Welcome to 4 th Grade. All About Mrs. Adick Born in Atlanta, Georgia Born in Atlanta, Georgia Graduated high school in Michigan. Graduated high school.

Welcome to 4th Grade

All About Mrs. Adick Born in Atlanta, Georgia Graduated high school in Michigan. Graduated in 1999 from John Carroll

University with a BA in Elementary Education.

Obtained my masters degree as a reading specialist from Kent State in 2003.

Taught graduate level courses at John Carroll University.

I have been married 11 years to Jeff Adick, a teacher in South Euclid- Lyndhurst.

I have three daughters Carolyn who is 8 and Sophie is 7 and Gretchen who is 4.

I love reading , being outside with my kids, and watching football.

Curriculum and Schedule

You may go to my website to see a list of the things studied in fourth grade.

Writing and Reading with me. Math with Mrs. Read: Social

Studies with Mrs. Read. Specials run everyday from

9:45-10:45 Lunch/Recess 12:45-1:45

Specials Rotation

Special Rotation Day 1 (Red)

Art Day 2 (Orange)

Library

Guidance Day 3 (Yellow)

Chinese/Spanish

Physical Education

Day 4 (Green)

SSR

Music/Strings Day 5 (Blue)

Physical Education

Chinese/Spanish Day 6 (Purple)

Music/Strings

SSR

Assignments The assignment planner will be

filled out with the class and checked and initialled by me.

Students will have math homework given on a daily basis.

Social Studies/ Science homework assigned on a daily basis

Students will have spelling due each Friday. Tests are every other Friday.

Students must read 60 minutes a week.

Students will be assigned Compass Learning or Ongoing Test Practice each week

Daily Schedule

8:10-8:40- Morning Meeting

8:40-9:40 Writing 9:40-10:40 Specials 10:40-11:40 Reading 11:40-12:40 Math 12:40-1:40

Lunch/Recess

1:40-2:10 Intervention 2:10-3:10

Science/Social Studies

Fridays 8:40-9:40 Specials 9:40-10:40 Writing

Parent Communication

All graded papers will go home on Fridays in the Friday folder.

Email is the best form of communication.

All information is on my class website,

http://www.chagrinschools.org/Adick.aspx

which can be accessed through the school’s web page.

Language Arts“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.”

Paulo Friere

Reading Using Literacy by Design

program Understanding text with

specific strategies Logging books Summarizing

Audience and purpose for reading

Expanding vocabulary Fluency practice

Writing Parts of Speech

Sentences Paragraph

Letter Writing Informational vs. Narrative

Compare/Contrast 6 Traits of Writing (Ideas,

Conventions, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence

Fluency) Research essays

Responsive Classroom

“Whether we’re a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior

or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we’re acceptable, that

our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”

- Fred Rogers

My Contact Information:

Phone: (440) 893-7690, Extension #4252

Email: [email protected]

Questions?