WELCOME TO FOURTH GRADE

Mary Hofman

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS!Service SquadTutoringBuddiesSpeech Contest Michigan BiographiesField Trips Henry Ford: If I Had a Hammer Nov. 16 RIF? Lansing: March 12 Opera? March 23 Picnic – Spencer Park: June 15

READING WORKSHOP!Genre Study Fiction: Realistic and Historical Fiction, Fantasy,

Poetry, Myths/Legends, Adventure Non-Fiction: Autobiography, Biography, Almanac,

NewspaperRead AloudsMaking MeaningReading Groups/Book ClubsStoryworks and Scholastic NewsMonthly Reading Log (To, With, & By) Sept. 30Book Reports

READING WORKSHOP!

Make Connections Ask Questions Make Predictions Visualize Summarize Draw conclusions Determine Main Idea Repair Comprehension (Does it make sense?) Retelling (character, setting, problem, solution, main idea,

theme)

Reader’s Notebook:

SPELLING AND GRAMMAR!

Words assigned every Friday

Test every Friday

Homework due every Friday

Grammar, Punctuation, and Dictionary Skills are taught through the spelling workbook and packets.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Genres:NarrativeExpositoryPersuasiveCreative Writing

Examples: Poetry, Advertisements, Recipes, Fun, fun, fun!!!!

WRITING WORKSHOP!

Six (Plus One)Traits IdeasOrganizationVoiceWord ChoiceSentence FluencyConventionsPresentation

Writing ProcessPre-Write -

BrainstormRough Draft - WriteConference - TalkRevise – Look and

ChangeEdit – CheckPublish – Final Copy!

Writer’s Notebook!

MATH!Number Sense and Operations: Place value to 1,000,000 Addition/Subtraction to 4-5 digits Multiplication/Division of 2-digit numbers Addition/Subtraction of fractions

Patterns, Relationships, and AlgebraGeometryMeasurement

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

ADD Math: Due Daily

By the end of Fourth Grade, students should be able to do:

100 Multiplication Facts in 5 minutes

and 100 Division Facts in 5 minutes

PROBLEM SOLVING STEPS!

Circle the question

Read questions first for focus

Underline important information

Highlight

Box key words

Choose a strategy

Check your work

Write a complete answer

PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES!Draw a diagram or a pictureMake a modelMake an organized listMake a table/graphFind a patternPredict and testGuess and checkWork backwardSolve a simpler problemWrite a number sentenceLogical reasoningProcess of elimination

SCIENCE!Scientific ProcessQuestion, hypothesis, experiment, data

collection, and conclusion

Hands on Experiences

Science UnitsSun, Earth and MoonMagnetism and ElectricityEcosystems

SOCIAL STUDIES!Concepts will be taught through: Geography History Government Economy

Core Democratic ValueMaps, charts, timelines, tablesMichigan to U. S.Current EventsMichigan Biographies

COMPUTERS!

Word ProcessingPower Point PresentationsGraphsInternet SearchesSkill and Concept Practice

School Improvement Goals

Writing:

All students will increase their proficiency in written expression.

Math:

All students will increase their ability to compute math facts.

Reading:

All students will increase reading comprehension.

Students will use their three ring binders

to track the progress of these goals.

MISCELLANEOUSMEAP Testing in October Healthy breakfast, good night’s sleep, positive attitude!

Grades: Percentages and A, B, C, D, E

High Five/Bucket Fillers Be responsible, kind, respectful, safe, and cooperative

Healthy Snacks AM and PM

Goal Binders: Reading, Writing, and MathTake Home Folder and Weekly FolderPlanner Please continue signing the planner every day.

UNITY

I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched two sculptors there.The clay they used was a young child’s mind. And they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher. The tools he used were books and music and art.One, a parent with a guiding hand and a gentle, loving heart.

With a touch that was deft and sure, the teacher toiled day by day,And each night the parents followed through in their own way,

And when at last their task was done. They were proud of what they had wrought.For the things they had molded into the child could neither be sold nor bought.

And each agreed he would have failed if he had worked alone.For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher the home.

I look forward to a wonderful year working with

you and your child!

Before you leave…

Please sign up for a conference.

If you are able, please volunteer.

Feel free to contact me anytime at…•hofmanm@royaloakschools.com