GROWING UP TO GRADE 4.
ORIENTATION EVENING 2016
Welcome
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN GRADE
4?
MORE SUBJECTS TO DEAL WITH
- Home Language (English)
- Additional Language (Afrikaans)
- Mathematics - History - Geography - Natural Science and Technology
- Life Skills - Visual Art - Music - Physical Education
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN GRADE
4?
LARGER AMOUNT OF WORK
More time will be needed for homework.
Effective organisation of time.
Parental guidance and support.
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN GRADE
4?
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
Tests and exams
Projects that require independent work
Rubrics
Paragraph and full sentence construction
Higher order and application questions
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN GRADE
4?
MOVING FROM CLASS TO CLASS
Time table is less flexible – must work in allocated time.
Deal with many subjects in one day – ability to change mind set
Deal with different teacher personalities
Writing homework down in Homework Diary
(Homework timetable and Web homework)
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN GRADE
4?
READING SKILLS
Faster pace of reading required
Reading for information takes over from Learning to read
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
ENCOURAGE READING AND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Identify the letters on number plates and find unusual words to make with the letters.
Read a short story and re-tell it to a parent.
Read a recipe to a parent who is cooking.
Switch the volume off on the TV and ask your child to read the subtitles aloud – this
could become a family participative reading activity if each member chooses a
different character to read.
Comics stories, factual information, menus in a restaurant, road signs, instructions
on packets, credits at the end of movies…anything that can be read.
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
Teach children how to pack their own bags. This teaches responsibility.
Teach children to check their pencil bags once a week so that they can
ask parents to replace missing or finished items.
Teach children to get the clothing and other equipment ready before they
go to bed:
school uniform, sports equipment, letters and homework for signing, etc.
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
TESTS AND EXAMS
One of the biggest adjustments in Grade 4
Encourage children to take notes in class and re-tell what they learned.
Teach them how to summarise (Not only memorise)
Teach the use of key words/mind maps and conversion to sentences
Use Post-its to display key words on the fridge, mirrors, toilet doors, etc.
Support the Study Skills Program
Compile ‘practice tests’ / Download old exams from the website
Go through marked tests to make sure the errors not repeated in future.
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
GETTING ON WITH OTHER CHILDREN
Encourage tolerance.
Encourage children to be assertive – not aggressive.
Your children tell you what they think will make you demonstrate that you love
them. Their truth and reality are not always the same.
If you believe half of what they tell you about school,
we will believe half of what they tell us about home.
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
SUPPORT THE BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Tracking system
Classroom Rules
Kudo system
Code of Conduct
Encourage honesty
Behaviour Management is incremental and developmental
rather than punitive
Allow children to take responsibility for their own actions
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
BE AN INSIDER – NOT A SPECTATOR
Children
Participate in extra mural activities
Attend school functions
Arrange for play dates
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
BE AN INSIDER – NOT A SPECTATOR
Parents
Join the BOFFS or become a CLASS MOM/DAD
Volunteer to help at functions
Attend events and extra mural activities
Ask your child “What did you enjoy at school, today?” This phrasing
will help them to concentrate on the positive events of the day.
GROWING UP TO GRADE 4.
ORIENTATION EVENING 2016
Thank You for Attending
Grade 4 Educators
Mrs Singh – Head of Department
Mrs Mpesu – Control Teacher
Mrs Van Schalkwyk
Miss D’Hottman DeVilliers
Mrs Mc Gonnel