• Problem Solving• Logical Thinking

ScienceUnits: Weather & Water, Human Body, Energy & Forces• Seeds of Science• Foss Weather & Water Kit• Many nonfiction books to enrich the science

curriculum• Keep an organized notebook. Notes will be

graded.• Hands-on experiments following the

Scientific Method• Tests after each unit• NJAsk Science

Social StudiesNew Jersey• NJ Map Skills• NJ Government• Mid-Atlantic Region

Regions of the United States• Mid-Atlantic continued• New England Region• Southeast Region• Mid-West/Great Plains Region• Southwest Region

Unit Tests/ State Fair

Reading and Writer’s Workshop•Daily targeted “mini-lesson” provides students with a repertoire of strategies.•Leveled library + ample time for “eyes on text” using engaging and instructionally appropriate materials (leading to growth in comprehension and fluency).•Research also shows importance of time spent engaged in writing process.•Individualized instruction: 1-on-1 conferring and targeted strategy groups as needed.•Share: Students gather to discuss how they used focus skill, and teachers connect the work done in reading & writing. (The reading & writing units are closely aligned!)•Cross-disciplinary approach: Highlight connections between daily teaching points and texts we read in science or social studies.

Reading and Writing Continued

•Balanced Literacy Components:•Interactive read aloud •Shared reading/close reading •Guided reading

• Modeled writing• Shared writing• Word Study

Have a nice evening!