1. 4th Grade Parent Flipbook 2016-2017

2. Welcome to 4th Grade!!! We’re going to have a great school year! You’ll have 3 teachers: Mrs. Benham (Math & Science) Mrs. Brooks (Reading, Language, & Writing) Mrs. Holyoak (Social Studies & Intervention/Enrichment)

3. Contact Information Email addresses: ashley.benham@hartselletigers.orgashley.benham@hartselletigers.org tawnya.brooks@hartselletigers.org sharon.holyoak@hartselletigers.org Remind Codes: (Text 81010) Benham- @benmath Brooks- @brooksread Holyoak- @holyoakal School Phone # - (256) 773-9967 / School Fax # - (256) 773-3255

4. Lunch Times 12:06-12:36 Mrs. Benham 12:08-12:38 Mrs. Brooks 12:10-12:40 Mrs. Holyoak We have a special visitor table reserved for all lunch visitors. Please do not sit with the class. No friends will be allowed to sit with you and your child. This will allow for more quality alone time with your child. Feel free to bring your child food, but you must put it in your own containers or sacks not the fast food bag.

5. Helping Hands While it is not mandatory, some parents may want to help the classroom by donating supplies. All donations are greatly appreciated. Here are some supplies that we can always use: -kleenex -white copy paper -ink for our printers -Walmart gift cards -iTunes gift cards (for our classroom iPads)

6. Communication / Conferences COMMUNICATIONS In the front of your child’s binder, there will be a sheet that you must sign indicating you have read all weekly communications, seen the conduct grade, and received any graded papers. This sheet will go home once a week. It needs to be signed and returned the next day. Your child has a planner to write down all assignments and important information. Please check your child’s planner to be sure they are staying on top of their responsibilities. The T.I.G.E.R. binder needs to go to and from school each day. There is a communication section for you to look at each night. If you need to send anything in to school, please place it in the communication divider. CONFERENCES Conferences are held with all three of the fourth grade teachers. We are available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays from 9:30-10:15; Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:20-11:50; and after school upon request. Contact your child’s homeroom teacher if you need to set up a conference. Please understand that we have other faculty obligations during those times, and we will schedule you in our earliest available time slot.

7. Tardies / Transportation / Absences TARDIES Our school day begins promptly at 7:45 a.m. PRIOR to this time students are to get breakfast, unpack at their lockers, sharpen pencils, make restroom stops, and pay lunch money if necessary. When the bell rings, the students are expected to be in their seats ready for the instructional day. Students who are tardy have to get a tardy slip from the office before coming to class. Students still at lockers when the bell rings will be counted tardy. TRANSPORTATION Please make sure your child’s transportation form is up-to-date. As changes arise, a new form should be filled out and sent to the office as soon as possible. If your child’s way home for the day is different than usual, you MUST SEND A NOTE regarding the change. Without a written note, we are required to send children home the way it is listed on their transportation form. ABSENCES If you are absent, please send a note on the day you return stating why you were absent. If you are only absent for 1-3 days, no make- up work will be sent home. If you are absent for 4 or more days, we will be happy to gather make-up work for your child. Just send an email to your child’s homeroom teacher requesting make-up work. Please give us 24 hours to get the work together.

8. Our Daily Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Friday Schedule 7:45-8:00 Attendance & Change Classes 8:00-9:30 Block 1 9:30-10:15 PE 10:15-10:20 Change Classes / Bathroom Break 10:20-11:50 Block 2 11:50-12:00 Back to Homeroom/Bathroom/Recess 12:00-1:00 Lunch Schedule 1:00-2:30 Block 3 2:30-2:40 Change Classes / Bathroom Break / Pack 2:40-2:45 Dismissal Wednesday, Thursday Schedule 7:45-8:00 Attendance & Change Classes 8:00-9:05 Block 1 9:05-9:10 Change Classes / Bathroom / Lockers 9:10-10:15 Block 2 10:15-10:20 Back to Homeroom / Bathroom Break 10:20-11:50 Specials & PE 11:50-12:00 Recess 12:00-12:45 Lunch Schedule 12:45-12:50 Change Classes 12:50-1:55 Block 3 1:55-2:05 Change Classes / Bathroom / Pack 2:05-2:40 Homeroom Time / Class Projects / Etc… 2:40-2:45 Dismissal

9. Conduct and Consequences At the end of each week, the teacher will calculate each child’s conduct grade. The consequences will be assigned the following week. S (0-4 checks) No consequence. NI (5-8 checks) Walk the perimeter at recess. -OR- Sit at silent lunch. (1 day) U (9 or + checks)Write 10 sentences & the Character Building Paragraph 1 time. Get a parent signature on the writing assignment. Walk the perimeter at recess. -OR- Sit at silent lunch. (1 day) ***Students must have an S or NI in conduct to attend field trips. ***Students will have the opportunity to earn Dojo points that can be used to cancel conduct checks.

10. Conduct Writing Assignments Sentence: I will follow all Crestline expectations while I am at school or while attending school activities. Paragraph: It is my responsibility to come to school and do my best in each class, everyday. It is a reasonable expectation for me to be totally silent during instruction so that I, and others around me, can learn. I understand that it is impossible for others around me to learn if I am disrupting or distracting the class. When the teacher has to redirect or correct me, that is time taken away from valuable teaching and learning for everyone in the classroom. I am the only one that can control my behavior. I understand that I am not perfect, but it is important that I strive to not misbehave. I need to “do the right thing” even when no one is looking. In life there is a consequence for every action. Having to write this paragraph is one of those consequences.