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Elementary Schools Curriculum Night! Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Mrs. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Navarrete Elementary Schools Curriculum Night! Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Mrs. Whitlarks & PTOs Opening Remarks 5:00-5:15 PM Fourth Grade Homeroom Session 1 5:15-5:35 PM Fourth Grade Homeroom Session 2 5:40-6:00


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Welcome to Navarrete Elementary School’s Curriculum Night!

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

  • Mrs. Whitlark’s & PTO’s Opening Remarks—5:00-5:15 PM

Fourth Grade Homeroom Session 1—5:15-5:35 PM Fourth Grade Homeroom Session 2—5:40-6:00 PM

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Reading Curriculum

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys
  • Building vocabulary, fluency, and

comprehension

  • Whole group/Small group instruction
  • Scholastic News Magazines
  • Author & Novel Studies
  • Informational Comprehension
  • Literature (fictional) Comprehension
  • Accelerated Reader (AR)
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English Language Arts Curriculum

Cross Curricular Writing

  • Grammar Skills
  • Writing Process
  • Explanatory, narrative, opinion pieces

– Up to five detailed paragraphs

  • 6 traits (ideas, organization, sentence

fluency, word choice, voice, and conventions)

  • 25 Spelling words per week, weekly Friday

tests

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Mathematics

  • Fourth Grade Math Rotations
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt GO MATH!

curriculum

  • Major Topics Taught:

– Place Value & Operations with Whole Numbers (Multiplication & Division) – Fractions & Decimals

  • Geometry, Measurement, Data
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Science & Social Science Integrated Curriculum

Unit 1—Mesoamerican Civilizations Unit 2—Natural Disasters Unit 3—American Indians Unit 4—Forces and Energy Unit 5—European Explorers Unit 6--Colonization

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$40 Extra-Curricular Activity Fee

  • Field Trips

– Thursday 09/26/19 Childsplay Theatre’s The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane at The Herberger Theater

  • December 16 or 17, 2019

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

  • Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery
  • Program

– Childsplay Artist-in-Residence Deconstruction Zone: Edward Tulane

  • On-site Activities (little to no cost)
  • Grand Canyon National Park Classroom Ranger’s

Archeology Program

  • The Fortier STEM Experience
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Use Infinite Campus Parent Portal to:

  • Pay Extra-

Curricular Activity (ECA) Fee

  • Track Your Child’s

Academic Progress

  • Verify Daily

Attendance

  • Access Messages
  • View Quarterly

Progress Reports and Report Cards

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  • Navarrete Character Traits

– Six pillars of good character (Respect,

Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthiness, Citizenship, and Fairness)

  • Positive Reinforcement

– Verbal Praise – Awards – Fourth Grade Currency – Quarterly Auctions

  • Community Building
  • Community Circle (Class meetings/Olweus

Bullying Program)

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Homework

  • Unfinished classroom assignments
  • 160 MobyMax Math minutes per quarter
  • 20 minutes of personal reading
  • Spelling Lists are introduced on Mondays.

Choose activities from the back to practice throughout the week in preparation for Friday’s test.

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Follow the Hawk Nightly to Soar in Fourth Grade!