Welcome to Fourth
Grade Open House!
PTO Business
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Sign up for Parties – volunteers and supplies
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http://chagrinfallspto.org/
Mrs. Heartz
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Born and raised in Chagrin
Graduated high school from Chagrin;
parents and grandma, too!
Graduated from Bowling Green State
University with a BA in
Environmental Studies
Obtained my masters degree and
reading endorsement from Kent State
18 years teaching – Fremont,
Windham, Gurney – 5th grade and
reading specialist
10th year at CFIS – 5th and 4th
Live in South Russell and have a
daughter, Olivia, who is 61/2.
Hobbies: reading, being outside,
playing with Olivia, being with my
family and friends, and drinking
coffee.
We are Family!
Heartz Homeroom Schedule
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8:25 – 8:37 Homeroom
8:40 – 10:00 Academic 1 (Language Arts)
10:03 – 10:47 Club 45
10:50 – 11:37 Lunch and Recess
11:40 – 12:57 Academic 2 (Math)
1:00 – 2:17 Academic 3 (Social Studies/Science)
2:20 – 2:47
Encore 1
2:50 – 3:17
Encore 2
3:20 – 3:25
Homeroom for dismissal
Encore (Specials) rotation
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Day 1 – Encore 1 = Spanish with Senora Stapulionis
Encore 2 = Guidance with Mrs. Appell
Day 2 – Encore 1 =Physical Education (PE) with Mrs. Patrizzi
Encore 2 = Music with Mrs. Smith
Day 3 – Art for 60 minutes with Mrs. Oulton
Day 4 – Encore 1 = Library with Mrs. Watson
Encore 2 = Spanish
Day 5 – Encore 1 = Music
Encore 2 =PE
Day 6 - Tech Lab with Mrs. Adick
Handout from Encore classes
Class Business
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Thank you for sending in all the ‘beginning of the year’ forms
and class fees. If you have not turned in everything, please get
them in as soon as you can.
Please send in notes for daily changes to dismissal plans.
**Please don’t email me, call office and they will let us know.
Building opens at 8:15, students in homeroom by 8:25. If they
are late, need to get a tardy pass from office.
Homeroom is 8:25 – 8:37. Students get ready for the day, listen
to the Announcements, participate in Morning Meeting.
Birthday treats!
If a student is absent, Miss Florkiewicz and I will collect the
work missed and give it to the student when (s)he returns. If
you would like the work to be sent home with someone else in
the building, just let me know.
Class Business
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Field Trips are being
finalized and a separate
note will be sent home
with all the information
and fees.
Fall, student-led parentteacher conferences will
be Tuesday, November 18
and Thursday, November
20 from 3:30 – 7:15.
These are student-led, so
please make sure your son
or daughter can make it
with you.
Reading
“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.”
Paulo Friere
Teaching Methods
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We will use Literacy by Design,
an interactive reading notebook,
‘small books’, novels, read
alouds, independent reading...
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We use mini-lessons, whole
group work, small group
meetings (guided reading),
independent work and individual
conferences.
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We will be learning about
comprehension strategies and the
metacognition behind reading.
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We continue to expand
vocabulary and improve fluency.
Reading - continued
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Big understandings for
fourth grade
Effective readers use specific
strategies to help them better
understand the text.
Readers need to read between
the lines to find meaning.
Audience and purpose
influence the use of literary
techniques.
Writing
“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.” Nietzsche
The Six Traits of Writing
Grammar
Ideas, organization, word choice, voice, Types of sentences, nouns, verbs,
sentence fluency, conventions
pronouns, adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, etc.
The Writing Process
Prewriting, rough draft, revising,
editing, publishing
Forms of Writing
Story, research report, personal
narrative, biography, persuasive
essay, letter, poems, newspaper
article
Spelling
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Literacy by Design spelling program
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Two week cycle
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Homework every week
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Tests every other Friday
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Spellingcity.com
Social Studies
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Topics we cover…
Ohio’s Geography and Early
History
American Revolution
Ohio as a new state
Ohio and the Civil War
Ohio’s industry
Branches of Government
(national and state)
Ohio today
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Students will have a 6week unit of Social
Studies with me and then
a 6-week unit of Science
with Ms. Florkiewicz
National performance
based assessment in
March and an end-ofyear assessment in May
Assignments
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The assignment planner will be
filled out with the class and
checked and stamped by me.
Reading Logs are given at the
beginning of each week,
students are to read 60 minutes
for the week. Turn in Log on
Friday.
Students will have spelling due
each Friday. Tests are every
other Friday.
Other homework as necessary.
Reading Log and Spelling homework
Assignments - continued
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Students will have
Math homework
Monday – Thursday.
Social Studies/
Science homework
assigned as needed.
Grading
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Graded work is sent home in Tiger Folder.
Infinite Campus is our district-wide electronic
grade book. I update periodically.
We give letter grades on report cards.
Communication
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Tiger Folders will be sent
home each day with
homework, study guides,
notes and graded work. On
Fridays they will also have
notes/announcements from
the office, PTO, other
groups. Please make sure
the Tiger Folders go back
and forth each day.
Email is the best form of
communication.
All information is on my
class website which can be
accessed through the
school’s web page.
Club 45
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This is our Intervention/Enrichment block of time.
Using Spring OAA scores and STARS assessment
taken this year, we have sorted the kids based on their
needs in math and reading.
If a student does not need extra help in math or
reading, they are with teachers who are extending our
curriculum with projects and study skills.
45 minutes every day
3 day rotation
Days 1 & 4. 2 & 5, 3 & 6
Family Fridays!
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Family Fridays – we meet every Friday during
homeroom with the McKelvey (5th grade)
homeroom.
Mrs. Patrizi is a part of the Family, too.
We’re building a sense of multi-grade
community
Promoting positive student communication
Increasing student participation in community
service
School and Teacher Websites
CFIS website has info
Teacher website
http://www.chagrinschools. http://www.chagrinschools.
org/chagrinfallsintermedi
org/Heartz.aspx
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Our Contact Information:
Email: Heather.Heartz@Chagrinschools.org
Phone: (440) 893-7690, Extension #4232
Email: Sally.Florkiewicz@Chagrinschools.org
Phone: (440)893-7690, Extension #4247
Questions?
MATH
Envision series with supplements
Follows Common Core standards
Math Textbook
Unit tests with study guides 1 week before
Units listed in the 4th grade curriculum
guide
Basic facts
4th Grade Math Curriculum
•Multiplication and Division
•Problem Solving with strategies each
topic
•Rounding and estimation
•Fraction equivalence and ordering
•Measurement units and conversions
•Geometry
Science
Units: Changes of Earth’s Surface, Fossils,
Energy
Follow state standards
Use many different series (Macmillan
McGraw-Hill and Houghlin Mifflin) in school
Most books stay at school
Unit tests with study guide 1 week before
Units are listed in 4th Grade Curriculum
Guide
After 6 weeks, your child studies Social
Studies
“Whether we’re a preschooler or a
young teen, a graduating college senior
or a retired person, we human beings all
want to know that we’re acceptable, that
our being alive somehow makes a
difference in the lives of others.”
- Fred Rogers