BALL GROUND ELEMENTARY

STEM ACADEMY

Rich In Tradition and a

Great Place To Learn

4th Grade InformationOpen House

August 27, 2015

Ms. Clarisse

Mrs. Howell

Ms. Tant

Academic Success

4th Grade Teachers plan lessons according to our State and Cherokee County Standards. Each day we are instructing our students to prepare them for the Georgia Milestones in the spring.

Welcome to Fourth Grade

Homeroom & Reading Language Arts: Ms. Clarisse Homeroom & Science and Social Studies: Mrs. Howell Homeroom & Math: Ms. Tant Co-teacher: Mr. Thurman EIP: Mrs. Dill, Mrs. Ray Para-pros: Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Neville, Mrs. Fowler Music: Mrs. Lundstrum Physical Education: Mrs. Allen Art: Mrs. Arnett Media Center: Mrs. Pope Counselor: Mrs. Hughes AIM/STEM: Mrs. Dunn

Georgia Standards of Excellence:

Reading for both informational and

Literary text Writing Speaking and Listening Language Arts

• Conventions Of Standard English• Vocabulary Acquisition And Use• Knowledge of Language

Reading:Studying different genres, learning comprehension strategies, working on complex texts, and learning text types and purposes

Comprehension Strategies:

• Story Structure: Fiction and Non-Fiction • Main Idea and Supporting Details• Multiple Meaning Words• Prediction• Summarization• Point of View• Compare and Contrast• Cause and Effect• Fluency

Writing:Using the Writing Process

Traits of Good Writing(Ideas, Voice, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency) Genres studied:• Expository/Informational• Letter Writing• Narrative• PersuasiveConventions: Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence structure

Language Arts

In Language students will use conventions of Standard English, improve vocabulary acquisition and demonstrate knowledge of language.

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Science & Social Studies

Alternate units of study

Interactive Notebooks

Science Topics

Ecosystems Stars and Solar System Water Cycle and Weather Simple Machines (Force, Mass, and

Motion) Light and Sound Energy

Social Studies Topics

Physical and Manmade Land Features Native Americans Explorers Colonization of North America Forming a New Nation (American

Revolution/Government) Western Expansion

MATH INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK SAMPLE

Rounding Whole Numbers47,285

To the nearest hundreds →

To the nearest thousands →

Behavior Plan

Class Dojo (Positive Reinforcement) Rewards (parent volunteers)

Parent/Guardian-Teacher Communication (email, phone call or note)

Absences

Remember to send excuse within 5 days Most work needs to be completed at

school Continue to have your child complete

homework assignments

Georgia Milestones

Test taken online 4 sections:

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

We are a STEM School

We use research based strategies to engage students in learning.

We use technology such as the Promethean Boards, iPads, Active table, laptops, and Activotes to activate and/or build on students’ prior knowledge and check understanding.

K – 2

DISCO

VERY 3 – 6

EXPLORATIO

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Websites/Newsletters/Twitter

Visit our teacher websites: Ball Ground Elementary School Website Check Red Folders each week for the

weekly Newsletter for class updates and school events.

Follow us on Twitter #bgestem

Thank you!

Parents, students, and teachers working together will ensure success!

Completing a scavenger hunt finding non-fiction text features

Using i-Pads

Using the EPIC book app

Design challenge