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Welcome to Ms. Tangela Griffin's Fourth Grade Class!
Intelligence plus character is the goal of a true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction
This webpage was designed to provide parents with updated classroom information about topics being taught.
Hurray for the 2011-2012 school year!
Organization and being prepared for class is an integral part of being successful in school. All students are required to have a daily Science notebook for class.
Science
Fourth grade students will learn how to think and behave like scientists. Students will be responsible for keeping an Interactive Science Notebook that will serve as a lab manual that will showcase student learning of key concepts during experiments and class discussions. Click the link below to find more detailed information about Science standards.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/FourthGradeApproved7-12-2004.pdf
Nine Top Reasons to Use Science Notebooks by Eve Heaton from http://sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com
1. It acts as a student portfolio
2. Creates an active learning environment (where students have to interact with the information) as opposed to a passive learning environment (where students simply receive the information)
3. Helps students to oganize material and thinking
4. Allows students to express their creativity
5. Creates multiple opportunites for students to process information
6. Personalizes the learning experience
7. Teaches organization and structure
8. Creates opportunities for students to improve reading and writing skills across the curriculum
9. Encourages students to express their understanding of concepts being taught
Reading
Unit 5 : Make a Plan:focusing on identifying figurative language, recognizing important/nonimportant information, using context clues, sequencing events, making inferences, and making predictions.
Stories we will read in class are:
The Fox and the Guinea Pig
Mom's Best Friend
The Rajah's Rice
Yeh-Shen:A Cinderella Story from China
Can We Rescue the Reefs?:Time for Kids
Click below to see Reading standards for fourth grade.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Grade-Four.pdf
Class Schedule
Rotation each 40 to 45 minutes
7:30-8:00- BIC(Breakfast in the Classroom), DOL(Daily Oral Language) and Math POD(Problem of the Day)
8:00-9:00 -Academic 1(homeroom)
9:00-10:00-Schoolwide Reading Hour-pack up and take bookbag to other classes
10:10-10:55-EXPLORATORY
11:00-11:30-LUNCH
11:30-11:45-OATS(Outdoor Activity with Teacher Supervision)
11:50-12:30- Academic 2
12:30-1:15- Academic 3
1:15-2:00- Academic 4
2:00-2:45- Academic 5
2:45-Prepare for Dismissal
Class Pictures
Downloads
AR Reading Log
DIRECTIONS FOR FOURTH GRADE NOTEBOOK
Websites
Internet4Classroom Science Resources for Elementary Students