Karen Ruggles

WELCOME TO THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR! Thank you for checking in on our classroom website. This website will provide information for upcoming events, assignments, and important happenings in our classroom.

 

Please join our classroom REMIND by texting 81010 with the message @4e84d4

This is for both Block 1 & Block 2 

 

E-LEARNING

In the event of extreme weather that does not allow in-person instruction, (or any other reason the building is shut down) our district has established an E-Learning Plan that will enable us to continue our instruction.  This will be considered a regular school day where we will meet with our students through Microsoft Teams on their laptops/devices.  This is the same schedule as when we were Remote Teaching as a district in the past.  Attendance will be taken each morning at 9:00AM.  Please follow normal procedures and communicate with our front office if your child will not attend school remotely that day.
 
Below, families can find the 4th Grade schedule for Remote Learning.  It's a mixture of direct instruction, independent work, breaks, lunch and PE/specials classes. 

Mrs. Ruggles E-Learning

Time 

Area of Focus 

Delivery 

9:05-9:10  

Homeroom – Pledge and Attendance 

Teams Meet with HR Teacher 

9:10 – 9:20 

Review of schedule, overview of day, instructions for day’s independent work 

Teams Meet with HR Teacher 

9:20 – 10:20 

Block 1 Direct Instruction 

Teams Meet Block 1 Teacher  

60 Minutes 

10:20 – 10:50 

ELA Block 1 SWI  

 

 

Math Block 1 Independent/ small group instruction time 

Teams Meet for SWI for ELA teachers 

 

Teams Meet for Math teachers  

10:50 – 11:20 

PE 

Video and Follow Up Lessons on PE Teacher’s Webpage  

 

11:20 - 11:50  

Encore 

Video and Follow Up Lessons on Encore Teacher’s Webpage 

 

11:50 – 12:20 

Science/SS 

Independent Student Work 

12:20 – 1:00 

Lunch 

 

1:00 – 2:00 

Block 2 Direct Instruction 

Teams Meet with Block 2 Teacher 60 Minutes 

 

 

2:00 – 2:30 

ELA Block 2 SWI  

 

Math Block 2 Independent/ small group work 

 

Teams Meet with Block 2 Teacher 30 Minutes 

 

2:30 – 3:30 

Math Small group instruction 

 

ELA Small group instruction    

 

 

Teams Meet – Teachers on Teams 

Quarter 1 Curriculum

First Quarter Curriculum

🧮 Math:

Math - Eureka Module 1: 

Throughout this unit, students will extend their work with whole numbers. They begin with large numbers using familiar units (hundreds and thousands) and develop their understanding of millions by building knowledge of the pattern of times ten in the base ten system on the place value chart (4.NBT.1). They recognize that each sequence of three digits is read as hundreds, tens, and ones followed by the naming of the corresponding base thousand unit (thousand, million, billion). 

 

 

🧪Science:

Science - The Birth of Rocks:  

We will kick off the year with “The Birth of Rocks”! In this unit, students investigate features and processes of the Earth’s surface. Students explore the rapid process of volcanic eruptions! In contrast, students also explore the gradual Earth processes of weathering and erosion. Students apply their knowledge and design solutions to mitigate the impacts of these processes on humans.  

Throughout our unit, we will explore the following mysteries…  

Mystery 1: Could a volcano pop up where you live?  

Mystery 1: Why do some volcanoes explode?  

Mystery 3: Will a mountain last forever?  

Mystery 4: How could you survive a landslide?  

 

🌎Social Studies:

Social Studies - Northeast Region   

We will be exploring the culture and geography of the Northeast region of the United States.  Throughout our unit, we will be reading informational texts and also studying the locations of these states, identifying the capitals, and memorizing the abbreviations.  At the end of the unit, students will be tested on the locations, capitals, and abbreviations of the Northeast states.

 

* Social Studies and Science share the same scheduled time in our day, so we switch halfway through the quarter. 

 

 Encore classes: 

Quarter 1 Music 

Quarter 2 Art

Quarter 3 Spanish

Quarter 4 Stem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Important Dates

8/21- 8:30-10:00 Meet and Greet at Chelsea
8/22- First Day of School!  Full Day
8/30- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05
9/2- Holiday; No School
9/5- Curriculum Night Chelsea; 5:30-7:00
9/9- Picture Day
10/11- Teacher Institute- No School
10/14- Holiday; No School
10/21- Picture Retakes
10/31- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05; Fall Party 11-11:45
11/5- Holiday; No School
11/22- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05
11/25-11/26- Parent Teacher Conferences- No School
11/27-11/29- Holiday; No School
12/20- Early Release Day 2:25; Winter Party 1:25-2:25
12/21-1/5- Winter Break; No School
1/6- Teacher Institute; No School
1/20- Holiday; No School 
2/14- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05; Valentine's Party 11-11:45
2/17- Holiday; No School
3/28- Early Release Day 2:25
3/29-4/6- Spring Break; No School
4/18- Holiday; No School
4/21- Non-attendance day; No School 
5/23- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05
5/26- Holiday; No School
6/3- Last Day of School; Early dismissal 12:05