BTS Scavenger Hunt

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You will work in groups of 2 or 3 to complete this Back to School Digital Scavenger Hunt. As you explore each topic, make sure you read carefully and take notes on the information that you find! There will be questions along the way that you will have to answer to complete the game, as well as a quiz on the important information at the end so be sure to take good notes!

Back to School

Scavenger Hunt

Classroom Jobs

Your Teacher

Assignments

Your Teacher

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SLANT

Weekly Wrap Up

Community Circle

Your Teacher

Classroom Library

Morning & AfternoonRoutines

Calm Corner/Mindfulness

Special Classes

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Science

Social Studies

Language

Writing

Reading

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Math

Classroom Economy

Classroom Hub

Lockers

Planners

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Desks

Teamwork

Binders

Mailboxes

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Index

Disneyland

Ice cream, iced coffee, and chocolate

Yosemite

All outdoor activities

• Mr. Fischer - Engineering Manager
• Jayden (almost 5!) - Outgoing, adventurous, brave
• Jackson (3) - prankster, silly, determined

Family

Favorites

Hi, 4th Graders! I am SO excited to be your teacher this year. We are going to have a blast learning together and getting to know one another. This is my third year at Andersen and my 11th year teaching overall. I love trying to make learning interactive, fun, and exciting! I hope this year you learn to take risks, be curious, and explore the world around you. It's going to be a great year!Love, Mrs. Fischer

4th Grade Teacher

Mrs. Fischer

Mailboxes

This is where Mrs. Fischer will put anything that you need to take home including flyers, graded tests, and corrected assignments! Every Friday, students should clear out their mailboxes and place all their corrected work in their "Parent Mail" folders (inside their 3-Ring Binders). Things that need to be brought back to school will be placed in the "Return to School" side of the folder. Everything that can be kept at home can be placed on the "Keep at Home" side of the folder.

Mrs. Fischer will conduct random binder checks throughout the year to make sure your binders are organized. Students with neat and organized binders may earn some extra class cash while students with messy and unorganized binders may be fined. :)

Binder Order: 1. Planner 2. Parent Mail folder 3. Tabs for each subject area (reading, language, writing, math (with math notebook behind), social studies, science, Other

Student binders should be taken and brought back to school every day. We will organize them together in class the first time, but it is THE STUDENTS' responsibility to make sure it stays organized throughout the year!

Student Binders

This year students will be put in houses (just like in Harry Potter!). The people in your house will be like your family for a few weeks! Housemates will work together to earn points for fun prizes and rewards throughout the year! You can Earn Points For...

• Following directions
• Working quietly
• Working cooperatively
• Supporting and encouraging others (even those not in their houses!)
• Completing fun challenges with their house teammates!

Click the hat for some fun!

Teamwork

Your desks can be super HELPFUL or super HARMFUL to your learning. Messy desks will make it really hard to find the things you need to learn and participate in class, which is why it's super important that we keep it organized every day! Here are the ONLY supplies that students should have in their desks:

• Student binder
• Student planner
• Independent reading book
• Pencil box (with pencils, erasers, highlighters, post-it notes, etc.)

• Unfinished Work Folder

A Desk Monitor will check desks at the beginning of each day. You can earn class cash for having clean desks and lose class cash for having a messy desk.

Desks

Planner

Each student will receive a school planner that they must bring home each night and bring back to school each morning. In this planner, you will record your nightly homework. If this planner does not work for you, a nightly check-off list can also be used.

• Your locker (same as your student number) is a place to keep all of your bulky items and textbooks. All textbooks should be lined up straight with the spine of the textbook out so things can be seen easily.
• The black magazine file will have your notebooks, clipboard, headphones, and whiteboard materials. They are materials you may need throughout the day!

• If your locker is at the top and it's hard to reach, either ask a friend or use the classroom stool!

Student Lockers

This area will be used frequently throughout the year and every day! Click on the interactive elements to find out more about each part of our "Hub."

CLASSROOM HUB

This year, you'll learn more about:- Place Value - Addition/Subtraction Strategies - Multiplication/Division Strategies - Measurement - Geometry (Angles, Lines, Polygons, Area/Perimeter) - Word Problem-Solving Strategies

"Books are passports to new adventures"

Reading

Writing process

This year, we will review the writing process (plan --> publish). You'll challenge yourself as a writer by writing a variety of different genres including: - narrative - informational/expository - opinion - poetry

Writing

Language includes: - Grammar - Vocabulary - Greek and Latin Roots - Affixes (Prefixes & Suffixes) - Spelling

Language

Grammar

Vocab

Spelling

GLR/Affixes

The main focus of this year's social studies curriculum is California history! First we will look at California's geography, then learn about the European explorers, California Missions Sytems, the Gold Rush, and more!

Social Studies Think like a historian!

This year, MR. Reese will primarily teach science to both 4TH-GRADE classes. You'll learn: Energy - speed, energy transfer, making predictions about energy change, energy conversion Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer - develop a model of waves, develop a model to describe light reflection From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes - plant and animal structures, senses Earth's Place in the Universe - rock formations and fossils Earth's Systems - effects of weathering, rate or erosion, patterns of Earth's features Earth & Human Activity - energy from natural resources and its impact on humans Engineering Design - define a problem, generate possible solutions, plan and carry out tests for improvement

Click each image to learn more!

Special Classes

the calm corner in our classroom is a safe place for students to relax, reset, and be calm. We will talk about our classroom's calm corner over the next few days!

Calm Corner

What's a soft start?

Morning & Afternoon Routines

Classroom Library

Introduction here

Community circle is a time for us to connect, talk about important issues, ask questions, and learn more about each other. In community circle, we sit at the front of the room in a circle, share thoughts and ideas, and even sometimes play quick games. Community circle will happen every morning and most afternoons before we leave for the day.

Community Circle

Your weekly wrap up is a document that gives an overview of your work completion and behavior. Assignments that are missing will be written on the lines provided and if it gets completed throughout the week, Mrs. Fischer will cross it off and initial it. Students who have no missing work at the end of the week, will get to attend Scholar's Club. Students must bring their Weekly Wrap Ups home on Fridays, get it signed by a parent or guardian over the weekend, then return it to school on Monday.

Weekly Wrap Up

Expectations for ALL assignments:

• Neat
• Organized
• Best effort
• Follow directions
• Ask questions when you need help!

Assignments

Apply to your first classroom job here!

Application

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It's all hands in the middle! We all contribute to our classroom environment and help to make sure it is a great place to learn!

Classroom Jobs

Congratulations!

You have completed this year's

Back to School

Scavenger Hunt