Hello! I am so excited for this year, we have so many fun and exciting new things planned. If you have had another child in my class before, please know that things will be different this year. I am going to outline some of those here.
Homework:
One of the biggest changes is how we are handling homework. Your student will still have a reading calendar each month. We will start these in September. They will need to read 500 minutes each month for full credit. This is part of their ELA grade.
Math homework will consist of practicing multiplication facts on Xtramath.com each evening. Once they have mastered those 1-12 in 3 seconds or less, they don't have to do that at home anymore. Homework will be any part of their math assignment that they did not finish in class that day.
Late Work:
This year we will be sticking to the school policy for late work in 4th grade. This means that students will lose 25% of their score for each assignment per day that it is late. After 4 days, they will receive 0% for that assignment score, however they do still need to finish it to be able to do things like enrichment or the extra recess we do on Thursday for those students who don't have any missing assignments. This is a pretty big change from how we have done it in the past so please make sure you have the Infinite Campus Parent Portal access so that you are notified if something is marked missing.
This includes assignments that are turned in with no name on them.
4th Grade Essential 44:
This year we don't have typical classroom rules. We have the Essential 44 that we feel will help our students rise to their full potential and set the expectation for school behavior and learning. I will be sharing all of those with you sometime this week, but ask your student about them too. :)
First Day Today!
Today has been amazing! Your kids have done such a good job of paying attention and working hard. I am so excited to see where we go this year, I have a feeling it is going to be one of the best years yet!
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