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Welcome to Fourth Grade Open House!
PTO Business Sign up for Parties – volunteers and supplies http://chagrinfallspto.org/
Mrs. Heartz Born and raised in Chagrin Graduated high school from Chagrin;
parents and grandma, too! Graduated from Bowling Green State
University with a BA in Environmental Studies
Obtained my masters degree and reading endorsement from Kent State
18 years teaching – Fremont, Windham, Gurney – 5th grade and reading specialist
10th year at CFIS – 5th and 4th
Live in South Russell and have a daughter, Olivia, who is 61/2.
Hobbies: reading, being outside, playing with Olivia, being with my family and friends, and drinking coffee.
We are Family!
Heartz Homeroom Schedule 8:25 – 8:37 Homeroom 8:40 – 10:00 Academic 1 (Language Arts) 10:03 – 10:47 Club 45 10:50 – 11:37 Lunch and Recess 11:40 – 12:57 Academic 2 (Math) 1:00 – 2:17 Academic 3 (Social Studies/Science) 2:20 – 2:47 Encore 1 2:50 – 3:17 Encore 2 3:20 – 3:25 Homeroom for dismissal
Encore (Specials) rotation Day 1 – Encore 1 = Spanish with Senora Stapulionis
Encore 2 = Guidance with Mrs. Appell Day 2 – Encore 1 =Physical Education (PE) with Mrs. Patrizzi
Encore 2 = Music with Mrs. Smith Day 3 – Art for 60 minutes with Mrs. Oulton Day 4 – Encore 1 = Library with Mrs. Watson
Encore 2 = Spanish Day 5 – Encore 1 = Music
Encore 2 =PE Day 6 - Tech Lab with Mrs. Adick
Handout from Encore classes
Class Business Thank you for sending in all the ‘beginning of the year’ forms
and class fees. If you have not turned in everything, please get them in as soon as you can.
Please send in notes for daily changes to dismissal plans. **Please don’t email me, call office and they will let us know.
Building opens at 8:15, students in homeroom by 8:25. If they are late, need to get a tardy pass from office.
Homeroom is 8:25 – 8:37. Students get ready for the day, listen to the Announcements, participate in Morning Meeting. Birthday treats!
If a student is absent, Miss Florkiewicz and I will collect the work missed and give it to the student when (s)he returns. If you would like the work to be sent home with someone else in the building, just let me know.
Class Business Field Trips are being
finalized and a separate note will be sent home with all the information and fees.
Fall, student-led parent-teacher conferences will be Tuesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 20 from 3:30 – 7:15. These are student-led, so please make sure your son or daughter can make it with you.
Reading“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.”
Paulo Friere
Teaching Methods We will use Literacy by Design,
an interactive reading notebook, ‘small books’, novels, read alouds, independent reading...
We use mini-lessons, whole group work, small group meetings (guided reading), independent work and individual conferences.
We will be learning about comprehension strategies and the metacognition behind reading.
We continue to expand vocabulary and improve fluency.
Reading - continued
Big understandings for
fourth grade Effective readers use specific
strategies to help them better understand the text.
Readers need to read between the lines to find meaning.
Audience and purpose influence the use of literary techniques.
Writing“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.” Nietzsche
The Six Traits of Writing
Ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions
The Writing Process
Prewriting, rough draft, revising, editing, publishing
Forms of Writing
Story, research report, personal narrative, biography, persuasive essay, letter, poems, newspaper article
Grammar
Types of sentences, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc.
Spelling Literacy by Design spelling
program Two week cycle Homework every week Tests every other Friday Spellingcity.com
Social Studies Topics we cover… Ohio’s Geography and Early
History American Revolution Ohio as a new state Ohio and the Civil War Ohio’s industry Branches of Government
(national and state) Ohio today
Students will have a 6-week unit of Social Studies with me and then a 6-week unit of Science with Ms. Florkiewicz
National performance based assessment in March and an end-of-year assessment in May
Assignments The assignment planner will be
filled out with the class and checked and stamped by me.
Reading Logs are given at the beginning of each week, students are to read 60 minutes for the week. Turn in Log on Friday.
Students will have spelling due each Friday. Tests are every other Friday.
Other homework as necessary.
Reading Log and Spelling homework
Assignments - continued
Students will have Math homework Monday – Thursday.
Social Studies/ Science homework assigned as needed.
Grading
Graded work is sent home in Tiger Folder. Infinite Campus is our district-wide electronic
grade book. I update periodically. We give letter grades on report cards.
Communication Tiger Folders will be sent
home each day with homework, study guides, notes and graded work. On Fridays they will also have notes/announcements from the office, PTO, other groups. Please make sure the Tiger Folders go back and forth each day.
Email is the best form of communication.
All information is on my class website which can be accessed through the school’s web page.
Club 45
This is our Intervention/Enrichment block of time. Using Spring OAA scores and STARS assessment
taken this year, we have sorted the kids based on their needs in math and reading.
If a student does not need extra help in math or reading, they are with teachers who are extending our curriculum with projects and study skills.
45 minutes every day 3 day rotation
Days 1 & 4. 2 & 5, 3 & 6
Family Fridays!
Family Fridays – we meet every Friday during homeroom with the McKelvey (5th grade) homeroom.
Mrs. Patrizi is a part of the Family, too. We’re building a sense of multi-grade
community Promoting positive student communication Increasing student participation in community
service
School and Teacher Websites
CFIS website has info
http://www.chagrinschools.org/chagrinfallsintermediateschool_home.aspx
Teacher website
http://www.chagrinschools.org/Heartz.aspx
Our Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (440) 893-7690, Extension #4232
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (440)893-7690, Extension #4247
Questions?
MATH
Envision series with supplementsFollows Common Core standardsMath TextbookUnit tests with study guides 1 week beforeUnits listed in the 4th grade curriculum guideBasic facts
4th Grade Math Curriculum•Multiplication and Division•Problem Solving with strategies each topic
•Rounding and estimation •Fraction equivalence and ordering•Measurement units and conversions•Geometry
Science
Units: Changes of Earth’s Surface, Fossils, EnergyFollow state standardsUse many different series (Macmillan McGraw-Hill and Houghlin Mifflin) in schoolMost books stay at schoolUnit tests with study guide 1 week beforeUnits are listed in 4th Grade Curriculum GuideAfter 6 weeks, your child studies Social Studies
“Whether we’re a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior
or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we’re acceptable, that
our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”
- Fred Rogers
