Galway ES
Back to School Night
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Jessica Daffan
Jessica_m_daffan@mcpsmd.org
301.595.2930
Welcome Families!
Please find a seat
at your child’s
desk and enjoy
their “I am”
poem
Welcome to 4th
Grade
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Please be sure to:
Sign in
Sign up for a conference
Sign up to volunteer (if you
can)
Room parent
Back to School Night
Tonight we will be reviewing
the following:
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Curriculum Overview
Communication
Galway HW policy
Contact Information
Reading Homework
The goal is to read as many books and for
longer periods of time.
 Read for at least 20 minutes a day
 Read text at the independent level
 Read text of different genre including:
 Fiction (chapter books and picture books)
 Informational text
 Graphic novels
 Magazines
Locating books at the independent level:
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
Math Homework Focus:
Development of Mathematical Fluency in
Grade 4
**Grade 3 Fluency
standard that is critical for
Grade 4** content in
multiplication, division,
fractions and decimal
fractions:
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Fluently multiply and
divide within 100
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Fluently add and subtract
multi-digit whole numbers
using the standard
algorithm within 1,000,000
Homework may come in the form
of:
 Games
 Math problems or tasks
 Math practice
Galway school
rules and
expectations
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Students can receive Lions Paw tickets
when demonstrating positive school
behavior.
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R -RESPECTFUL
O -ON TASK
A -ACCOUNTABLE
R -READY TO LEARN
S -SAFE
Lions Paw
Stop Light
Gold-Exceptional Behavior
Green-Positive Behavior
Yellow-few warnings; loss of
consequence
Red-many warnings; results in
call home or referral to the office.
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Compliment Chart
Recorded on a poster.
Classes with completed posters receive
a prize.
Reading/ Language Arts
Literary Text
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Historical Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Traditional Stories
Fantasy
Realistic Fiction
Language
Vocabulary
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Peer Discussion
Literature Study
Shared Inquiry
Socratic Seminar
Informational Text
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• Words Their Way
• Vocabulary Study
Literary Nonfiction
Articles
Extended
Informational Text
Firsthand/Second
hand Accounts
Technical Text
Multimedia Formats
Reading Goals
All students will be
proficient/advanced in
th
reading by the end of 4
grade
Reading Targets
Grade Level
End of 1st
Quarter
End of 2nd
Quarter
End of 3rd
Quarter
End of 4th
Quarter
K
n/a
n/a
1 (A)
3 (C)
1
5-7 (D-E)
8-11 (E-G)
12-15 (H-I)
16-18 (I)
2
J-K
K-L
L-M
M
3
M-N
N-O
O-P
P
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Q-R
S-T
5
U-V
W-X
Writing Measurement Topics
Narrative
 Informative
 Opinion
 Process, Production, and Research
 Use of Language
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Math
Operations and Algebraic
Thinking
Use +, –, ×, and ÷ to Solve
Problems
Factors, Multiples, and
Composite Numbers
Generate and Analyze Patterns
Place Value Understanding for
Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Geometry
Lines and Angles
Classify Shapes
By Properties of
Lines and Angles
Measurement and Data
Solve Problems
Conversions
Represent and Interpret Data
Number and Operations
in Base Ten
Multiply and Divide Multi-Digit
Numbers
Desired
Outcomes
Add and Subtract Multi-Digit
Numbers
Number and Operations–
Fractions
Fraction Equivalence and
Ordering
Build Fractions from Unit
Fractions
Operations with Fractions
Angle Measurement
Decimal Notation for Fractions
Math Goal
All students will be
proficient/ advanced in math
th
by the end of 4 grade
Curriculum Overview
Science
Social Studies
Our three units this year are:
Ecosystems: construct, observe and
discuss ecosystems, and the impact of
humans on ecosystems.
Rocks & Minerals: properties of
minerals, formation of types of rocks,
erosion, and scientific investigations.
States of Matter: this is a new unit
that is replacing Electric Circuits.
Our three units this year are:
Unit 1: The Impact of Geography:
Defining Three Worlds (Pre 1492 and
today)
Unit 2: Migration: Three Worlds
Collide (1492-1700 and Today)
Unit 3: The Colonies Thrive (17001763)
PLEASE
DONATE
CLEAN AND
CLEAR TWO
LITER BOTTLES!
GRADING AND REPORTING
Academic
• ES- Exceptional at the Grade Level Standard
• P - Meets the grade level standard by demonstrating proficiency
of the content or processes for the measurement topic
• I - In progress toward meeting the grade level standard. standard
• N - Not yet making progress toward meeting the standard
Learning skills
• DEM- Demonstrating
• PRG- Progressing
• NNot Yet evident
Communication
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Friday Folder -Friday Folders will be sent home on
Fridays with important school information. Please look
for Learning Skills to be signed on a weekly basis
Homework Folder
 Email
 Phone call
th and 12th
 Conferences November 11
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Galway ES
“Have a Great Day- On Purpose”
Thank you for coming tonight to support the
success of your student at Galway
Elementary!
Please remember to sign in for tonight’s
session
Fourth Grade Team
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Ms. Jessica Daffan
Mrs. Irene Julian
Mr. Fran Lotz
Ms. Julie Price
Ms. Erinn Thompson