Fantastic Fourth Grade: Announcements

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Announcements

Smyrna Area Art Show Contestants

I just wanted to let you know that some of our wonderful students have been selected to be in a Smyrna Area Art Show! The Smyrna Area Art Teachers, Smyrna Education Foundation, Wave of Excellence-Smyrna City Schools, and Smyrna Arts and Cultural Council are celebrating the artistic talent of the following students in our class:

Amari Ned
Jayasurya Parupalli

The opening night will be Thursday March 10 between 7pm and 9pm at the Smyrna Community Center (lower level). There will be a silent auction to benefit all City of Smyrna Schools, and refreshments will be served. I am so incredibly proud to have these two wonderful students represent our class!

Lost and Found

On another note, our Lost and Found is overflowing!! All items not claimed by Friday, March 4 will be donated to a local charity. Please have your child check it for any lost items before that date. Thank you.

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Grading Scale

The grading scale for 4th grade and beyond is as follows:

(A) 90-100

(B) 80-89

(D) 70-73

(F) 69 and below

Please remember to check ParentVUE throughout the week, for updated grades, comments, missing assignments, etc. In the past, your child has been assessed on a standards based report card. In fourth grade, students receive percentages on assignments. These scores are averaged to determine your child's grades. Please be aware there there is no correlation between the standards based report card and the traditional scale. Non-academic factors affect grades, such as participation, attendance, late work, ability to follow and decipher directions, precision to detail, etc. The grades that students receive, starting in 4th grade, will depend upon the degree to which they meet the communicated expectations.

Behavior Colors

In my class, students have the opportunity to move their clips up and down through out the day. All students start on Green, and I consider this positive behavior. Anything green and above, is great behavior and students are rewarded with megabucks which they can use to purchase certain cards. These cards include fun extra activities like being able to take your shoes off in class. Anything below a green is not encouraged, as it means students are needing to be redirected more then once throughout the day. The colors are in the following order.

Pink - Super Student

Purple - Great Job

Blue - Good Choices

Green - Ready to Learn (Students start here)

Yellow - Think About It

Orange - Teacher's Choice

Red - Parent Contact