Welcome to Open House
2014-2015
Amy Baumgartner
630-439-8144
abaumgartner@lisle202.org
Communication
•Weekly “Keeping in Touch” Newsletter will be on my website
and come home/be emailed on Monday
•Weekly conference/update with students about reading totals
•Assignment notebooks and take home folders – Mrs. Stefani and
I check daily
•Wednesdays-newsletters, LEHSO information,--sent home or
emailed
•SOCS online website – www.lisle202.org
Desk Tour
 Letter from your child
 Paper for you to respond to your child
 Survey
 AUP
 Handbook Sign-Off
 My Classroom Management policy (web)
 My Schedule (web)
 4th Grade information packet
Reading Assessments
 MAP testing
 STAR test – for Accelerated Reader levels (information in
packet)
 Running Records – reading level
 AIMS Web Fluency test
 Helps to determine students independent and instructional reading
level
 These assessments help to give me information about your
child as a reader. They help me to make some decisions
about grouping, assessment, and instructional activities. I
also conference with students to assess them informally.
AT LA Curriculum - Vocabulary and Word Work
 Words Their Way
 Building Vocabulary – 5th grade edition
 Think Analogies
 Word Masters
 Analogy
Competitions – Dec. 3, Feb. 18, April 22
 Students learn multiple meanings of words and how
to do analogies
AT LA Curriculum - Comprehension
 College of William and Mary
 Close Reading Strategies
 Shared and Interactive Reading
 Bloom’s Taxonomy of Higher Level Thinking Skills
 Accelerated Reader
 Small Group Work
 Emphasis on Literature and Nonfiction Texts
 Reading Response Journals
AT LA Curriculum - Writing
 Lucy Calkins Units of Study
 College of William and Mary mini-lessons
 Students will keep a writing journal/binder for
responses to prompts and narrative, expository, and
opinion writing.
 Students will use a variety of technology to improve
their spelling, word processing, and to help complete
quality final writing products.
 Writing will be taught as a process.
Differentiation in AT LA
 Mrs. Hurt will push in to our class to team teach each
Wednesday
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Descriptive Writing
Story Elements
Word Masters
Ongoing Projects
Opera in the Neighborhood
 She will also pull out qualifying students on Tuesday
afternoon
Homework / Grades
 Homework is given nightly, Monday-Thursday
 Reading should be done each night (15-30 minutes)
 Logs are due on Friday
 Final Trimester Grades
 20% Participation (whole class activities, discussion rubrics,
homework)
 20% Tests/Quizzes
 30% Comprehension
 30% Word Work
 Writing – graded as S,N,U -- writing is a process
Red Hot Reading Club / Reading Contest
 Weekly Logs – due every Friday
Completed and turned in weekly
 No missing logs
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 Read a minimum of 50 days this trimester
 1,000 pages in 1st Trimester for AT ELA
 AR Requirement – 5 passed tests
 Reach individual goal
 Turn in book slip for each completed book to help your
team!
Thank You for Coming!
 I look forward to working with you and your
child this school year. I truly believe students
grow to be well-rounded, life-long learners
when there is cooperation between parents,
teachers, and students.
 Please turn in any paperwork that you have
filled out to the kidney table up front.
 Please don’t ever hesitate to contact me.
 It’s going to be a terrific year!
Welcome to Open House!
Amy Baumgartner
630-493-8144
abaumgartner@lisle202.org
Communication
• Weekly “Keeping in Touch” Newsletter will be on my
website and come home/be emailed on Monday
• Assignment notebooks and take home folders – Mrs.
Stefani and I check daily
• Wednesdays-newsletters, LEHSO information,--sent
home or emailed
• SOCS online website – www.lisle202.org
Math Curriculum/Resources
 Envision Math Text (reference)
 Hands On Equations – CCSS
 Authentic Tasks
 Place Value
 Multiplication and Division
 Geometry
 Fractions and Decimals
 Problem Solving
 School Store
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Data, Number Theory, Multiplication, Division
Math Stations
 Daily Stations done to meet the individual needs of our 4th
grade math students.
 Based on a common, grade-level math assessment (per
topic), we will determine which students are in need of
extra math interventions
 Students will work with a teacher during the last 20
minutes of math while 4th grade students in other
classrooms work on Math Stations
 Stations
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Math Journals
Hands On Algebra
Multiplication/Division Facts
IXL and other Technology
Multiplication and Division
 Timed test taken weekly
 Multiplication 2-12, All Facts
 Division 2-12, All Facts
 30 problems in 1 ½ minutes
 2 seconds to retrieve the fact and 1 second to record
 Students move through the tests at their own pace
 Mastery of facts help with longer computations and
other math topics
 Practice nightly!
Homework / Grades
 Given most nights (unless a topic is not completed)
except Friday
 Fact Flashcards can be done nightly
 Final Grade for Trimester
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20% homework (completion, corrected )
20% tasks (whole class, small group, individual)
25% formative assessment (quizzes, exit slips, etc.)
35% summative assessment (tests)
Thank you for coming!
 I look forward to an outstanding year with
you and your child!
 Please do not hesitate to contact me
regarding and questions or concerns!
 Have a wonderful evening!