Miss Boros
Fourth Grade
West Clay Elementary
2014-2015
Please find your child’s desk and look through and
fill out any papers. They wrote you a letter located on
their desk, please feel free to write them back.
About Miss Boros
My Background:
• Starting my 3rd year in 4th grade
• Started off as a Kindergarten IA, taught 3rd for a year and
4th the past 2
• Went to Butler University on a softball scholarship
• Graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary
education (K-6)with endorsements in mild intervention
and reading.
• Born and raised in Ohio
Fourth Grade Team!
• Miss Alex Boros
• Mrs. Nancy Kellam
• Miss Lisa Fortney (advanced math)
• Mrs. Susan Olson
School wide
Stay on the Wolf Track at West Clay!
• Ready to Learn
• Responsible
• Respectful
Student Responsibilities
• Students are responsible for taking home all
needed supplies each night.
• Students are responsible for writing in their
assignment notebooks daily.
• Please help keep your student responsible for
cleaning out his or her ‘keep at home’ side of
their take home folder and their backpack
nightly.
Classroom Management
Clip Chart
• Clipping up and down on chart daily
• Parents contact may be for both positive and negative behavior
• Students will clip down for missing homework, 2nd semester
students will owe automatic 3 laps until hw is turned in
Assignment Notebook
• Class assignments and notices are written in daily, please
check your child’s assignment notebook, it does not need to be
signed
• Assignments are also on my website
Social Studies
•Indiana History
•TCI Student Notebook and printed text (can be
accessed online) Sheet on the desk has all the info!
•Indiana textbook (Scholastic)
•Our studies include:
• Social Scientists
• The Early People of Indiana
• From Territory to Statehood
• Pioneers in Indiana
• Indiana Grows and Changes
• Indiana Today
• Indiana’s Geography
• Indiana’s Economy
• Government in Indiana
• Map Skills
• Famous Hoosier Research Project
Science
• Hands on investigations using the
Scientific Method and science journals for
recording data and findings.
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Motion and Design
Earth’s Changing Surface
Electricity and Heat
Animal Studies
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No Science Grades- 1st/4th quarter
No Social Studies 2nd/3rd quarter
Word Work
• Spelling
– 20 words a week
– Following a rule
– Pre test on Monday to determine test words for
Friday
• Vocabulary Words
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10/12 words each week
Words are in Reach Text Book
Words are in Reach Unit Packet
Multiple choice test each Friday
• Studying/Practice
– words practiced daily
– Using organizers, stories, writing, games, etc.
– Words should be practice at home each night as
well and written in word work folder, checked Friday
Reading Workshop
Modeled
• Focus mini-lesson (comprehension strategies,
how to think while reading, etc)
Guided Practice
• Small group instruction with 6 or fewer
students
• Groups are ever changing depending on
students needs
• Periodic assessments using different tools
Shared
• Turn and talk
• Daily discussion
• Reading response
Writing Workshop
• Grammar instruction
through writing
• Writer’s Notebook
• 6+1 Traits
• Writing Process
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Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Genres
Published
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Narrative
Opinion
Informative
Research Report
Publishing parties to celebrate
Math Workshop
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Everyday Math (EM)
Small groups based on student needs
Family Letter at beginning of each unit
Study Links (homework)- parent letter has the answers
EM online – usernames & passwords are on sheet
Website has videos, reference book, games
Please practice math facts each night!
Rocket Math
SRB
Reminders
• Please check out myCCS Webgrades.
• Please use myCCS for transportation changes.
• The site for paying for your child’s lunch is
MyPaymentPlus.com and you can access it
through my CCS. ***no fee.
• If you are new to CCS and aren’t sure how to
access myCCS, let me know and I can get you
directions.
• Update any contact information on your myCCS
account.
Before you go…
• Make sure you wrote your child back
• If you’d like to donate to our classroom please grab a
star from the back counter
• If your email has changed please let me know
Thank you for coming!!!