Welcome to River Gate Elementary’s Curriculum Night! Class Rules and Expectations • • • • • 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 • Yellow- Storms Ahead- Not having homework, excessive talking, silliness/off task behavior that is distracting. • Red- Sailors be Warned- Office Referralfighting, bullying, theft, vulgar or offensive language, weapons. • ** 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 • Not being prepared with your homework and/or leaving supplies and necessary materials. (3 tickets). • Inappropriate behavior/language/attitude to adults and peers. (5 tickets, silent lunch, and parent notification). • Receiving a color change to yellow. (1 ticket). Consequences and Rewards Ways to Earn Tickets • Compliments from other teachers and administrations • Exceptional and responsible behavior in the hallways • Neat desks and cubbies • Exhibiting good character traits and citizenship every day without being told or asked. • Working together as a team • Contributing to the class Concept/Question board with quality and insightful items Positive Rewards for Being the Best Gator You Can Be ! • Treat/Treasure Box • Tickets • Stickers • Praise • Gator Grams • Feeling good about yourself! Writing •Personal & Imaginative Narratives •Poetry •Literary Essays: Writing about Reading •Memoirs •Spelling •Grammar •Cursive GRADING SCALE A: B: C: D: F: 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 • Lesson 1 “Island of the Blue Dolphins” • Lesson 2 “Two Tickets to Freedom” • Lesson 3 “Mrs. Frisbyand the Crow” • Lesson 4 “Langston Hughes: Poet of the People” • Lesson 5 “Daedalusand Icarus” Unit 2 • Lesson 1 “The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story” • Lesson 2 “Energy Makes Things Happen” • Lesson 3 “Who Eats What? Food Chains and Webs” • Lesson 4 “What Rot! Nature's Mighty Recycler” • Lesson 5 “The Great Kapok Tree” Unit 3 • Lesson 1 “The U.S. Constitution and You” • Lesson 2 “Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist” • Lesson 3 “Striking It Rich: The Story of the California Gold Rush • Lesson 4 “A Covered Wagon Girl: The Diary of Sallie Hester, 1849–1850” • Lesson 5 “Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President “ Reading Text Story List Unit 4 • Lesson 1 “The Scientific Method” Unit 6 Lesson 1 “Erandi’sBraids” • Lesson 2 “Magnetism” Lesson 2 “My Rows and Piles of Coins” • Lesson 3 “The Case of the Gasping Garbage” Lesson 3 “A Spoon for Every Bite” • Lesson 4 “How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning” Lesson 4 “Three Fables by Aesop” • Lesson 5 “How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice Unit Cream?” 5 • Lesson 1 “The Golden Spike” • Lesson 2 “John Henry Races the Steam Drill” • Lesson 3 “Immigrant Children” • Lesson 4 “The Dust Bowl” • 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 • • • • • • • 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!