Fantastic Fourth Grade: Parent Teacher Conference Week

Monday, October 17, 2016

Parent Teacher Conference Week

Dear Parents,

This week is Parent-Teacher Conference week. I wanted to give you a few reminders and information to help our conferences run as smoothly as possible.

This week, we will dismiss 2 hours earlier then usual. Please make arrangements to make sure that your child is picked up as needed
Each conference is 20 minutes long. I have back to back conferences everyday, and I will not be able to go over our allotted time. Please arrive on time, so that we can have the full 20 minute session.
Students are encouraged to attend the conference, but they do not have to.
The day before your conference, you will receive a reminder in your child's agenda for your date and time.
If you are unsure of your conference time, please contact me.

I look forward to meeting with each of you this week, to discuss your child's progress this past 9 weeks.

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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