Fourth Grade Curriculum NightSeptember 16, 2013

Mrs. Deidra Amon

Mrs. Marla Bohm

Ms. Kelly Pattison

Mrs. Bettie Rabb

Agenda

Welcome

Review Daily Schedule

Common Core Standards & Essential Standards

Overview 4th Grade Curriculum

Field Trips

Requirements and Responsibilities

Dismiss to individual classrooms

Fourth Grade Daily Schedule

8:00 to 8:45Morning Procedures

8:45 to 9:30Specials

9:35 to 11:50 Literacy Block

11:50/11:55/12:00 Lunch (for 25 minutes)

12:15 to 2:15 Math Block withSocial Studies/Science

2:15 – 2:45 Recess

2:45 - 3:00 Dismissal

Common Core State Standardsand Essential Standards

Common Core Information

Why am I learning these

facts?

It’s all about being college and career

ready!

Revised Bloom’s

TaxonomyParent Link

Bloom’s Taxonomy classifies the levels of thinking from lower order (simple recall) to

higher order (creating). We encourage students to think at those higher levels in

the Common Core.

Communication

Creativity

Collaboration

Connections

4th Grade Curriculum Overview

English Language Arts (ELA) Standards

Math Standards

Science Standards

Social Studies Standards

English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

There are reading standards for:

Informational Texts

Literature

Foundational Skills (phonics, word analysis)

Also included in ELA standards are:

Writing

Speaking and Listening

Language

Reading Standards

Build stamina and skills to read challenging materials

Continue to learn about the world and build vocabulary skills by reading more complicated texts

Reading Standards: Literature

Describe in depth a character, setting, theme, or event from story

Back up and support your thinking with details and evidence from the text

Compare and contrast themes, characters, elements of different stories

Determine meanings of words based on how they are used in the text

Make meaningful connections

Increase the complexity of texts that students are reading

Reading Standards:Informational TextsSummarize and find main idea

Find and refer to key details

Understand text structure

Determine the meaning of general academic and content-area vocabulary

Explain what happened and WHY based on evidence from text

Reading Standards: Foundational SkillsApply grade level phonics and word analysis skills

Read with sufficient fluency and accuracy to support comprehension

Writing Standards

Students will write effective narrative

essays, opinion and persuasive pieces,

research papers, and informational texts (such as research papers) as they master correct grammar and punctuation.

Writing StandardsStudents will:Write complete sentences using correct capitalization, grammar, and spellingWrite summaries or opinions about topics supported with a set of well-organized facts, details, and examples from various forms of mediaIndependently conduct short research projects on different aspects of a topic using evidence from books and the Internet

Speaking & Listening StandardsStudents will:Paraphrase and respond to information presented in discussions, such as comparing and contrasting ideas and analyzing evidence that speakers use to support particular pointsReport orally on a topic or tell a story with facts and details

Language Standards

Students will:

Demonstrate command of grade level grammar and writing conventions

Use grade level vocabulary, figurative language, and word relationships (synonyms, antonyms)

Common Core State Standards for Math

There are standards within each strand:

Numbers and Operations—Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Numbers and Operations in Base Ten

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Math Standards--3 critical areas include…

1) Understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication, and developing understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends;

2) Developing an understanding of fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers;

3) Understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties

Math

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sWe will build knowledge with fractions, factors, and multiples

Using whole-number arithmetic to solve word problems

Adding and subtracting whole numbers quickly and accurately (numbers up to 1 million)

Multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers in simple cases

Understanding and applying equivalent fractions and decimals in terms of fractions

Adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions in simple cases

Measuring angles and finding unknown angles in a diagram

N.C. Essential Standards for Science

Build an understanding through investigation and technologies of:

Rocks and Minerals

Electricity and Magnetism

Animal Studies

Landforms

We will alternate science and social studies instruction—

4 weeks of one, then the other.

The four areas we explore in Social

Studies are:

N.C. History

N.C. Government

Economics

Culture and Geography

Social Studies Focus:

North Carolina History

4th grade is our first introduction to the formal study of HISTORY

Field Trips

N.C. Museum of History and N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences:

Thursday, October 10th (cost $4 per child)

Diamond Del’s Gem Mining:

November 9th (cost $9 per child)

Symphony: March 10th, 2014 (cost TBA)

Outer Banks: April (dates and cost TBA)

More information will be coming home for all field trips when details are finalized.

All dates are

tentative until trips

are officially

approved.

What’s a parent to do?

What’s a parent to do?

Encourage your child to read, read, read a variety of texts—Read ALOUD to them!

Ask your child to retell a story or movie they have read or seen

Talk with your child’s teacher to identify areas where you might need to provide additional help

Encourage your child to write - keep a journal, letters to family and friends, to-do lists, etc.

Practice multiplication and division facts daily to improve fluency

Monitor your child’s homework and make sure it is completed by checking and signing the Student

Agenda

Volunteer Registration

Required for all volunteers (classroom, fieldtrip, tutoring, etc.)

Registration is done on computer in the Media Center. You may register Monday through Friday BEFORE October 31st. Afterwards, you may only register on Mondays.

Volunteer Registration must be updated every year.

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