Room 16 — Saija Alanen

Fourth Grade

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Goals for the School Year

I would like all the children in Room 16 to experience a positive learning situation in which they can flourish.

Classroom Schedule

Mornings

• Pledge, roll and introductory activity
• Language Arts-writing, phonics, spelling, language
• Reading-large and small groups, literature selections, novels
• Math-basic skills, manipulatives and hands on activities
• Daily Oral Language
• Daily Math Problem
• Problem Solving to Math

Afternoons

• Sustained Reading
• Social Studies
• Novel Reading
• Computers
• Science
• Cursive writing
• Art, P.E., Music & Library
• Life Skills

Homework Expectations and Procedures

Homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday and will be approximately 30 minutes of some reading, math, language, or spelling.

Monthly Themes

• Government and Economics
• Physical Land Forms
• Maps
• Native Americans
• Early Settlers
• Poetry Unit
• Life Skills

Field Trips

Field trips and assemblies are planned throughout the year. Parents are welcome!