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ELA & Reading•Teaching and learning implemented through the district wide Common Core Curriculum Maps•Sixteen power standards incorporating reading, writing and speaking, listening and language•Supporting standards included throughout the Five ELA units
ELA: Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing
● Power standards and supporting standards enable learners to meet the rigor of the MA Curriculum Frameworks
● �Five Curriculum Maps with 16 overarching power standards and many supporting standards in each unit to teach to mastery
● �Examples: Unit 1 : 7-8 weeks● �Power Standard: Students will proficiently
read and comprehend literature including stories, drama and poetry
Supporting Standards● �Unit 1 Examples( there are 14 in all)● �Describe in depth the setting drawing
on specific details in the text(RL3)● �Refer to details and examples in the
text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text(RL1& RI 1)
WritingPower Standards:
● �Students will produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.● �Opinion pieces: write, develop, and support opinion pieces on topics or texts.● �Informative/Explanatory pieces: write, develop, and clearly explain topic or idea to inform the reader.● �Narrative piece: write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.● �Students will report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Writing Assessments�Routine Writing: Builds content knowledge and provide
opportunities for reflection on a specific aspect of a text/texts. Routine written responses to such text-dependent questions allows students to build sophisticated understandings of vocabulary, text structure and content and to develop skills in analysis.
�Analysis Writing: Should put a premium on using evidence, as well as on crafting works that display some logical integration and coherence. These responses can vary in length based on questions asked and performed, from answering brief questions to crafting longer responses, allowing teachers to assess students’ ability to paraphrase, infer, and ultimately integrate the ideas they have gleaned for what they have read.
�Narrative Writing: Offers students opportunities to express personal ideas and experiences; craft their own stories and descriptions; and deepen their understandings of literary concepts, structures, and genres (e.g. short stories, anecdotes, poetry, drama) through purposeful initiation.
Writing Across the CurriculumProject Read: Framing Your Thoughts
The Written Expression curriculum focuses on the art of sentence and paragraph
development, using multisensory activities and sequential instruction to develop the
basic skills of writing.
1. Direct instruction of the concepts and skills of language
2. Presentation of concepts and skills in their dependent order, from simplest to
most complex
3. Multisensory strategies and materials created specifically for each concept and
skill
Writing Across the Curriculum John �Collins Writing Program as a resource
�TYPE I: WRITING GETS IDEAS ON PAPERTYPE II: RESPOND CORRECTLYTYPE III: STUDENT EDIT FOR FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS�TYPE IV: EDIT FOR FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS (Student and adult collaboration: not co-authoring)�TYPE V: PUBLISH/Portfolio Work
Fourth Grade Word Study● Syllabication (syllable types)● Prefixes/suffixes● Use combined knowledge of all letter/sound
correspondences, syllable types, syllable patterns, and morphology to accurately read unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in and out of context.
Math, The Common Core and EnvisionStudents will...Mathematics Power Standards: Unit 1 (What they will do)● Students will understand and
apply knowledge of place value to 1,000,000.
● Students will use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
● Students will understand factors and multiples to generate and analyze patterns.
Mathematical Practices: Unit 1 (“How they will do it) 1. Make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.2. Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and
critique the reasoning of others.4. Model with mathematics.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of
structure.8. Look for and express regularity in
repeated reasoning.
Math, The Common Core and ENVISION●Make Sense of problem solving and
Persevere ●Aligned with the Common Core ●Balanced Instruction ●Eight Standards for Mathematical Practice● Home/School Connection●Appropriate Use of Technology
●Some assignments can be printed at home
Math Fluency4.NBT.4 Students fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.As defined by the Common Core, fluency in mathematics means quickly and accurately.FALL (NOVEMBER)
o 5 mixed problems add/subtract whole numbers within 1000. “Quickly” is defined as within 25 - 30 minutes and includes checks
WINTER (FEBRUARY)o 5 mixed problems add/subtract within 10,000. “Quickly” is defined as
within 25 - 30 minutes and includes checksSPRING (APRIL)
o 5 mixed problems add/subtract within 100,000. “Quickly” is defined as within 25 - 30 minutes and includes checks
END OF YEAR (JUNE)o 5 mixed problems add/subtract within 1,000,000. “Quickly” is defined as
within 25 - 30 minutes and includes checks
Xtra Math● Free web-based math fact fluency program that
helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
● Fluency is essential for success with higher level math problems
● Can be used in the classroom and at home● Parents and teachers regularly receive student
progress reports in e-mail ● Students simply need a parent e-mail address
and login code (given by teacher) and it’s free!
ScienceStrands Curriculum
StructureConcepts and
Skills
Life Overarching Guiding
questions
Identifying and conceptualizing key vocabulary
Earth Essential questions
Targeting skills to process
knowledgePhysical Directed Inquiry Experiments and
discoveries
Technology Study Guides Applying knowledge
through written language
Science Topics of Study Life science
Classification of plantsEnergy from plants
Adaptations and reproduction of plants
Earth ScienceWater cycle and weather
Physical Science
Properties of MatterHeat
Electricity and MagnetismSound and LightSimple Machines
Social StudiesFive Themes of Geography
1. Movement 2. Regions
3. Human / Environment Interaction
4. Location
5. Place
●Geography● Map reading and interpretation● Regions of the United States● Fifty States and Capitals● Landmarks, Landforms, Natural Resources etc.
Social StudiesImmigration and Citizenship
● Primary Sources● Contributions from other cultures to our own
●Canada and Mexico● Based around the Five Themes
●Ancient Civilization● China
Responsive ClassroomGuiding Principles:
The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum. How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. Knowing the children we teach individually, culturally and developmentally is as important as knowing the content we teach.
Teaching Practices: -Morning Meeting-Rules & Logical
Consequences-Classroom Organization-Guided Discovery-Academic Choice-Reaching out to
Parents/Guardians-Give Me “5” -Hopes and Dreams -CARES
HOMEWORK/ AGENDA● The District-Wide Homework Policy for the
fourth grade is assigning 40 minutes of meaningful homework a night
● Homework is given to have students review skills and concepts taught throughout the day and instill a sense of responsibility, independence and time management
● It must be recorded in the daily agenda
Got Grit?Angela L. Duckworth describes grit as follows:
“Grit is the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals.”
Drive & PassionPersevere: Sometimes it is uncomfortable.
What does this look like in a classroom?