1. Welcome to Back to School Night! Please find your child’s desk and leave them a word of encouragement on the note card!

2. A Little About Me La Costa Meadows Alumni Liberal Studies/Teaching Credential and Elementary Education Masters of Education 11th Year Teaching, 6th Year at LCM

3. 4 th Grade Curriculum Language Arts- Common Core based; done whole group and in small reading groups Math- Common Core based; done in small and whole group Writing- Opinion, Narrative, and Expository/Summary. Science- Ecosystems, Electricity and Magnetism, and Geology S.S.- California History

4. Stretching our Minds Beyond Room 29 I Wonder… Wonderopolis (Inquiry Learning) CNN Student News What's happening in the world?

5. 4 th Grade Homework Homework will be given each Monday-Thursday. All assignments will be given for the purpose to reinforce what we are learning in class. Homework should NOT take more than 30 minutes plus additional time for independent reading. If your child is spending more than this amount of time on his/her homework, please contact me via email or phone call. A note from you explaining why homework is incomplete will prevent your child from being penalized. Please check your child’s assignment notebook nightly. This is another great tool for communicating with me. I would like you to please sign the assignment notebook each day during the week.

6. H.A.M

7. Classroom Management Do the right thing…The Dolphin Way! Do Your Best Work Help Others Succeed Respect Your School Rewards Praise Fantastic Day Note/Call Home Lillie Cash, and tickets Consequences 1st Offence = Warning 2nd Offence = Warning card 3rd Offence = Responsibility Room 4 th Offence = Trip to the office **Severity Clause - Straight to Principal**

8. Our Classroom Economy Students will have a job that will pay weekly every few weeks. They will also be paid weekly for coming to school and being responsible for their homework and classwork. They can also earn money for good behavior. They can be fined for poor behavior. The will be able to buy different privileges with their money.

9. Grades All tests/quizzes will be given a 4, 3, 2, or 1. All other work will be marked with the following: + Excellent + Above and Beyond Assignment Completed Correctly - Work is below expectations - Incomplete/Unacceptable Work

10. Daily Schedule Math8:45 - 10:00/10:30 Science/Social Studies Non-Fiction Reading 10:00/10:30 - 11:10 Recess11:10 - 11:30 DiRT11:30 - 12:00 Writing/Language Arts PE/Science/Garden Music 12:00 - 12:50 Lunch12:50 - 1:35 Writing/ Language Arts/Fiction Reading 1:35 - 2:45 Silent Reading and Packing Up 2:45 - 3:10

11. Pullout Schedule On Monday we will have music and science garden (alternating) from 12:10- 12:50 Tuesday, Friday, and every other Wednesday we have PE from 12:10-12:50 Thursday we have library.  9:00-9:30

12. Dolphin Envelopes Please, please, please check your child's Dolphin envelope every Wednesday. There is an enormous amount of information that can be found in there. Important information from the school Information from the class Graded assignments Opportunities to redo work

13. Technology Room 29 is going green! o Weekly News will be emailed home weekly o Most notes will be e-mailed or e-blasted (be sure to register) o One-to-One iPad projects and daily activities oDream Box, Ten Marks, Big Universe, Word Processing

14. Important Reminders Register with on the LCM website SMUSD Wellness policy…NO food for birthdays!! Please return all papers as soon as possible.

15. Birthday Celebrations While I LOVE celebrating birthdays, we have a strict Wellness Policy that includes limited treats for students. Please be considerate of this when it is your child’s birthday! Some options besides food include: birthday book donation (to LCM’s library or our class library) Pencils Popcorn

16. College Wednesdays-wear college t-shirt or colors Focus on what it means to be college ready Talk about different colleges and what is unique about each one Getting students excited about going to college! LCM College Days

17. Calling all Volunteers In Class:  Reading- Literature Circles and reading work  Math- Reviewing Pretest, tests and test one on one with students.  Library- Escort the class to library and stay with them during library time  Science Garden- Escort the class to Science Garden and stay with them in the garden  Music- Escort the class to music and stay with them during music time  Art Docent  Dolphin envelopes  AR and Running club help Behind the Scenes:  Copying  At home grading- Mostly tests  Prep materials  Paparazzi - to help make sure we get photos in the yearbook  Room Parent(s)