Welcome to 4th Grade

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Welcome to 4th Grade!!

• Where Learning Isnt Alien

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Exciting Events

• Broeske Bucks
• Quarterly Auctions
• Reading Calendar
• Timed Tests
• Writers Workshop
• Guided Reading
• End of the Quarter Parties

• Class Book
• Chief Astronaut
• School T-Shirts
• Roller Skating Party
• NWEA Testing
• WKCE Testing
• Field Trips
• Butterfly Garden

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School Procedures and Policies

• School Arrival Time between 755 and 805
• Lunch Money collected on Mondays by teachers,
  all other days in office
• Please mark how many tickets you are purchasing
• Dress Code
• Jackets, boots, snow pants, etc. should be
  labeled

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School Procedures and Policies

• Office Procedures
• Absent Students report to office with note from
  parents upon returning for an admit slip
• Notes please turn in to office upon arrival
• Phone calls please call as early as possible
  for changes in childs day
• In case of student absence please let me know if
  you will be picking up homework or if you would
  like it sent home with another child.

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Expectations

• Students are expected to show respect at all
  times
• Students are expected to do their very best
• Students are expected to complete work on time
  and ask for help when needed

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Homework

• Approximately 45 minutes per night
• All work is due the next day unless otherwise
  noted
• Should be handed in upon arrival
• All assignments will be listed in the students
  assignment notebook
• All homework should come home in the black take
  home folder
• Work is sent home even if complete so parents can
  review it with their child and sign assignment
  notebook.
• Students will often get a Weekend Reading
  Assignment which is a chance for an adult to
  listen to their child read a story aloud. A note
  will come home explaining the assignment.
• Students will get ½ off of words that are
  misspelled on vocabulary or other spelling
  assignments.

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Assignment Notebook

• Assignment Notebooks are filled out together
  every night
• Parent/Guardian Please review and check that
  all work is completed before signing each night
• Check for notes and changes in schedule
• Math facts initial each night your child
  practices

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Late Homework

• If an assignment is one day late, the maximum
  grade received is 80
• Each day thereafter will result in a 10 drop in
  the students grade
• If parents or students dont understand the
  assignment, please write a note explaining and I
  will be more than happy to help the next day.

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Corrections

• Corrections must be made on assignments receiving
  grades of 75 or below
• The original grade will remain the same
• Correcting ensures understanding
• Not changing the grade ensures high quality work

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Thursday Folders

• Work from the week will come home for you to look
  at each week in a Thursday Folder
• Please review the work with your child
• Sign the slip and return folder with only the
  yellow slip inside

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Academic Progress Reports/Powerschool

• Powerschool is a new grading program that will be
  launching soon. It will give you the chance to
  check your childs progress via the Internet.
• Grades will be updated every Monday
• Hard copies of progress reports will be sent home
  at the end of the third and sixth week of each
  quarter.
• Report cards will be sent home at the end of each
  quarter (Nine weeks)
• Please review the report with your child, sign
  and return to school

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Weekly Newsletter

• Every Friday students will bring home a schedule
  of the next weeks events and upcoming tests
• A spelling list will also be included
• Please keep this in a safe place so you and your
  child can refer to it throughout the week

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Reading Calendars

• Each month students are given a Reading Calendar.
  We will be focusing on a different genre of
  literature every month. Please be sure your
  child reads at least one book of that particular
  genre. Examples of the different genres will be
  available in our classroom. At the end of each
  month a project will be due often this will be
  completed at school.
• Students are to read for 15 minutes each night
  for at least 20 nights initial each night and
  record the number of minutes spent reading.
  Reading can be done aloud or to themselves
  silently.
• At the end of the month parents should sign the
  calendar and return to school. Students will
  receive Broeske Bucks for every minute they
  spend reading at home.

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Spelling

• Pretests are given on Mondays
• Sheets will be given throughout the week
• Tests will be given on Fridays

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Math Facts

• It is crucial for students to know their basic
  math facts
• Students should practice at least 4 times a week
  initial assignment notebook when your child has
  practiced for 10 minutes
• Timed tests, Peer tutoring and short quizzes will
  be done at school

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Classroom Discipline

• If student behavior disrupts the learning of
  others or is disrespectful, they will receive a
  yellow card
• Further disruptions will result in a red card and
  a note home. Students will spend the next 1000
  a.m. or 200 p.m.recess inside.
• Positive behavior will be reinforced

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Fundraising

• Book Orders
• Scrip
• Market Day
• Book Fairs
• PTO

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Miscellaneous

• Classroom Donations
• Accelerated Reader
• Parent Volunteers
• Testing NWEA and WKCE