Welcome We are mastering our skills in 4th grade!Ms. Salisburycsalisbury@stcatherineschool.net

Please find your child’s seat. He/she left you a note. Enjoy!

•Welcome•Schedule•Classroom Policies•Curriculum•Grading•Field Trips•Volunteer Opportunities•Closing Reminders•Questions

Agenda“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we

fall.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Welcome to Fourth GradeReminders:•Presentation documents will be located on our

class website.•Please be aware of some important class dates.

About Ms. Salisbury• Born and raised in Oregon City,

OR• Attended University of Portland• Studied abroad for a year in

Salzburg, Austria• Graduated with a degree in

Elementary Education and Special Education with a Teaching License

• Currently apart of the University of Portland, Masters of Education and ESOL Endorsement program

Fourth Grade Schedule

Classroom Policies

•Family Handbook•Homework policy

▫Late/Poor Quality Assignment Slip•Daily homework

▫Math▫Simple Solutions lesson▫Reading Log

Classroom Policies (continued)•Take Home Folders

▫Work from the week such as tests and quizzes.

▫Used for nightly homework.▫Friday work from the week will be sent home.▫Need to be cleaned out weekly.

•Punctuality: vacation, absences, tardiness Send absences to

attendance@stcatherineschoolnet. •Preparedness

▫sharpened pencils, homework, planner, homework folder, healthy food and sleep

Behavior Plan

•Class rules created by the students

•Clip up and down•Outstanding earns Tiger

Paw•Parent Contact= Your child

and I will contact you

Curriculum Resources • Seattle Archdiocese Website• http://www.ocsww.org/• Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org• Next Generation Science Standards

http://www.nextgenscience.org/ • Class Websitehttp://www.stcatherineschool.net/mssalisburypage.html • Religion Standards• http://www.ocsww.org/site/content.php?r=129-Religion

Religion Morality and Catholic Doctrine

▫Morality ▫Ten Commandments▫Beatitudes▫Precepts of the Church▫Creation Story▫Liturgical year and Eucharistic liturgy▫Personal prayer and reflection▫Prayers to learn

Math

•Basic facts mastered •Multi-digit multiplication•Multi-digit dividend division•Fractions and decimals•Angles•Measurement•Multi-step word problems

ReadingReading to Learn and Becoming Confident Readers

•CIA Program with novels-Shiloh-Castle In The Attic-Streams to the River, River to the Sea-Children of the Goldrush

•Ms. Cox, reading specialist

Writing, Spelling, Word StudyWriting Conventionally to Entertain, Persuade, and Inform

Writing Spelling Word Study

-Writing Process-Simple Solutions-Paragraphs, essays, stories-Research-Figurative language

*Content related words*Personal word lists*Weekly spelling tests based on vocabulary from reading texts *Differentiated spelling activities

-Patterns in words-Roots, prefixes, suffixes

Physical, Life, and Earth Sciences

•Scientific Method •Energy •Waves and their applications to

Technologies for Information Transfer •Animal structures and functions•Earth and Human Activity

Social StudiesWashington State History

•Map skills•Washington Geography •Civics: Our Government•Lewis and Clark •Economics

Washington: Our Home

Grading

•Standards based (Common Core State Standards)

•4 point scale 4 is exceeds standards 3 is meets standards 2 is approaching standards 1 is far below standards

• Mastery of standards by the end of 4th grade is our goal!

Field Trips (tentative)

•Tacoma Glass Museum (November)•Washington State History Museum

(March)•Klondike Gold Rush Museum (April)

Volunteer Opportunities

•Field trip drivers and chaperones•Classroom holiday activities:

▫Halloween, 2:00 p.m.▫Christmas, Dec. 20 at 11:15 a.m.▫Valentine’s Day, 2:30 p.m.

•Scholastic Book sales•Decorate for Holidays

Closing• Your talents are appreciated!• Turn in forms to the cream turn in basket• Class website• Weekly newsletter will go out by Sunday• Time is limited tonight, please e-mail me with

any questions, comments or concerns.

Thank you for all that you do! I am available for scheduled conferences and via email.