Welcome to Curriculum Night!
 Sit at your child’s desk. Please update the Student
Information form found in the front of the manila folder
on your child’s desk. Please leave this form on the back
table.
 Look through your child’s folder. The activities in the
folder show you how we are getting to know one
another in Room 501. Leave folder on your child’s
desk.
Important Forms
**Conferences are Wednesday, December 2nd and Thursday,
December 3rd
**You will sign up for conferences online from November 2nd to
November 25th. More information to come.
Go to Sunny Hills website and sign up for E-News if you are
new to our school.
Fill out a Parent Volunteer Interest Survey located on the back
table, if you have not already done so….I still need a
Room Coordinator.
Fourth Grade Curriculum
Writing:
Reading:
• MAKING MEANING, our
reading district adoption
• Scholastic News
• Nightly reading
• Book Reports
• Library time (once a week)
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www.issaquah.wednet.edu/tls/standards.asp
• Standards based grading
(4,3,2,1)*--”3” is standard
• Lucy Calkins’ Writing
Program
• Writers’ Notebooks
• Word Work: Greek
roots and rules of
spelling
• Monthly Book Reports*
• Cursive
Book Reports
 October and November—written book reports (October:
in-class written report; November: report written at
home); no book report in December
 January-May—book projects across the multiple
intelligences (except February—Washington Festival
speech writing).
 Students will soon have copies of the guidelines for
written book reports. Book project directions will be
coming home in January.
Fourth Grade Curriculum
Social Studies:
• Regions of Washington
• State Government
• Fourth Grade Festival*
• The Pacific Rim/Trade
• Junior Achievement
• Pony Pals with Mrs. Kathy
Dunn’s class
Science:
• Food Webs/Ecosystems/Life
Science/Stewardship of the
Millennium Garden (Adopt a
plant)
• States of Matter/Physical
Science
• The Changing Earth/Earth
Science
• Health
• Photography*--integrated with science and
other core subjects; teaches observational
skills; aligns with JA; gets children outdoors
Mathematics
and
Everyday
Math
Major Units:
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Naming and constructing geometric figures
Using numbers and organizing data
Multiplication
Big Numbers/Estimation/Computation
Division
Decimals and their uses
Mid-Year Assessment
Fractions and their uses
Perimeter and Area
Reflections and Symmetry
Measurement
Mastery of multiplication facts by January is our goal.
Emphasis is placed on being able to communicate mathematical
understanding with words, diagrams, and pictures.
Everyday Math
 Answer Keys for each unit--on my Connect site under
FILES. The answer keys are found at the end of the “Family
Letters” for each unit.
 Study Links correspond with the day’s lesson—PARENTS
ARE ASKED TO CORRECT STUDY LINK EACH NIGHT, and
initial the study link.
 On-line access for families for IXL practice
 Student Reference Books
Other Curriculum Areas
Physical Education and Health
Music with Mr. Phil Donley
Library
Technology: Word, Power Point
Weekly keyboarding lessons (please monitor this
process at home--see that your child is using the “home
row keys” when keyboarding in order to build speed)*
Classroom Systems
 Homework posted on Connect under the BLOG tab
 Newsletters/Homework/Projects—on Connect
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connect.issaquah.wednet.edu—click on “Elementary
Schools”—click on “Sunny Hills Staff”—find my site
Email: ulrichj@issaquah.wednet.edu
Binders are used to file on-going work, finished work, and
homework
Daily Planners—initial each evening*
Monthly Reading Star Forms: optional
Parent information comes home on Thursdays, and corrected
work comes home on Friday (check binder)
ICMM Program
Homework Expectations
Nightly work (except Fridays) should take your child about 40-50
minutes. This includes:
10 minutes on IXL (or other math program,)
About 10+ minutes for math study links, keyboarding, and/or
other tasks across the multiple intelligences
20 minutes of stamina reading
Mrs. Lederman will briefly discuss homework at a short meeting in
the MPR following my presentation.
**Book reports and larger projects take more time.
ICMM Program
 Definition: “I Can Manage Myself”
 Behavior/Work Completion Slip needs signature
 Pins are worn to show accomplishment
 Special privileges for earning the weekly pin
 Aligns with LOVE AND LOGIC and Sean Covey’s, THE
SEVEN HABITS OF HAPPY KIDS
Field Trips/Parties
State Capital – March 29, 2016
Washington Festival Day—February 26, 2016
International District –June 9, 2016
Kite Design Class at school –May 27, 2016
PARTIES: Harvest Party (Oct 30st); Valentine’s
Party (Feb. 12th); End of Year Party (June 15th)
Enriches student experiences through science*, and the arts* -Art Enrichment: Carrie Phillips, artist: December: Trees; April: sumi
painting
Art Enrichment: Smart Art (new this year): clay, chalk, glass, and collage
Science Enrichment: Two hands-on science labs with Kate Poaster
Book fairs
Fundraisers
Popcorn days
Yummy staff lunches
Scholarships for school materials and field trips
Classroom monies for enrichment
Holiday giving
Sock hop
PE, music, and library support
Brainpop membership
GLAD training
Volunteering
* The Room Coordinator will handle parent communication for
helping in the classroom, parties, and special projects.
 Reading and Writing Conference Training dates/times with Eric
Nelson: TBD
 All Volunteers are required to fill out forms: These forms are
available ONLY online.
 *WA State Patrol sheet (both sides)
 Volunteer checklist
 Hold Harmless Agreement
Thank you for coming!
 Remember to:
 Sign up for a conference, online. (Information is
coming, soon, as to how to sign up).
 Sign up to volunteer, (including signing up to help in
the library). Also, fill out a Parent Survey Form
located on the back table
 View this presentation on my Connect Site
 Email me if you have questions at:
ulrichj@issaquah.wednet.edu
Sunny Hills and ISF
 A K-5 Science Curriculum adoption to ensure our students meet
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state requirements and experience the wonder of science.
Leveled Bookroom to Support Literacy Curriculum – Classrooms are
filled with children of all abilities and learning styles. The Leveled Reading
Rooms at our elementary schools provide teachers with ‘just right’ reading
materials for every child –whether struggling, at grade level or
advanced. The curriculum is the foundation of the District’s elementary
literacy goal of ensuring all students not only ‘learn to read,’ but can ‘read to
learn’ by the 3rd grade.
Updated Library Media Collection to Enhance Instruction – To
upgrade the library of media collection of DVD's to provide supplemental
instruction tools for the teachers and students it supports.
VOICE (Volunteers of Issaquah Changing Education) – a mentor/tutor
program that pairs caring community volunteers with struggling students
to improve academic performance, boost self-esteem, and help curb the
high-school dropout rate.
Basic Student Needs Collaboration – In conjunction with the PTSAs,
IEA and school nurses, ISF is helping to develop and fund programs that
eliminate the underlying issues that keep students from being successful in
school such as eyeglasses, access to dental care, school supplies,
prescriptions, breakfast foods, warm clothing, etc.