Curriculum NightFourth GradeMiss Meder

2011-2012

Welcome! Thank you for coming!

Please find your child’s desk and write them a short note if you wish.

About Miss MederThis is my 25th year of teaching.I am a native of Arizona.My father taught at Washington

High School in Phoenix.My oldest sister teaches fourth

grade in Boise, Idaho.My niece teaches fourth grade in

Casa Grande.

A Typical DayMorning Routine/Morning MeetingMathSpecial Area class 9:35-10:20Grammar/SpellingRecess/LunchScience/SS/HealthWritingLanguage Arts

MathScott Foresman: traditional

textbook that focuses on practice and problem solving

Investigations: focuses on critical thinking and reasoning

Fourth Grade Big Ideas: Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Algebra, Measurement

Problem Solving notebooks

Social Studies

Harcourt textbookAmerican HistoryWorld History: exploration of

ArizonaArizona statehood and historyGeography: maps; landforms;

regions

Health

Life Management SkillsSafety and Injury PreventionNutritionCommunity Health ResourcesDisease Control and PreventionPersonal Health and HygieneHuman Growth and

Development

ScienceFOSS

◦Process Skills/Scientific Method◦Magnetism and Electricity◦Water: water cycle ◦Erosion◦Animal Adaptations ◦Renewable and Nonrenewable

Resources

Language ArtsSpelling: goes along with the story;

vocabulary includedSpelling dictation will be given on

Fridays.Harcourt Reading program; book

sharingWriting process: Six TraitsLiterature StudiesHandwriting: manuscript and

cursive

Thinking MapsEight maps: Circle; Bubble;

Double Bubble; Tree; Flow; Multi-Flow; Brace; and Bridge

A visual way to organize information linked to a specific thought process.

Helps the brain make patterns and connections

Can be used in all subject areas

SpecialsMonday- Art 9:35-10:20Tuesday- P.E. 9:35-10:20Wednesday- Library 9:35-10:20Thursday- Computer Lab 9:35-

10:20Friday- Music 9:35-10:20

Homework Homework should take about 20-30 min. plus

reading for 15 minutes (or 1 hour total for the week).

Projects and Book Reports: one per quarter

Incentives: Friday Fuzzy, privilege cards, sense of completion and success

Natural or Logical Consequences: Study Hall, incomplete assignments which creates more work, lower grades, etc.

In fourth grade, we want the students to be responsible with their work. If your child forgets his/her homework, please allow him/her to accept responsibility and deal with the related consequences.

GradesGrading scale: 100-90%=A

89-80%=B

79-70%=C

69-60%=D

59% and lower=F

Grades on assignments and assessments

Weekly Progress/Behavior ReportReport card

Classroom RulesCame up with rules as a classBased on Character CountsOur class rules are: I will…

1.  listen to Miss Meder and my classmates.

2.  show respect to others with kind words and actions.

3.  be responsible for my work and my materials.

4. have control of my hands, feet, and chair.

Every day is a fresh start. Green is the goal!

Consequences Positive

Friday Fuzzy/ note/email/phone call home/praise/monthly class lunch inside the room

Behavior Card System:

Green card: Way to go! Great day!

Yellow card: Warning: watch your behavior choices

Orange card: visit the Think Desk to think about behaviors and talk with Miss Meder; miss 15 minutes of recess

Red card: possible school referral; call home to discuss behaviors; no Friday Fuzzy for that week

PlannersEach day we write what we will

be learning and doingWe also write any project dates

or reminders.Must be brought home every

night so you can see what is going on in the classroom.

Please sign it over the weekend.

Used as a communication tool

CommunicationThe best way to contact me is through

email lmeder@kyrene.orgClassroom phone number is 783-2644You may also send a note with your child.Website:

http://www.kyrene.org/staff/lmederNewsletter and other information posted

on website (twice a month).Friday news emails. Weekend Envelopes sent home on Fridays

with work from the week inside. Weekly Progress/Behavior Report –

missing work, grades, behavior sent home on Mondays to be signed and returned.

Thank You!

Thanks for coming tonight. I appreciate all that you do to help your child get the most they can out of school. I’m looking forward to a great year of learning with your child.