Fantastic Fourth Grade: May 2017

Friday, May 19, 2017

Monday Movie Day

Monday will be a movie day, to celebrate our year together and being AWESOME. Our Students truly deserve if after all of their hard work in 4th grade. Please feel free to donate snacks for the whole class, we will eat anything that is donated. I will provide popcorn, water, and carpi sun. Students may also choose to bring a blanket, pillow, and stuffed animal, as long as it fits into their backpack. Student will also need to WEAR STANDARD ATTIRE. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Field Day

Due to there being an 80% chance of rain on Friday, we are moving 3 – 5 field day to next Wednesday, May 17^th. If you would like to volunteer for field day, please sign up at this link http://signup.com/go/DWaYkFu

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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