Welcome to

Mrs. Bradley's 4th Grade

Class

2015 - 2016

I have skied the Alps (look on a globe or

map to find out where that is located!)

I love to cook and sew! (I made our

Curtains!)

I love Vanilla Ice Cream! (I know –

boring!)

Coffee! Yeah Coffee!

Family / Football / Go Carting / Softball

About Me... •Live in Middletown

•Taught 3rd Grade at Valley for 7 years and 2nd year in 4th

grade!

•Taught at Lincoln Elementary for 4 years before that in 2,3,

and 4th grade.

•I was an accountant in Washington, DC before deciding to

teach.

•I love winter and SNOW!

•I have an Educational Leadership Master’s Degree

•I love learning, teaching, science, art, and MATH!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9:05-9:45 Social Studies

Science

Music Social Studies

Science

Social Studies

Science

Social Studies

Science

9:45-10:30 Math Math Math Math Math

10:30-11:10 Math Math Math Math Math

11:15-11:55 Art PE Art PE Music

12:00-12:45 Lunch and

Recess

Lunch and

Recess

Lunch and

Recess

Lunch and

Recess

Lunch and

Recess

12:50-1:30 Writing

Writing

Writing

Writing

Writing

1:30-2:10 Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading

1:55-2:40 ELA ELA ELA ELA STEM

Reading Buddies

2:40-3:20 ELA ELA Media LA STEM

Reading Buddies

Time Day of Week Special

11:15 – 11:55 Monday

Art

9:05 – 9:45/

11:15 – 11:55

Tuesday Music/PE

11:15 – 11:55/

2:40 – 3:20 Wednesday Art/Media

11:15 – 11:55

Thursday PE

11:15 – 11:55

Friday Music

Physical Education: Please have your child wear sneakers on Mondays and Thursdays for

gym class.

Library: Please return your child’s library book each Tuesday morning

Quarter 1:

Getting Started with the Mathematical Practices

Unit 1 - Place Value Whole Numbers

Unit 2 - Place Value - Rational Numbers

Unit 3 - Whole Number Operations

Quarter 2

Unit 4 - Using Measurement

Unit 5 - Fractions are Numbers

Quarter 3

Unit 6 - Operational Thinking with the Expanding Number System (or bigger

numbers) (Problem Solving focus)

Unit 7 - Computation with Fractions

Quarter 4

Unit 8 - Understanding Geometry

Unit 9 - Re-Engagement Opportunities-full year review

STUDENTS should have mastery over all math facts 0-9

addition, subtraction, multiplication and division coming to 4th grade. If

your child has not yet mastered them, please work on them every night.

MATH: KNOW YOUR FACTS!

Problem Solving

Productive Struggling

Use Models

Prove your results

PERSERVERE!!!!!!!

Throughout this year your child will write every day.

We will be using Units of Study by Lucy Caukins

Unit 1, The Arc of Story: Writing Realistic Fiction,

students learn to writing fiction, as they develop believable characters

with struggles and motivations and rich stories to tell.

Unit 2, Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays

students learn the value of organization and form as they gather

evidence to support and express an opinion on topics they know well.

Unit 3, Bringing History to Life,

Students are ready to tackle historical research in which

they collect evidence and use details to vividly describe

people and events long ago and far away.

Unit 4, The Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction

Students build on their essay writing and apply it with

increasing sophistication to a unit on writing about fiction

PLUS: We will work on responding to reading in writing

Focus on Writing

Social Studies:

Maryland Units › Political Science

› People of the Nation and the World

› Geography

› Economics

› History

Life and Environmental Science: Classification

Earth and Space Units: Light and Space

Physical Science Unit: Motion and Design

STEM – Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Mathematics

Are you creative?

Like to build models?

Like to find out how things work?

Willing to try?

Then you are a STEM LEADER!

EFFORT

PERSERVERANCE

https://youtu.be/P0zVPZBykSE

You may not get it at first – but you will in time and in your own way!!

Don’t Give Up! – Einstein Didn’t!! (Look up Einstein if you do not know who he is!)

Percentage Letter Grade Description

90% to 100% A Outstanding- Wow!

80% to 89% B Above Average-

Good work!

70% to 79% C Satisfactory- OK

60% to 69% D Needs Improvement- Ask for

Help

59% and Below F Unsatisfactory- Ask for Help

Student work is evaluated for accuracy, completeness, and quality to

reflect the expectations of the elementary essential curriculum. The

following scale is used to score student assignments:

Our class is expected to demonstrate the Pillars of

Character:

Responsibility Respect

Fairness Caring

Trustworthiness Citizenship

everywhere and every day We will be using whole brain teaching strategies to help us be most

successful see wholebrainteaching.org

RESPECT

Homework

• 4th graders should generally have 40 minutes of HW each

night. IF your child says they don’t have HW, they should

always spend time reading and multiplication facts.

• Word Study: HW Monday – Thursday, Test on Friday

• Math- Multiplication and Division FACTS daily (5-10 min) and

daily assignments

• Read independently every night/ together as a family is also

recommended.

• Unfinished Class work: Work may need to be taken home to

finish for homework, if chronic problem, we will work together

on a solution.

4th Graders are able and will be expected to be responsible for themselves!!

•Book Orders- Order on-line! Newsletter will be

forth coming!

•Agenda Planners- Please review daily for

assignments – STUDENTS are responsible for

writing down assignments and any unfinished

work in their agendas.

•Parent Volunteers- We love having you!

Fourth Grade

Fieldtrips

The Great Frederick Fair (Thursday, Sept 24, 2015)

ESSL Earth/Space Science Lab

Annapolis-Walking Tour

Chaperones will be randomly picked - as much as possible, different

parents will join us for each fieldtrip.

* Any parent wishing to meet us at the Fair are welcome to join their

child’s group but cannot be considered a chaperone and will have to pay

their own parking and entrance fee.

Unfortunately, ESSL and Annapolis do not allow for extra people to meet

us there, chaperone #s are firm.

New Birthday, Treat, and Food Policy

FCPS Regulation 400-82 (7d. and 7e.)

7 d. For health and safety reasons, parents/visitors are only

permitted to bring in food that is intended for consumption

by their individual child/student.

7 e. For health and safety reasons, students are only permitted

to bring in food for personal consumption.

Due to these changes, birthday treats, snacks, or food of any

type may not be brought to school to distribute to any

students. You may only send in food items intended for your own child to eat.

Thanks so much for coming tonight!

We are going to have a great year.

Please email or write a note in Agenda

Planner with any questions.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Bradley

The End :)

... really just the beginning of our

new adventure together!