Welcome Mrs. Eastin

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Welcome Mrs. Eastins 4th Grade Curriculum Night
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Communication

• Emailmeastin_at_kyrene.org
• This is the best way to get in touch with me.
• Voice Mail 480-541-2535
• Eastin Webpage
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  2790
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  org/Page/24818

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Communication

• Weekly Email with important information. Sent
  home Friday or Monday. Please read. Please let
  me know if you have not received my
  communications in the past two weeks.
• Students will complete weekly self-reflections,
  form or letter format, sent home on Friday.
  Behavior reflections will be included. My notes
  may also be included. Please sign and return the
  Weekly Report on Monday.
• Completed work and other information will go
  home on Friday in homework Folders.

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Typical Schedule
740 Students picked up from courtyard
745 Tardy bell 745 Language Arts 840
Specials (Library, PE, Art, Music) 930
Morning break 945 Language Arts and
IFG 1045-1140-Science and Social
Studies 1140 Lunch/Recess 1220-155 Math
Block and IFG 205 Writing/project block
230 First bell Students will be dismissed on
Tuesday and Friday at 230(Duty) 235
Dismissal (1235 on Wednesday)
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• Goals
• Students will assume responsibility for their own
  learning.
• Students will become creative problem solvers and
  will preserve in problem solving.
• Students will be engaged and excited about
  learning.

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• Report Cards
• Report cards are given out quarterly. The
  grading scale is A, B, C, D, F. The returned
  work will help you stay informed about their
  progress. Also, you may view your childs
  progress on Genesis.
• Variety of assessment types class work,
  homework, tests, writing, projects, and
  presentations
• Tests directly reflect what we have been learning
  in class. Homework, Class work and/or notes can
  be kept to help review. Sometimes review sheets
  are sent home. See the agenda for upcoming
  tests.
• Tests are percentage grades based on the number
  correct out of the number possible.
• Rubrics specifying requirements for A, B, Care
  used for projects and presentations.
• Class work and homework may also be graded based
  on percent, but are not weighted as heavily as
  tests and projects.
• Writing gets graded based on the 6 Traits of Good
  Writing. Most 4th graders score 3.0-5.0.
• There is not a separate grade for spelling. It
  is incorporated into the writing grade.

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Missing Work

• If homework is not completed, this may be noted
  in agenda. If work is not completed by Friday,
  student will miss Goal Club and complete missing
  work in study hall.
• This also applies to work that needs to be
  redone, due to quality issues. (incomplete or not
  personal best).

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Behavior Chart

• Used in conjunction with our district-wide PBIS
  (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
  program which promotes a positive climate for our
  school
• Emphasizes the importance of making good choices
• Promotes positive behavior and encourages
  students to self-monitor their choices
• Allows students to be acknowledged for positive
  behavior, and provides a sense of accomplishment
  for students who are able to clip up
• Allows students who have clipped down an
  opportunity to clip back up during the day-they
  continue to stay motivated.

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Behavior Chart-Continued

• Your child will write the behavior they ended on
  for the day in their daily agendas beginning next
  week.
• This immediate feedback will show you where
  he/she ended up on for the day. 
• I will contact you if necessary regarding major
  incidents which required your child to clip down
• I appreciate your understanding that it will not
  be possible for me to contact you for every clip
  down that occurs.
• Clipping down from time to time is to be expected
  and can be an important learning opportunity for
  your child

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Homework Expectations

• 4th Grade 40 minutes nightly.
• Homework is assigned as follows Spelling and
  project, given on Friday(students may work ahead
  if they would like. Due Friday. Math homework
  is assigned Monday-Thursday and is due the
  following day.
• Math -May include Dreambox, math practice work,
  or application project.
• Word study(Worldly Wise or spelling) practice.
  Spelling or vocab matrix.
• Students are be expected to read 20 minutes a day
  outside of class. Students should complete the
  Reading Record sheet to log their reading.
• 1 book project a quarter(Due dates will be
  announced.)
• Sometimes unfinished classwork becomes homework.
• Research and book Projects throughout the year.

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Curriculum Overview

• Research Based and data driven
• Opportunities to examine topics in-depth with
  extended units of study focusing on the
  application of the concept.
• Inquiry Based
• Lots of Choices and student involvement.
• Goal of creating life long learners!
• The complete curriculum is found on the Kyrene
  District Webpage.

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Math Concepts

• Critical Area
• Developing fluency with multi digit
  multiplications and quotients. Place value.
• Fractional equivalence. Addition and subtraction,
  and multiplication of fractions.
• Geometric properties
• Problem Solving

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Math Workshop

• Quizzes/progress checks most Fridays.
• Tests
• Integrated S.T.E.M Projects
• Daily Work including games, math stations and
  Dreambox.
• Problem Solving recorded in math journal(Graded
  on rubric)
• If a student scores less than 75 on a math test
  or quiz, a retake test will be required.

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Writing Workshop

• Students are taught the 6 plus 1 Writing Traits
  and the writing process. All written components
  of projects and writing pieces are graded using
  the 6 Traits of writing.
• Types of writing Narrative, Informative,
  Opinion, Poetry, and creative writing.
• Research writing will be emphasized.
• Greek and Latin roots(Word Smith)
• Grammar-parts of speech and sentence structure,
  and spelling patterns.

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Reading Workshop

• Focus on literary elements and analysis Theme,
  plot, climax, rising action, characterization.
• Emphasis on non-fiction, informational text, and
  historical fiction.
• Resources Used
• Literature sets and JR Great Books to promote
  discourse.
• Harcourt Trophies Anthology(skills)
• Primary Documents and current events

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Checking Progress(Reading Workshop)

• Book Clubs or literature conferences-dialoguing
  about books as a group.
• Literature Log-responding to literature in
  written format.
• Inquiry projects-in-depth investigation of a
  concept in book.
• Other assignments-book projects, book reports,
  reviews, skills work, or anthologies.

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Social Studies Curriculum

• Geography-map skills
• Arizona Studies
• Explorers and Missionaries
• Economics(student businesses.)
• Prehistoric and modern day Native Americans.
• Project Based and integrated into language
  curriculum.

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Science Curriculum

• Inquiry Based /Scientific Method
• Problem-Based Learning projects-creating
  solutions
• Concepts
• Life Sciences-Plant and animal adaptations.
• Physical Sciences-Magnetism and Electricity.
• Earth Science-Weather and water. Renewable and
  Nonrenewable Energy.
• Design Squad Activities, Defined STEM, and
  Engineering is Elementary- with focus on the
  design process and creating solutions.

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Online Grading http//sw.kyrene.org/Page/1411 Pl
ease include your child in the process of
checking grades and ask them first about
questions you have.
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Other

• Wont see lots of papers going home.
• We work in math journals everyday/problem solving
  and literature logs (kept in class)
• We take notes and complete daily math work in our
  math notebooks.
• Project-Based learning, which requires
  application of learning. Hands on.
• We practice math using whiteboards.
• Group projects/projects on the computer.
• Students will be expected to redo work, including
  tests, if their score is less than 70. The
  Common Core is a Standards Based Curriculum.
  Therefore, Mastery of concept is the goal.

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Odd and Ends Continued

• Please send a healthy snack and a water bottle
  everyday.
• Please no electronic devices.
• Conference will be held twice a year. Dates will
  be posted on the calendar.
• Per the Student Handbook, please remember to not
  send in treats or gifts for students birthdays.
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Video From PTO
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Thank you for coming!