Schedule
Homeroom: 8:05-8:10
Language Arts: 8:13-9:52
In daily reading instruction students are asked, both in discussion and through short and longer-answer written responses, to answer text-dependent literal, evaluative and inferential questions about literary and informational texts. Student's will be reading both fictional and non-fictional texts. Writing instruction is integrated with reading instruction, and varies from rapid daily writing (e.g. in journals) to single-sitting writing prompts, to long projects taught and implemented over multiple sittings.
Special: 9:55-10:43
Math: 10:46-11:34
-Daily Mad Minutes Multiplication to strengthen rapid recall of frequently used math facts. We will incorporate division later
in the year and supplement with addition and subtraction as needed.
-Visual Learning Smartboard activity to introduce the teaching point of the day
-Students will then work through 4 stations: Teacher Time, Hands On, At Your Seat & Math Practice
-Class will end with an Exit Ticket Journal to show understanding of the day's skills/concepts
Social Studies or Science:11:37-11:34
-Map Skills
-New Jersey's: regions, history, symbols, early settlers, through the Revolutionary War
Science:
-Next Generation Science Standards/CCSS for 4th Grade including Earth Science, Life Science, & Physical Science
-Ex: rock formations, fossils, weathering, natural resources, plants & animals, forms of energy