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			Welcome to Fourth Grade Room 112 Schedule 7:30-7:40 Morning Check-in/Breakfast 7:40-8:10 Morning Meeting 8:10-10:00 Language Arts/Daily 5 Cafe 10:00-10:20 Math Review and Practice/Preview 10:20-11:00 Lunch/Recess 11:00-11:20 Quiet Choice 11:20-12:30 Math/Guided Math 12:30-1:20 United Arts 1:20-2:00 Unit Study 2:00-2:15 Planners/PM meeting 2:15 Dismissal Responsive Classroom Introducing the Responsive Classroom® Approach The Responsive Classroom (RC) is an approach to teaching and learning that fosters safe, challenging, and joyful classrooms and schools, kindergarten through eighth grade. Developed by classroom teachers, it consists of practical strategies for bringing together social and academic learning throughout the school day. Since 1981, thousands of classroom teachers and hundreds of schools have used the Responsive Classroom approach to help create learning environments where children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. In urban, rural, and suburban settings nationwide, educators using these strategies report increases in student investment, responsibility, and learning, and decreases in problem behaviors. The Responsive Classroom approach is informed by the work of many great educational theorists (see Research Articles supporting RC) as well as the experiences of exemplary classroom teachers. There are seven basic principles underlying this approach: • The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum. • How children learn is as important as what they learn. • The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction. • There is a specific set of social skills that children need in order to be successful academically and socially. • Knowing the children we teach individually, culturally, and developmentally is as important as knowing the content we teach. • Knowing the parents of the children we teach is important to knowing the children. • How the adults at school work together to accomplish their mission is as important as individual competence. Classroom Practices At the heart of the Responsive Classroom approach are ten classroom practices: Morning Meeting – gathering as a whole class each morning to greet one another, share news, and warm up for the day ahead Rule Creation – helping students create classroom rules to ensure an environment that allows all class members to meet their learning goals Interactive Modeling – teaching children to notice and internalize expected behaviors through a unique modeling technique Positive Teacher Language – using words and tone as a tool to promote children's active learning, sense of community, and self-discipline Logical Consequences – responding to misbehavior in ways that allow children to fix and learn from their mistakes while preserving their dignity Guided Discovery – introducing classroom materials using a format that encourages independence, creativity, and responsibility Academic Choice – increasing student motivation by differentiating instruction and regularly allowing students teacher-structured choices in their work Classroom Organization – setting up the room in ways that encourage students' independence, cooperation, and productivity Working with Families – creating avenues for hearing parents' insights and helping them understand the school's teaching approaches Collaborative Problem Solving – using conferencing, role playing, and other strategies to resolve problems with students Social and academic learning are inextricably connected. Building a strong foundation in positive social skills sets the stage for academic learning. Teachers and students must work together to establish routines, rules, and guidelines for behavior that make their classrooms great environments for academic learning and social growth. Information taken from: http://originsonline.org/rc_index.php
						My Links Earth Materials earth materials vocabulary Word Masters 2 Dictionary Thesaurus Wordmasters Practice (new) Wordmasters-Synonyms/Antonyms Mrs. Dvorak's Webpage Analagies for Wordmasters wordle Upcoming Dates and Info **Each week Thursday your child will bring home a yellow reading activity sheet. The sheet is to be read and completed with a parent or guardian and returned the following Thursday.**
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