Welcome to
Back to
School Night
Mrs. Clark’s
4th & 5th Grade Class
NOTE:
You don’t need to click on anything.
The slides will advance automatically,
so just sit back and watch the show.
Are you asking yourself this
question?
How is Mrs. Clark going to teach TWO
grade levels at the same time?
The answer: TECHNOLOGY!
Your student will spend some time
learning at the computers, just like
you are right now.
Math
PowerPoint
Lessons
Each math lesson
includes a
PowerPoint
presentation,
which one grade
level will view
independently
while I teach the
other grade level.
Math
Personal Tutors
– Short videos of
lessons are
presented by
“Personal Tutors”
– Here Mrs.
Varughese is
showing how to
find the prime
factorization
of 54
Spelling
Pretests
I will use a program
similar to the Personal
Tutors to record
spelling pretests. As
students correct their
pretest, I will provide
instruction about the
spelling rule we’re
focusing on that week.
Social Studies
Online Textbook
Our complete
social studies text
book is online.
Students can click
on the text, and
the computer will
read it aloud to
them.
Reading
iTunes
Students will
listen to
stories in their
reading
textbook and
core literature
novels on
iTunes
PowerPoint
Presentations
Science & Social
Studies
– Students will
learn how to
create their own
PowerPoint
presentations on
topics such as:
– Explorers
– The 13 Colonies
– Famous Californians
Your child is also encouraged to
use technology at home.
Our class website is full of resources to enrich
your child’s learning.
Learning on the Computer is
FUN!
Click on “Curriculum” to find links to websites and games
for just about every content area we study during the
year.
Practice keyboarding skills with these “Keyboarding” links.
Links that Support Home Reading
Students can take practice comprehension tests on their
library books each week before they take their AR tests.
Just click on the link for bookadventure.org .
Part of our weekly Home Reading Log assignment includes
writing an online summary of a library book on our Book Blog.
Other Links to Use at Home
There’s no excuse for being “bored” at home. There are plenty
of educational games here to keep students productively
busy for hours and hours. Click on “Just for Fun.”
Don’t have a dictionary or thesaurus at home? No problem.
You can find an assortment of resource materials written
just for kids under our “Newspapers, Magazines, and
Resource Guides for Kids” link.
Online Math Textbook
Your child will have math homework every day, but they will not need to
carry their heavy math book home. Our entire math textbook is online,
and your child can access it through our class website.
1. Enter the
website and
click on the
“Curriculum”
link.
Just follow this path:
2. Click on the “Math” link.
Online Math Textbook
3. Click on the
link at the top
for either the
4th or 5th grade
book..
4. This page contains links
for the Personal Tutor
videos and other resources,
but if you click on “Student
Works Plus” it will take you
to the textbook.
Online Math Textbook
5. You’ll need to
enter an access
code, which is on
your child’s desk
tonight.
Online Math Textbook
6. Here is your textbook plus lots of other resources. Click on the
headphone icons and the computer will read to you.
So, your student will be using a lot of
technology this year.
Our Class Website
– Our website contains
many resources for
the students and for
YOU.
– The address is on my
business card, which
is on your child’s desk
tonight. Please
bookmark our website
and visit often.
How about you?
Online Gradebook
You have access to your child’s complete gradebook 24 hours a day.
Just follow this path:
1. Enter the
website and
click on the
“Gradebook”
link.
2. This takes you to the JupiterGrades
login page. You will need to enter your
student’s name and password, which I
have emailed to you (if you have not
received my email, please let me know
tonight).
Online Gradebook
In addition to giving you the ability to see every
grade on every assignment, JupiterGrades is
set up to automatically alert you by email if:
Your child has a missing assignment
Your child receives a grade less than C
Please keep yourself informed about your child’s
progress and help him/her learn good study habits.
Home Connect
Fourth graders are required to earn 25 AR points for the first trimester
(30 for the second and third trimesters).
Fifth graders are required to earn 30 AR points for the first trimester
(35 for the second and third trimesters)
The Home Connect link gives you 24 hour access to your child’s progress in AR.
You can also set Home Connect up to alert you whenever your child takes an AR test.
1. Click on
the “Home
Connect”
link.
2. Enter your child’s AR User Name
and Password (the same ones they
use in school when they take an AR
test).
Blogs
(look for these links)
Daily Blog
Each day a different student will use the iPad to write a brief summary of the
day’s activities. Please read their blogs every day, and feel free to leave a
comment!
Mrs. Clark’s Blog
I will also write blogs from time to time. Please check in often for important
updates and information.
Homework
(look for these links)
What’s for Homework Tonight?
Each day students are responsible for writing their homework in their Agendas.
I will also post their assignments on our website, so you will never have to
wonder what your child’s homework assignments are.
Math Homework Help
Each day I will post a short video either reviewing today’s math concept or
working through a particularly difficult word problem. Please encourage your
child to take advantage of this extra help.
Watch Us in Action
Our Slideshows
I take a lot of pictures of my students engaged in learning
activities and having fun. Check out this link for the slideshows.
Our Videos & PowerPoints
Check out this link to see videos of the class plus their own
PowerPoint presentations.
Thank You!
I hope you’ll check out these online resources (and
many more) on our class website. If you would like
to refer back to either of the slideshows
presented tonight, you can find them on our
website, too. Just look for this link:
NOTE: If you don’t have PowerPoint on your home
computer, don’t worry—I have included a link to a
downloadable PowerPoint viewer.