Fourth Grade Notes

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Fourth Grade Notes

• Mrs. Cray, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Padgett, Mrs.
  Wexler and Mrs. Rennick

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Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Language Arts Curriculum
• Harcourt Trophies series
• Class sets of Novels
• Reading Renaissance/Accelerated Reader
• ScienceEmphasis on Physical Sciences
• Math Multiplication, Division
• Social Studies
• Early U.S. History leading up to the Civil War

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Reading Renaissance

• Goals based students ZPD range
• Books selected in students reading zones
• Student maintain reading folders
• Goals Recording Sheet sent home weekly
• Double Test Grade for Reading Comprehension each
  9 weeks
• comprehension score
• percent of goal achieved

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Homework

• Red homework folder turned in daily
• Left pocket is for homework, notes, etc.
• Right side is for student, cleaned out weekly
• Bi-weekly assignment sheet in the middle
• Monthly test/project calendar
• Students record homework from board daily
• Homework should never exceed 60 minutes
• Students should read for 30 minutes each day at
  home.

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Organization

• Students should have binders to organize
• All corrected class work
• All corrected homework
• All handouts
• All study notes
• Cleaned out after every unit/chapter

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Absences/Early Dismissal

• Note required explaining absence
• Make-up work can be picked up at the end of the
  day (after 330)
• Students expected to see teacher about make-up
  work
• Long-term absences
• Weeks notice to get lessons together
• Please try to make appointments after 330. We
  teach until 325 every day.

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Classroom Behavior/4th Grade Discipline Plan

• Discipline book signed for
• Not following rules
• Not turning in homework
• First time-warning
• Second time, clip moved to yellow, recess lost,
  action plan written in detention, sent home for
  parent signature
• Third offense on same daynote home, trip to
  office.
• No homework is automatic red light and loss of
  recess.

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Incentives and Rewards

• Star Box/Treasure Box
• 9 Week Treat Parties
• Caught Being Good

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Weekly Conduct Report

• Sign and Return Blue Folders
• Sign Form and Return Papers
• Maintained for 9 weeks
• Includes discipline plan and copy of rules

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Grading Procedure

• A 100-90
• B 89-80
• C 79-73
• D 72-70
• F 69 and below
• Chapter/Unit tests count double
• L.A. Grade 70/20/10
• 10 points off per day for graded assignments
  turned in late (until a grade of 60)

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Progress Reports/Report Cards

• See calendar for dates
• Computer print outs for both
• Sign and return Progress Reports
• Sign and return envelope, keep Report Card
• Reading Renaissance reports sent each time
• Keep for reference

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Field Trips

• Ft. Discovery October 28, 2005
• Augusta Symphony March 13, 2006
• Phinizy Swamp May 2, 3, 2006

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Blue Ridge Calendar

• Monthly On-line school calendar
• http//columbia.county.hosted.webevent.com/
• Upcoming events
• Ask students for notes that may have been sent
• (should be in red homework folder)

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Class Parties

• Fall
• Christmas
• Valentine
• End-of-Year

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Fourth Grade Play

• October 3, 2005
• Famous Early Americans