St. Francis Xavier School, Phoenix, Arizona

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Nancy Grucky - 4B

Welcome to Fourth Grade

Fourth grade is an exciting year of transition from the primary grades to the intermediate grades. Mrs. Patton in 4A and I share the teaching responsibilities of the core subjects. I will be teaching Science, Math, and Religion. Mrs. Patton will be teaching Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies. The students will also have Music, Spanish. P. E., and Art.

First in Math - Parent's Information

Communication Tools

Agenda

The agenda is the main tool Mrs. Patton and I use to encourage the students to become organized and independent learners. Parents are asked to check that their children are using their agenda. At the end of each day we go over all the items that should be written down.

Friday Folders

We send home all papers for the parents to review on Fridays in the Friday Folder. We expect these folders back and empty every Monday.

E-mail

We check our e-mails regularly and respond as soon as posible.

Phone

We check our phone messages at the end of the day.

Math- Houghton Mifflin

Using the standards based curriculum, the students explore the following topics:

Place Value and Money

Compare, Order, and Round Whole Numbers and Money

Add and Subtract Whole Numbers

Multiplication and Division Basic Facts

Algebraic Reasoning

Multiplication by One-Digit Numbers

Multiplication by Two-Digit Numbers

Division

Geometry

Understanding Fractions

Hougton Mifflin Math On-Line Resources:

click the following links for math resources

Houghton Mifflin Math: Roz's Math-a-Rama

Students:

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmm/g_4.html

Parent Place:

http://www.eduplace.com/parents/hmm/g_4.html

Science- Scott Foresman

Using a standards based curriculum the students explore the following topics:

Life Science-

Plant Structure and Function

Animal Structure and Function

Physical Science-

Measuring Matter

Electricity and Magnetism

Earth Science-

Measuring Weather

The Makeup of the Earth

Human Body-

The Digestive, Circulatory, and Nervous System

Religion- Finding God- Loyola Press

This series reflects a vision of our Catholic faith grounded in Scripture and Tradition and an Ignatian recognition of the presence of God in all things. The expression of that vision is based on our Catholic belief that effective cathchisis

centers on the person of Jesus Christ
invites believers to reflect on personal experience in light of growing in relationship with God
leads to full, conscious, active participation in the liturgical life of the Church
creates a climate of prayer and nurtures a faith that is expressd in prayer.

St. Vincent de Paul Project

Live Stations of the Cross

Kindergarten Buddy Gardent Project