Welcome to

Curriculum
Night

Mrs. Daneke STEM

Teacher
New York native
Buffalo and Fredonia State College
Teaching Experience (11th year)
Married with 2 beautiful kids
Andie and Will

Mrs. Alvarez
STEM Teacher

Grew up in Southern California

California State University Los Angeles
Masters in Curriculum and Instruction
17 year teaching experience
2 wonderful kids

Love to travel

Mrs. Kreitner
Born and raised in Charlotte, North
Carolina
Earned my undergraduate and graduate
degrees from the University of Georgia
10th year teaching
I have a beautiful daughter (Whoot!
Whoot! Shes a senior!) and triplet boys
One lovable four legged baby - Nikko

Mrs. Sieg
Born in Philadelphia
Earned undergrad from Syracuse University
and masters from Georgia Southern
7 years teaching experience, 3 of which have
been here at Ocee
Lacrosse coach at a local high school

Ms. Kemp
Grew up in Johns Creek, Georgia and a graduate of
Fulton County Schools.
Started career at Ocee as long term sub in 4th grade,
taught kindergarten for 4 years, and now Im back in 4th
grade.
Newly engaged ---- getting married next June!
Mom to 2 cats and 2 dogs.
I enjoy traveling, shopping, and reading.

Mrs. Daspit

3rd year teaching 4th grade

Humanities/Math teacher
From south Georgia

Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgia

Southern University
Proud chiweenie mom

Mrs. ONeill
Born and raised in Georgia
Graduated from UGA
First a teacher, then CST, then back to a teacher
18 years of experience
Enjoy photography, reading and spending time with
family
- I have 2 awesome boys Evan and Drew

Teacher E-mails
E-mail is the quickest and easiest way to
communicate with teachers.

alvarezm@fultonschools.org
daneke@fultonschools.org
daspitt@fultonschools.org
kemplm@fultonschools.org
kreitnere@fultonschools.org
oneillj@fultonschools.org
siegh@fultonschools.org
Please make sure to check your
e-mail weekly for updates!

Our Daily Schedule

7:10
7:40
7:45
8:15
10:30
10:50
11:30
12:15
2:15

Arrival & Morning Work

Otter Talk
Team Time
Block 1 (Math/Sci or RLA/SS)
Recess
11:28 Lunch
Specials
Block 2 (Math/Sci or RLA/SS)
Dismissal

Team Time
Takes place every Tues-Thurs
Students receive enrichment or remediation
in small group
Utilize assessments, class performance,
and/or Quick Checks to determine groups
Grouping is fluid and ever-changing
depending on performance/mastery of skills

Communication
Stayed informed and
Sign AGENDA daily
Sign and review Thursday Papers
Check Class Dojo for daily updates
Check teacher web sites if available

Class Dojo
Is a behavior management system that allows teachers
to givestudents positive feedbackfor any skill or school
value, like Working Hard and Being Respectful.
Students earn points and feel a sense of accomplishment
and pride in their behavior/work
Easy to manage and provides quick feedback to parents
regarding student conduct
Teachers & parents can easily message each other

Rewards
Will vary by teacher
Dojo Points
Raffles
Fun Friday
Classroom Perks

Other Behavior
Models
Otter Matrix
Love & Logic
Bucket Fillers

Growth Mindset

Don't Say

Do Say

I'm so stupid.

What am I missing?

I'm awesome at this.

I seem to be on the right track.

I just cant do math.

Im going to train my brain in

math.

This is too hard.

This is going to take some

time.

Shes so smart, she makes me Im going to figure out how

sick.
shes doing it.
Its fine the way it is, and
yours isnt any better.

Thats an interesting idea for

improvement.

https://www.mindsetkit.org/growth-mindset-parents/learnabout-growth-mindset/what-is-growth-mindset-parents

Transportation Updates
Please send in a note if there is a
change in transportation
Please make sure your child is on time
every day we start promptly at
7:40

Oh No! My child is sick.

Send in a hand written note within 3
days
No e-mails accepted
Make us aware of any contagious
illness (strep, chicken pox, etc.)

Block Schedules

4th Grade is now departmentalized (STEM/Humanities)

Schools that departmentalize provide instruction according to subject

area

STEM = Math/Science/ Health

Humanities = Reading/Language Arts/Social Studies

All teachers will ensure that all students write across all disciplines

Students attend specials, recess and lunch with homeroom

There is a possibility that students may change blocks throughout the

year.

HUMANITIES - ELA
Reading
Good Habits, Great Readers
Novel Studies
Writing/Grammar Lucy Calkins
Small Groups-Balanced Literacy
Fluency (benchmark 120 wpm)
Cold Reads
True measure of comprehension and
practice of reading strategies

Social Studies Curriculum

Units of Study
Native Americans
Explorers
Colonization
American Revolution
Early Government
Westward Expansion
Economics
Geography throughout
All information can be found in the SS
notebook or in SS section of binder. The
notebook should come home every night.

It All Adds Up in Math

Textbook McGraw Hill

Ready Common Core

Multiplication Facts-Timed Tests

Quick Check - math quizzes

Standards based quizzes

Math Notebooks (in binder)

Math Units
1.

Whole Numbers/Place Value/Rounding

2.

Multiplication and Division

3.

Equivalent Fractions

4.

Operations with Fractions

5.

Fractions and Decimals

6.

Geometry (2D)

7.

Measurement

Science Curriculum
Units of Study
Water & Weather
Space
Light and Sound
Forces of Motion & Simple Machines
Organisms and Ecosystems
Science Fair

All notes/information in
science notebook or in binder

Stay Healthy
Health units rotate between science units.

Topics include:
Stress Management
Friendship Issues
Drugs and Alcohol
Healthy Eating
Communicable Diseases
Communities

Making the Grade

Grading Scale
A
B
C
F

90-100
80-89
70-79
69-below

What it worth?
Test: 40%
Quiz/Projects: 30%
Classwork: 30%

Whats for
Homework?
Homework is assigned M - Th
Monday Science
Tuesday Social Studies
Math & Reading will be assigned Monday
Thursday
HW should not take more than 40 mins to
complete every night and it is NOT graded.

What Homework?
Responsibility Notes are earned by students
for missing homework
Students must complete assignment by
Friday
Please sign and return RNs attached to
missing assignment
Students will make-up work on Friday during
Fun Friday (15 mins.) if assignment is not
complete

Thursday Papers
Graded papers go home weekly
STEM and Humanities will rotate weeks
Failed assignments will come home each week
Please sign cover sheet attached and return all
papers on Friday.
Check cover sheet for comments/updates
Remind your child to return all papers

Math Mania
Small group math assistance
Math teachers will typically send students who
need additional help with
Homework
Skills
Lesson Review
Lesson Preview
All students are welcomed!

Daily from 7:10 7:40

PTA Rocks!
Our goal is 100% class participation
PTA sponsors several events and learning

opportunities throughout year for your children

No fund raising!
One-time only membership drive for all programs
Forms available at front office

Accelerated
Reader
AR is not required, but highly recommended
Students take AR tests on novels and books they
have read in the classroom
AR is web-based so students have access to
more book titles
Students can also take test on read-alouds
All Star Award and breakfast for top readers

Hows my child
doing?
- Conferences will start in September and continue through

October
- Please sign-up with homeroom teachers via Sign-up Genius. A

link to sign up will be sent from the homeroom teacher by

tomorrow.
- All teachers will collaborate to complete all conference forms
- Conferences can always be requested by teacher and/or parent

Thank you for coming

to Curriculum Night!
Please remember to check
your e-mail/Dojo messages for the link to
Sign-Up Genius for conferences.

Grand Finale
Please see your homeroom
teacher to verify
personal information.