El Sierra - 4th Grade
Elementary School
Curriculum Night
Welcome!
Our goal is to instill
the love of learning
in your children!
Fun Facts About Us...
O Mrs. Wyatt
O Mrs. Iaquinto
Important Info
to Remember
O Assignment
Notebook/Website –
homework
O Homework Notices
O Room
Coordinators/Volu
nteers
O Email/Phone calls
Important Info ~ Cont.
O Students should not
arrive before 8:10
O Please keep us aware
of any transportation
changes by calling the
office.
O Healthy morning
snack
O Water Bottles
Rules to Live By
O Be safe
O Be responsible
O Be respectful
O Consequences
Birthdays
O If you would like, you may donate a book
to your child’s classroom or the LRC in
your child’s name.
O If you would like, you may send a small
non-edible treat such as a pencil.
O Please do not send birthday party
invitations to be passed out at school.
Types of Communication
O Conferences
November 19th (5:00 – 8:00 p.m.)
November 23th (8:00a.m. – 3:45 p.m.)
February 10th (evening)
February 11th (evening)
O PowerPTC.net
O Twitter - @ElSierra4th, @PrincipalLynde
O Monthly Newsletter
Social Emotional
Learning (SEL)
O High Five Program
O School Families
O I know myself.
O Morning Meetings
O I control myself.
O SecondStep
O I am a team
member.
O I think about
others.
O I make
responsible
choices.
Curriculum empathy
Measure of Academic
Progress (MAP)
O Students are tested
three times per
academic year.
O Reading, Math, and
Language Usage
O SQUIRREL
O Data is used to group
students and specific
lessons are taught at
their instructional level.
O It is our goal to have
each student
demonstrate academic
growth in each subject.
iPads
O Our Goal O use as an
instructional tool
O give another outlet
for creativity
O Odds and Ends
O iPad should come to
school charged –
they cannot charge
at school
O Leave your charger
at home
O Games
O Indoor recess
What will reading
instruction look like?
O Shared Reading – skills and strategies
are taught whole class
O Guided Reading Groups
O Daily Independent Reading
O Novel Studies
O BUZZing
O Fluency Practice - poetry
How will we
become better writers?
O 6 +1 Traits (ideas, conventions, sentence fluency,
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voice, organization, word choice, presentation)
Progressive Journal
Poetry
Narrative, Expository, Persuasive
Spelling
Grammar
O Vocabulary
– Red Hot Words, Wordly Wise
Math
O Resources to use – (Math in Focus)
School Home Connection Newsletter,
textbook, workbook, spiral
O Small groups
O Homework – 4 to 5 days a week
O Multiplication facts – practice
O Exit slips
O Change to math report card
Science
O Weather
O Magnetism and Electricity
O Solar System
O Health
O Resources - binder, spiral,
study guides
Social Studies
O 5 Regions of the United States
O Northeast, Southeast, Midwest,
Southwest, and West
O Social Scientists - economist,
historian, geographer, political
scientist
O Hands on approach
How can you support your
child’s learning?
O Read each day – ask your child what they read
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about
Multiplication facts
Learning experiences (museums, Downers Grove
Public Library, science fair, The Reading Games)
Check their take home folder each day and planner
Websites (links are on the ES website)
O IXL
O Tumblebooks
O Spelling City
Things Unique to 4th Grade
O Field Trips - Planetarium, Naper
Settlement
O Teacher’s pet
O Penny parties
O Orchestra
O High Fives – Friday Raffle
Housekeeping
O Handbook - sign receipt for
handbook
O Includes school calendar
O Review discipline section
O PTA Fundraisers - Box Tops,
Market Day, Campbell Soup
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