Parent Orientation

2013-14

• The math journal is a spiral where students take notes from daily lessons, glue in teaching tools, and glue in and complete their homework.

• It is expected to go home every night and return every morning

• Homework will be assigned nightly except on Fridays

• We will implement the Guided Math model in 4th grade

• Guided Math is a great way to differentiate learning and for all students to apply their learning in small groups

• Students may work on Math Games, Computers, Problem Solving Skills, and Logic problems

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Talk about the stamina our stamina our class has class has built.built.

Parent Parent Orientation Orientation ~ Thursday ~ Thursday 5:00 PM5:00 PMAug.29Aug.29thth

Talk about our Talk about our words:words:staminastaminacomprehensiocomprehensionnskillsskillsstrategiesstrategiesteamteam

August 2013

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Quote of the Week

"You can lead a boy to school, but you cannot make him think.“

-~Elbert Hubbard

Developing our “Writer’s Eye”

Talk about Talk about MetacognitioMetacognition ~ Reading n ~ Reading SaladSalad

Parent Parent Orientation Orientation ~ 5:00 on ~ 5:00 on Thursday, Thursday, Aug. 29thAug. 29th

Write 3 Write 3 complete complete sentences on sentences on the paper the paper providedprovided

Decorate Decorate Writer’s Writer’s Notebook – Notebook – Due Friday Aug. 30thTalk about a Talk about a synonym for synonym for each each vocabulary vocabulary wordword

Daily Invitation to NoticeDaily Invitation to NoticeInventors have creative minds and develop interesting contraptions. ~Your 4th Grade Teacher Mrs. Branch

Write 3 Write 3 complete complete sentences sentences

Talk about the Daily Buzzword…stamina

Decorate my Reader/Writer’s Notebook at home (Due Friday)

Talk to your parents about your FANTASTIC 1st Day of 4th Grade

 

“When did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first you have to make them feel worse.”

Jane Nelsen

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