Welcome Parents Norman Borlaug Back to School Night
Welcome Parents! Norman Borlaug Back to School Night 2019 -2020
Welcome to Fourth Grade! Team 3 Reach for the stars. Although you will never touch them, if you reach hard enough, you will find that you get a little star dust on you in the process! - Norman Borlaug
Reading and Writing Our Curriculum Iowa Common Core on ICCSD website Our Materials • Houghton Mifflin • Leveled Texts • Supplemental materials • Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Our Assessments: • FAST • a. Reading • District Writing Assessment • Formative Assessments
Reading and Writing Reading Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension ü Whole Group ü Small Group Writing Teaching the Craft and Process ü Whole Group ü Small Group Handwriting Spelling
Math Our Curriculum Iowa Common Core on ICCSD website Our Materials en. Vision Math 2. 0 Pearson materials through Powerschool Our Assessments: a. Math Topic Post Tests
Science Units of Study Soils, Rocks, and Landforms Energy Environments
Social Studies Focus Regions of the United States Our Materials Social Studies Alive Health Focus: - Mental, Emotional, Family, and Social Health - Growth and Nutrition - Drugs and Disease Prevention - Consumer and Community Health - Puberty: The Wonder Years Our Materials Health and Wellness
Homework Expectations Math- daily, Monday through Thursday Spelling- Lists given on Monday Students should study spelling words each night Final tests on Friday (12 regular words; 3 challenge words) Reading- at least 30 minutes most nights (minimum of 100 min. per week) HRA reading log kept each month Science and Social Studies- occasional projects or short assignments Please check your child’s assignment notebook for homework, as well as the HRA and Friday Folder. Parent initial/signature.
Home - School Connections Ø Borlaug Website - Classroom Webpage - Calendars - Virtual Backpack Ø Email and phone http: //www. iowacityschools. org
Thank you! We look forward to learning with you this year! Please sign up for parent-teacher conferences downstairs!
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