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Welcome to fourth grade!! It is with pleasure that I welcome your child to our eMINTS classroom. The eMINTS journey began for Marshall Public Schools in 2003 with an initial grant and four elementary teachers who were willing to embrace 180 hours of professional development over two years to enhance Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies. The grant enabled our district to train these elementary teachers and provide them with the technology and tools to establish four eMINTS classrooms at Northwest Elementary, the fourth grade building. The following year, more grant funds became available to provide training to establish four more eMINTS classrooms at fifth grade. In 2006 our district technology committee, with board approval, elected to continue to support the use of technology by providing training to establish all fourth and fifth grade classrooms as eMINTS classrooms. Today, as technology continues to impact our lives, many of the district teachers, K-12, are continuing the commitment of using technology to enhance their teaching on this journey of preparing our students, at Marshall Public Schools, for a technology-rich world.
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will use the computer as a learning tool.
The practice of using Daily Agendas to track assignments continues for your fourth grader, as it has in previous grade levels. Please encourage your child to keep track of their projects and assignments through this Agenda. The Agenda is also a great place for written communication between home and school. Scholar dollars can be earned for parent signatures in Agendas, as well. Included in the front of each Agenda is the elementary handbook which contains many specific guidelines about the daily procedures and expectations at school. A few highlights are listed below for your convenience. To
help make each day as productive as possible please respect
the following: So
just what are we |
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READING |
MATH |
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Read...read....read....read. Reading is so important in everything that we do. Our reading series is called Treasures published by MacMillan/McGraw Hill. This is an integrated curriculum for Communication Arts. We will also spend some of the year with a variety of literature sets ("real" books, as the kids sometimes say) that are leveled. Regardless of the books being used,
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STUDIES & SCIENCE |
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| Many language skills will be imbedded in other subjects. Specifically we will work on:
Spelling lists can be found by following the link in this website and your child should have the word list in their Agenda each week. Our spelling lists are words that are integrated with our reading units. Therefore, we will use those words in a variety of activities and assignments each day. However, your child will benefit greatly from a small amount of daily practice at home each day. A link to Spelling City is provided on the spelling page in this website for a fun way to study. Spelling tests will generally be on Fridays.
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SCHOLAR
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money can be earned for a variety of things including Get
ready to have fun spending for things such as: |
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FISH
PHILOSOPHY |
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As the
year begins and progresses, you will probably be hearing your child
talk about the
fish philosopy. This is a philosophy that the Marshall teachers had
the opportunity to learn about during one of our PLC training days.
Since then, I have been exploring and reading more about this concept
and believe that it will reinforce the "community of respect" philosophy
that is the motto of my classroom world. After filming at
Pike Place Fish several years ago, ChartHouse Learning analyzed hours
and hours of footage to put its collective finger on what made that
workplace so engaging. ChartHouse zeroed in on four essential ideas. These behaviors were not written in the fish market's strategic plan, but Chartouse Learning recognized them as something every one of us can do to be more alive at work, at home, and in the world. Mindful that an idea, like a child, needs its own identity to grow and flourish, ChartHouse named the four practices: -Be There, -Play, -Make Their Day, and -Choose Your Attitude. The Fish Philosophy was born. The Fish Philosophy has been introduced to millions of people around the world through a video called 'FISH!' and a book of the same name. It's a positive, common language that gives individuals and organizations a foundation for building vibrant relationships."
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