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Mrs. Kliewer's 4/5 Classroom |
| I have been teaching at WACO since 1997. I received a BA in education from Goshen College and have since taken several graduate courses. Here is a look at the curriculm covered in my classroom. |
Reading |
Get ready to enjoy a variety of literature: novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction!
Tested Target Reading Skills
Author's Purpose
Cause and Effect
Character
Compare and Contrast
Context Clues
Drawing Conclusions
Fact and Opinion
Generalizing
Graphic Sources
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Making Judgments
Paraphrasing
Plot
Sequence
Setting
Steps in a Process
Summarizing
Text Structure
Theme
Visualizing
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Language Arts |
Writing
Students will be working on a variety of writing projects this year. The 6 Traits of Writing will drive our classroom conversations about student writing. The traits provide consistent language to describe what writers really do as they draft, revise, and edit. The traits are:
*Ideas: the meaning and development of the message
*Organization: the internal structure of the piece
*Voice: the way the writer brings the topic to life
*Word Choice: the specific vocabulary the writer use to convey meaning
*Sentence Fluency: the way the words and phrases flow throughout the text
*Conventions: the mechanical correctness of the piece
Grammar
Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Mailcarriers - WATCH OUT!
We are always on the look out for "Grammar Goofs"--mistakes in grammar usage, spelling, or puctuation. Students bring in the examples so we can discuss the mistakes to further our learning.
We will be studying parts of speech, punctuation, subject/verb agreement and much more.
Spelling
Instruction will foucs on a variety of spelling patterns throughout the year. Through examination of these patterns, it is my hope that students will be able to learn how to apply these patterns when writing other words as well.
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Math |
| In fourth and fifth grade math, students build and deepen their knowledge and ability to work with numbers. Place value, basic operations, working with decimals, fractions, measurement, probablity, and graphing are some of the areas of study. |
Social Studies |
Our social studies curriculm focuses on the United States. Students gain background knowledge of our country by studying the regions of the United States and what makes them unique. Our focus then shifts to the history of our nation from the first Americans to the Civil War.
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Science |
| Throughout our two year curriculm, Mr. Lehman will work with students to explore a variety of interesting Earth, physical and life science topics. Using FOSS science kits students will conduct a wide range of experiments in order to learn about variables, evnironments, microscopes, the water cyle, mixtures and solutions and much more. |
