Welcome to River Gate Elementary's Curriculum Night!

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Welcome to River Gate
Elementary’s Curriculum Night!
Class Rules and Expectations
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Class Rules and Behavior
Expectations
Respect others: body,
property, opinions, and ideas.
Be an ACTIVE listener. Speak
and move at appropriate times.
Be responsible (turn in all
assignments on time).
Be prepared for class with a
positive attitude and ALL
necessary materials.
Always be the best GATOR
you can be!
Consequences and Rewards
*A verbal warning is always given first.
Moving Down the Lighthouse
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Yellow- Storms Ahead- Not having homework,
excessive talking, silliness/off task behavior
that is distracting.
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Red- Sailors be Warned- Office Referralfighting, bullying, theft, vulgar or offensive
language, weapons.
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** Students will begin each day on GreenSailing Along. Students will have the
opportunity to move to Blue- Full Steam Ahead
and Purple- Beacon of Light for showing
exceptional behavior!**
How You Can Lose Tickets
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Not being prepared with your homework and/or
leaving supplies and necessary materials. (3
tickets).
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Inappropriate behavior/language/attitude to
adults and peers. (5 tickets, silent lunch, and
parent notification).
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Receiving a color change to yellow. (1 ticket).
Consequences and Rewards
Ways to Earn Tickets
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Compliments from other teachers and
administrations
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Exceptional and responsible behavior in the
hallways
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Neat desks and cubbies
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Exhibiting good character traits and citizenship
every day without being told or asked.
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Working together as a team
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Contributing to the class Concept/Question
board with quality and insightful items
Positive Rewards for Being the Best Gator You Can
Be !
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Treat/Treasure Box
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Tickets
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Stickers
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Praise
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Gator Grams
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Feeling good about yourself!
Writing
•Personal & Imaginative Narratives
•Poetry
•Literary Essays: Writing about Reading
•Memoirs
•Spelling
•Grammar
•Cursive
GRADING SCALE
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B:
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93 - 100
85 - 92
77 - 84
70 - 76
below 70
Literacy
North Carolina Objectives
Goal 1- WORD RECOGNITION/VOCABULARY
Apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
Goal 2- Comprehension
Apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
Goal 3- Connections
Make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and
media and technology.
Goal 4- Products
Apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
Goal 5- GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
Apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
TEXTS IN GENRE
• Fiction- Legends, Novels, Folklore
& Science fiction
• Nonfiction- Autobiographies,
Informational books,
Diaries & Journals
• Poetry - Concrete poems, Haiku
• Drama- Skits, Plays
Reading Text Story List
Unit 1
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Lesson 1 “Island of the Blue Dolphins”
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Lesson 2 “Two Tickets to Freedom”
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Lesson 3 “Mrs. Frisbyand the Crow”
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Lesson 4 “Langston Hughes: Poet of the
People”
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Lesson 5 “Daedalusand Icarus”
Unit 2
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Lesson 1 “The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story”
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Lesson 2 “Energy Makes Things Happen”
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Lesson 3 “Who Eats What? Food Chains and
Webs”
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Lesson 4 “What Rot! Nature's Mighty Recycler”
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Lesson 5 “The Great Kapok Tree”
Unit 3
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Lesson 1 “The U.S. Constitution and You”
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Lesson 2 “Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering
Scientist”
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Lesson 3 “Striking It Rich: The Story of the
California Gold Rush
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Lesson 4 “A Covered Wagon Girl: The Diary of
Sallie Hester, 1849–1850”
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Lesson 5 “Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth
President “
Reading Text Story List
Unit 4
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Lesson 1 “The Scientific Method”
Unit 6
Lesson 1 “Erandi’sBraids”
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Lesson 2 “Magnetism”
Lesson 2 “My Rows and Piles of Coins”
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Lesson 3 “The Case of the Gasping Garbage”
Lesson 3 “A Spoon for Every Bite”
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Lesson 4 “How Ben Franklin Stole the
Lightning”
Lesson 4 “Three Fables by Aesop”
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Lesson 5 “How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice
Unit Cream?”
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Lesson 1 “The Golden Spike”
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Lesson 2 “John Henry Races the Steam Drill”
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Lesson 3 “Immigrant Children”
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Lesson 4 “The Dust Bowl”
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Lesson 5 “Pop’s Bridge”
Lesson 5 “Business is Looking Up”
EOG Reading Practice
Tips
Steps to Great Reading Comprehension!
1. Read anything above the title.
2. Read the title.
3. Read the questions and highlight key words.
4. Mark whether it is an "eye-ball" question (direct recall, can put finger on the answer
in the passage) or a "thought bubble" question (have to be a detective to get answer
by looking for clues in the passage)
5. Read the selection and highlight anything that helps you answer a question.
6. Look at the answer choices beginning with D and move up.
7. Eliminate answers until you have the best answer left.
8. Mark your answer choice.
Reading Comprehension Practice
Web-sites
1) Website that teaches summarizing http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storysummaryl.cfm.
2) Reading Comprehension - http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/
3) Finding Facts http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/factfrenzy/opening.html
4) Reading Comprehension Worksheets http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
5) Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - This is a GREAT site!
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
6) Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/drawconclusionsl.cfm
Math
Major Concepts/Skills
Number sense 0.01-99,999
Multiplication and division of multidigit numbers
Perimeter and area
Transformations
Line graphs
Median, mode, and range
Variables in number sentences
Proportional reasoning
Students will solve relevant and
authentic
problems using appropriate
technology
and apply these concepts as well as
those
developed in earlier years.
Math Concepts/Skills to
Maintain
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Whole number computation
Non-negative rational numbers
Length, time, capacity, and mass
Symmetry and congruence
Coordinate grids
Circle graphs
Permutations and
combinations
Science
Four Units of Study
Taught 4 ½ weeks each quarter
Properties of Rocks and Minerals
Electricity and Magnets
Animals and their habitats
Food and Nutrition
Accelerated Reader 2011-2012
Look Where Reading Will Take You!
• Each student will take the Star Reader test to place them in
the correct reading level.
• Students will be assigned a goal using the test results.
• Please encourage your child to read AR books on the
appropriate level and test.
• AR celebrations will occur throughout the year for students
who are successful in achieving their goal.
• Quarter 1- State Fair
• Quarter 2- Winter Ball
• Quarter 3- Mystery Adventure
• Quarter 4- Inflatable Luau
Social Studies
• Our focus is the state
of North Carolina.
• Landforms, bodies of
water, map skills.
• Natural resources in
NC, and cultural and
physical characteristics
of NC regions.
• Early people and
major landmarks,
• State symbols and
history.
Agendas
• Please make sure you sign
your child’s Agenda each
night. If they do not write
anything down, please do not
sign.
• It is their responsibility to get it
to you to sign. Hold them
accountable.
• Your child should be reading
every night for 30 min. in
his/her AR book and recording
it on their nightly reading log.
Please sign this as well.
Thanks for all you do to support your
child!
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