Open house2014

Welcometo Open House!

Ms. Snyder – Reading and Language Arts

Ms. Slocumb – Math and Science

Ms. Blackburn

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GradingGrading Scale 100%-90%= A, 89%-80%= B, 79%-70%=C, 69%-60%= D, 59%-0%=F

Grades: Grades are made up of a combination of class work, homework, quizzes and test grades.

Assessments: Tests are always announced ahead of time. There will be a weekly spelling test, given on Friday, covering the words the students get on Monday. A timed multiplication test is given every Friday as well as a reading test covering the current story in Reader’s Workshop. Math Investigations, Science and Social Studies tests are given upon completion of the unit.

Parent Portal: Grades will be updated weekly. This is your best tool for checking your child’s progress.

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Classroom Policies

Absences/Tardies/Early Dismissals: Our lessons are planned until 2:55 each day, please attempt to make all appointments at a time where your child can be at school as long as possible each day. If your child is absent or tardy, please ensure that you send in a note to excuse their absence. We will keep all notes in your child’s file. Duval County does have an attendance policy that you can find in the student Code of Conduct as well as on the county website. Excessive absences will be contacted by the Truancy Office.

Homework: Students will have homework every night except Friday. There will be occasions where they may have a project that requires them to work on it during the weekend. After finishing their homework students should study for upcoming tests. Homework is due as indicated by each teacher.

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CommunicationAgendas: We will record their daily conduct grade and make notes regarding outstanding or in some cases, inappropriate behavior. This is our primary source of communication for homework assignments & behavior issues and is very useful if used effectively. Please check and sign your child’s agenda each night. Classroom news and updates will be emailed on a bi-weekly basis. We will also utilize Remind to communicate. We have printed instructions for you to take with you so that you may join.

Conferences

Conferences are held before or after school with a 24 hour notice. Please avoid conference requests for Monday mornings and Friday afternoons.

“Drop-in” conferences are not an effective method of communicating with your child’s teachers.

Conferences can be scheduled by phone, email or by writing a note in your child’s agenda.

Clip Chart

Discipline: Our school currently utilizes the “Clip Chart”. The clip chart is color coded with various important words found in a specific  color. STAR STUDENT is red, EXCELLENT DAY is orange, GOOD JOB is yellow, READY TO LEARN is green, MAKE BETTER CHOICES is blue, TEACHER CHOICE is purple, and PARENT CONTACT is pink. At the beginning of every day all students start in the middle of the chart on green, “Ready to Learn”. Each child has a clothes pin with his/her name which is clipped to the color green. Throughout the day children can move up or down the clip chart according to the child’s behavior. At the end of the day, the color that your child’s clip is on, is the behavior grade for the day

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One Million Word Challenge!1 Million Word Reading Challenge: One of the standards for each child in 4th grade is that they read 1 million words, that equals about 25 books over the year with 125 pages = 1 book. We will have a Reading Celebration at the end of the year to reward all of the students who have meet this goal. 25 books must be read by May 15th in order for the student to attend the Reading Celebration. The books need to be logged monthly with the Monthly Book Log. Ms. Snyder has a bulletin board in her room dedicated to logging and keeping track of the books read by each student. When each student reaches their 25 book goal, Ms. Snyder will also award them a a special prize! So keep logging those books! The top reader in each class will also earn a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble!

Science Fair

Begin thinking about your Science Fair project now! October 16th Science Night - class projects due and displayed.~October 20th information packets go home with the students.October 20th students start their projects.~December 8th student projects are due.~December 11th judging.

Math Content multiplication- recall of facts to 12’s; factors and multiplesdivision- including with remaindersfractions- equivalent fractions; conversion to/from decimal and percentarea and volumealgebra- patterns, rules, and variables

New to 4th Grade:Multiply a fraction by a whole number Conversions of measurements within the same systemAngles and angle measurements

Examples similar to new testing items:

Choose all possible answers:A store owner needs a rug with an area of at least 420 square feet. Select all the sizes of rugs the store owner could choose.o 40 feet x 20 feeto 60 feet x 7 feeto 70 feet x 6 feeto 4 feet x 20 feeto 20 feet x 4 feet

What is 1,356 divided by 3?

Gretchen is baking pies. She needs 1/4 cup of butter for each pie. One stick of butter is 1/2 cup.How many sticks of butter does Gretchen need to make 4 pies?

Allison wrote down a decimal number that is greater than 0.58 but less than 0.62. What is one number Allison could have written down?

Field TripsDate TBD – MOSH “Energize Me”

Date TBD – The Jacksonville ZooDate TBD – Florida History trip (possibly Ft. Clinch, Kingsley Plantation and/or

St. Augustine)

All parent chaperones must have current volunteer card.

T-shirt order forms have been sent home. Parents may also order. Be sure to include sizes.

PTA

If you have not joined PTA, please take a moment to do so. The cost is $7 and it helps pay for many extras that are needed in the classroom. The first class to reach 100% membership will earn a prize from PTA. Thank you for your support!

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Q&A

Any questions?

Email: Ms. Snyder- [email protected] Ms. Slocumb- [email protected] Ms. Blackburn- [email protected] Telephone: Ms. Snyder- 696-8758 ext 176 Ms. Slocumb- 696-8758 ext 175 Ms. Blackburn- 696-8758 ext 178