Welcome to our Classroom
Mrs. Strickland’s 4^th Grade

Daily Schedule (subject to adjustments for specials and special events)

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7:45 First bell

7:50 Learning Begins

7:50 Morning Activity (Language Arts & Math Review)and Daily Journal Writing

8:30 Language Arts (English Instruction, Writing, & Spelling)

9:15 Specials (See Schedule below)

9:45 Engineering Math and Math Instruction

11:20 Lunch

12:10 Oral Reading

12:30 Reading (Skill Instruction, Literature groups)

1:30 Social Studies/Science/Health

P.E. - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15-9:45
Multi-Media -Wednesday 9:00-9:45

Art               Fridays (B Week) 9:10-10:10
Music Mondays 9:15-9:45

Special Events

AR Quarterly Rewards

Battle of the Books

Winter Crafts

Jaguar Film Festival

Read-A-Thon

Holiday Celebrations

Egg Drop

Field Trips
Arizona Trail at the Phoenix Zoo
Deer Valley Rock Art Center
Off-campus Plays

Tax Credit

Up to a $300.00 Donation to Jordan School or for Jordan’s

5^th grade. It’s a full tax refund used for extra-curricular activities or

special events/field trips.

Social Studies
Arizona History

Map Skills

Native Americans of Arizona

Mexico

Research and Reference Skills

Science

Water Cycle

Earth Formations

Variables

Energy and Magnetism

Desert Plants, Animals, Adaptation, and Survival

Language Arts

Reading

District adopted text

Literature Studies

Accelerated Reader

Writing and Language

Writing using the Six Traits

Daily Messages (editing)

Word Study

Spelling

Daily Journal Writing

Math

Daily Problem Solving

Newly adopted district curriculum

Engineering Math

Hands-on Math Investigation