Payday

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Payday

• Working Together
• The Key to Success in Fourth Grade

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Expectations

• Behavior expectations are established the first
  day of school.

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General Rules

• Work quietly. Do not disturb others who are
  working.
• When the teacher is talking, be quiet and listen.
• Raise your hand and wait to be called on before
  talking.
• Respect your classmates. Treat them with
  kindness in your words and actions.
• Don't hit, kick, or touch anyone with your hands,
  feet, or any other object.
• Always walk in the classroom and halls.

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• Every Friday, your child will bring a progress
  report in their Payday
• Folder. This is a checklist for you to see
  their behavior for the week. This explains their
  pay for the week. This needs to be signed and
  returned with the payday folder.

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• PROGRESS REPORT for week of
• _______Great Week!!!! Showing improvement!
  _____
• Reasons for Losing Pay
• ____Not listening/not following
  directions _____Hall procedures
• ____ Excessive talking _____ Not returning
  Payday Folder/Progress
• ____ Off-task/Out of seat _____ Hands in desk
• ____ Incomplete work _____ Inappropriate
  Language
• ____Interrupting others/preventing others _____
  Attitude
• from learning _____
  Fighting/Physically hurting another child
• ____ Unprepared with supplies/books _____
  Homework
• ____ Behavior in specials (P.E., Art,
  Music) _____ Absent
• ____Late work
  _____ Not keeping hands, feet
  and other objects
• ____Tardy to oneself
• ____Cafeteria Behavior _____ No work turned in

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Payday Folder

• The payday folder is a running bank account of
  the behavior money your child earned for the
  week.
• 0 checkmarks 4 a day
• 1 checkmark per day 3 a day ( 5 minutes from
  recess)
• 2 checkmarks in one day 0 a day (all recess)

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TAX column

• The tax column in the payday folders reflects
  real life. Students must pay 10 for taxes for
  their earnings. We round this number because we
  dont deal with change.

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• Be sure to sign the payday folder and the
  progress report and have your child bring them
  back on Monday for an extra 5.

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Business Day

• Business Day will be scheduled 6 times during the
  year at the end of each six week grading period.
• Each Business Day will have a theme that
  correlates with a unit we have studied in Science
  or Social Studies during the previous six weeks.
• Only students who have earned enough behavior
  money (Scholar Dollars) for the six weeks will be
  allowed to participate in Business Day.

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Business Day Groups

• The students will run their businesses with a
  partner or group. The students are responsible
  for choosing their partners or groups and working
  with them to create a product or service that
  goes with the theme.

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Products/Services

• Students may spend 10 in real money per group on
  supplies for their product or service.
• Products must be created by group members.
• Anyone that does not create a product can be
  hired by a business to work for pay.

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• Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend
  Business Day. However, parents should not be
  helping students run the businesses or giving
  students any extra Scholar Dollars for the
  businesses.

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• Homework Sheet

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Homework Policy

• All unfinished classwork is homework.
• If students fail an assignment (except for tests)
  they may correct it for a 70.
• Homework that is not completed on time will be
  finished at recess.
• Check weekly progress report to see if your child
  has turned in homework.

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Tutoring

• Tutoring time is from 800-830 daily. Students
  will be pulled at the teachers discretion.
• Students are busy during this time even if they
  arent being tutored directly.
• After the writing TAKS is completed, we will have
  before school or after school tutoring. You will
  be notified if your child needs to attend.

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The Writing Program

• What to Expect

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In the BeginningThe Basics

• Parts of Speech
• Sentence Structure
• Punctuation
• Elaboration
• Journal Writing
• Spelling
• Creative Writing Wanted Posters, Movie Reviews,
  Missing Person Report, House for Sale Ad

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Oct. 22Writing Happens Begins

• What is Writing Happens? A program that empowers
  students to create a well elaborated composition
  that contains an introduction, three body
  paragraphs, and a conclusion.

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Regular Daily Schedule

• Monday Plan Sheet (half of the plan sheet is
  completed together as a class).
• Tuesday Half of the rough draft (introduction
  (w/t), all of body paragraph one (w/t), half of
  body paragraph two
• Wednesday All of rough completed with parents
  editing on Weds. night. The conclusion will be
  done together in class.
• Thursday Peer/teacher edit and begin working on
  final copy.
• Friday Fun Friday, extra recess and pop corn
  drawing, for those who finished their daily
  writing assignment.

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What if my child doesnt finish his/her work?

• You will be notified.
• The student will either have a working lunch
  and/or recess or finish their assignment during
  down time in class. (tutorial time, when done
  with classwork)
• The child will lose Fun Friday, pay, and recess.

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Why is the schedule so important?

• Your child will fall behind and will not be able
  to go on with the class to the next section.
• This will help them with time management.
• The TAKS test must be completed in one day. (38
  punctuation questions and a 2 page composition)

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Results

• In the past two years, 99 of our students have
  passed the TAKS test.
• 91 out of 132 students earned Academic
  Recognition in 06-07.
• Students were confident in their writing
  abilities.

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