Welcome to Our

Classroom!Mollie Fitzgerald, Grade

4,Track 3

About Me● North Carolina Native:

○ Grew up in Durham, NC and moved to Cary, NC

● Attended NC State University○ Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with a STEM concentration

● This is my 4th year at Alston Ridge Elementary ○ All in 4th Grade (On track 3)

Learning Theories● All students can improve and learn more

● There are no such things as a “reading” or “math person”

● Students need to feel like they are a part of a community○ We are 31 strong so far this year

“It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

-Walt Disney

Daily Schedule8:45-9:15… Arrival

9:15- 9:30… Announcements

9:30-10:15…Science & Social Studies

10:15-10:50…Gator Time

10:50-11:20…Lunch

11:20-11:30… Bathroom Break

11:30-1:20… Reading & Writing

1:20-1:50… Recess

1:50-2:50…Math

2:50 – 3:35… Specials

3:35-3:45…Clean Up/Pack Up

Communication● Website

● Calendar

● Newsletter

Math1. BUILDING MATH COMMUNITY THROUGH DATA2. EXPLORING COMPARISONS, AREA, PERIMETER, FACTORS AND

MULTIPLES3. PLACE VALUE4. MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION STRATEGIES5. EXTEND THE UNDERSTANDING OF FRACTIONS6. DECIMAL NOTATION7. UNDERSTANDING OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS8. APPLY GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS9. USE PLACE VALUE TO UNDERSTAND METRIC MEASUREMENT

Reading/Writing1. Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers --- Poetry, Fiction, and Literary

Essays

2. Animal Defense Mechanisms-- Nonfiction, Informational Writing,

Narrative Writing

3. American Revolution -- Historical Fiction

4. Responding to Inequity: Ratifying the 19th Amendment -- Social

Issues

Science

1. Food, Minerals, Vitamins, and Exercise2. Force and Motion: Magnets & Electric

Charge3. Forms and Interactions of Energy4. Landforms5. Earth Materials: Rocks and minerals6. Animal Studies

Social Studies

North Carolina

1. Civics and Government2. History and Culture3. Economy4. Geography and Environmental Literacy

Homework

1. IRJ: Independent Reading Journal (due Friday)

2. Math Homework (M,T,W,Th)