4th Grade

1
Welcome

• 4th Grade
• Parent-Teacher Orientation

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Who We Are

• Team 1 Amanda Burton, Natalie Roddy, Susannah
  Grumbles
• Burton-math and social studies
• Roddy-reading and science
• Grumbles-writing, language, and spelling
• Team 2 Holly Houser, Stacy Klaus, Vanessa
  Holmes
• Houser-math and social studies
• Klaus-reading and science
• Holmes-writing, language, and spelling

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Communication

• E-mail Us
• hhouser_at_g-pisd.org sklaus_at_g-pisd.org
• aburton_at_g-pisd.org nroddy_at_g-pisd.org
• vholmes_at_g-pisd.org sgrumbles_at_g-pisd.o
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• Comments section of Homework Folder
• Call for a Conference
• 777-4045

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Important Folders

• Nightly Homework Folder
• Assignments will be discussed several times
  throughout the date
• Children are responsible for writing down their
  assignments
• Folders need to be reviewed nightly
• Folders will be checked daily

• Tuesday Take Home Folder
• Graded assignments will be placed in this folder
• Review graded work
• If failing, sign and return
• Papers with a 70 or higher can be removed
• Folder needs to be signed and returned Wednesday

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Homework

• Unfinished Classwork
• Any unfinished classwork will become homework
• Math Homework
• Will be given 3 nights a week. Monday and
  Tuesday night will be a Drops and Wednesday will
  be a word problem.
• Reading
• Read 30 minutes nightly
• Spelling
• Study words

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STAAR

• 4th Grade has 3 STAAR Tests
• Writing 2 Day Test with 2 Compositions
• Math 4 hour test
• Reading 4 hour test
• Test will be more strenuous than TAKS
• Scores will not be used for accountability.
• NOT A STUDENT SUCCESS INITITIVE YEAR

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Conduct

• Daily Grid Documentation Sheet

Make-Up Memo

• Per the student hand book, your child has one day
  per day absent to make up missing assignments.

8
Tutorials

• Will begin September 20th
• Monday-Language Arts
• Tuesday-Reading
• Thursday-Math

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Volunteer Information

• Please visit the office to become an approved
  volunteer for GPISD.
• You MUST have a background check on file in order
  to attend field trips or be a classroom
  volunteer.
• Background check must be renewed each year.
• Must be an approved volunteer for
• Field trips
• Classroom parties
• Volunteering on campus(reading to students, etc.)