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Wow! What a great first impression of the class! I know we are going to have
lots of fun learning!
Important Note: It is best to contact me by email! Your emails will be
responded to promptly!
Snack: I don't schedule a time for snack. The children may eat snack anytime
as long as it is not distracting. The kids may have popcorn, but please
limit to a few days so I don't have all the kids wanting to pop it at the
same time.
SPECIALS ROTATION: Art, PE, PE, Music, PE
Our room moms this year will be Mrs. Toro and Mrs. Muccitelli Thank you so
much! I encourage and invite all parents to help throughout the year with
the many activities I have planned. The more the merrier! A huge thank you
also to Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Patel for being our copy moms!
If your child is interested in being elected in our class government, please
have the speeches completed by Monday August 25th. We will vote that
afternoon.Please have your child tell you about it and class meetings!
Academic Focuses:
1st Quarter: This is a general overview. As we begin, I will list specific
activites that are supporting these main objectives.
Reading: We will be working on narrative text and poetry during the first
nine weeks. We
will focus on setting, character analysis, plot, and conflict.
Novel Book study: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing By: Judy Blume We will
start this novel as a whole group lesson as I model literary jobs. Once I
have gone through the jobs, I will organize them into ability groups.
Vocabulary: Context Clues
Language:I will introduce my "COPS" program with daily sentences and begin
labeling sentences by subjects and predicates.
Types of Sentences and their purpose in writing.
Social Studies: Physical features of the US and impacts of economics.
Science: Water cyles and properties of water (I will rotate science/ social
studies every two weeks.)
Writing: Narrative writing which will include the 6 traits of writing as
well as conventions in
our every day writing. Main focus is voice with emphasis on point of view.
Math: 1st 9 weeks
Place value to millions and hundreths.
Expanded and standard notation of numbers.
Multiplication with 3 by 2 digits
Long Division
Rounding
Daily Word problems
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