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Welcome to

Mrs. Lisa Bordner's

4th Grade Classroom

Room 217 Section 4-8

Thanks for visiting! Our classroom consists of twenty-two unique individuals. During this school year we will be learning many new things in all subject areas, working on our social skills, study skills, organizational skills, and work habits. I hope the information that is provided will enlighten you about what we are doing in the classroom.

SCHEDULE FOR SPECIALS

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
Chorus	Gym	Music	Art	Gym	Music

Homework

Friday Folders

Classroom Management

Subjects

Language Arts

Reading: We will be reading many stories this year and further developing reading skills. The Focus Skills this year are narrative element; prefixes, suffixes, and roots; cause and effect; summarizing; locating information; drawing conclusions; comparing/contrasting; main idea and details; sequencing; author's purpose; elements of nonfiction; fact and opinion; and word relationships. Students will also be working on Strategies Good Readers Use. The strategies your children are learning are the following: Use Decoding/Phonics, Make and Confirm Predictions, Create Mental Images, Self-Question; Summarize; Read Ahead; Read to Clarify; Use Context to Confirm Meaning; Use Text Structure and Format; and Adjust Reading Rate.

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: The skills that will be reviewed and/or taught will focus on writing better sentences. Students will work on the parts of speech and punctuation.

Journals: Students write in journals. Journal topics may be related to something we are learning, or may be chosen by the students or teacher. Students are encouraged to apply writing skills, spell correctly, and work on developing ideas and use of details.

Poetry: Students are taught about different forms of poetry. They write poetry and often display their work in the classroom. In addition, all students have a poetry book. In the poetry book students have copies of their poems and poems that we have read in class. At the end of the year each child will have a collection of poems.

Social Studies

Students will be learning about the geography, history and government of Pennsylvania. Mr. McHale teaches this subject.

Math

This year students will be working on problem solving, multiplication, division, measurement,, fractions, decimals, and time. Students should expect to be given homework daily. Students will need to practice their math facts regularly. A timed test will be given once a marking period on addition, subtraction and multiplication facts.

Science

This year we will be learning about subjects in the areas of life science, physical science and earth science. There may be projects assigned throughout the year. Students will always be given detailed information about the projects that will be shared with their parents. Students will be given an ample amount of time to complete the projects.