1. Welcome 1. Find the desk of your child
2. Use the index card on the desk to write:
Your child’s name
Your name
Your address
Your telephone number
3. Read the letter your child wrote to you in their journal
4. Write a brief response in their journal
5. Walk around the room to look at their work
6. Stop at the back table to look at the Room 16 Wish List and to volunteer in our class and at Regnart
7. Start on the yellow Parent Input Form - this is due 9/14

2. Welcome to Back to School Night 4th Grade Mrs. Menon
Regnart Elementary School

3. Agenda Introduction Regnart’s Vision Statement Daily Schedule
Classroom Rules and Consequences
Homework Policy
Assessments
4th Grade Curriculum
Parent Volunteers
Communication

4. Regnart’s Vision Statement
We believe children learn best when:
Their social development and academic growth occur simultaneously
They are provided with interactive, hands-on learning situations
They are presented with developmentally appropriate challenges
They are offered choices
They reflect on what and how they learned
There is positive collaboration between home and school

5. Daily Schedule 8:30-9:00 HW Check / Daily Language
9:00-10:05 Reading/Writing
10:05-10:25 Recess
10:25-10:55 Word Study
10:55-12:00 Math/Problem Solving
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:30 SSR / Planner / Class work
1:30-3:00 Social Studies or Science
3:05 Dismissal (Tuesday dismissal - 2:00)
Physical Education - Monday & Thursday
Drawing - Tuesday Library - Every other Monday
Music - Wednesday Computer Lab - Thursday

6. Classroom Rules & Consequences
The classroom rules were developed by the students. We have agreed on the posted behavior expectations.
Discipline focuses on taking responsibility for actions.
Consequences include:
Citizenship Parent Notice
Describe Problem
Behavior Improvement Plan
Loss of Recess
Parent signature required

7. Homework Policy Homework assigned nightly Monday through Thursday
Assignments are due the next day
Students write down the assignments in their planners daily
Homework is posted on my website by 6:00 p.m.
Approximately 60 minutes per night (240 per week)
Time to practice the learning we have done in class
Parents should review planner and homework each night
Late Homework form will be filled out if assignments are not complete. Parent signature required on late form. If your child is missing homework, they will be do the assignment during recess.
Turning homework in on time is an important part of increased responsibilities in upper grades.

8. Assessments Daily in-class assignments
Homework
Quizzes and tests
Teacher Observation
Self evaluation
State mandated tests
District required performance assessments
Reports
Projects
Oral Presentations

9. Mathematics Text : Houghton Mifflin: California Mathematics
Areas of Study:
Numbers and Place Value
Multiplication and Division
Probability
Algebra
Geometry
Fractions
Decimals
Data and Graphs
Problem Solving

10. Writing Step Up to Writing Areas of Study Summaries Narratives
Response to Literature
Information Reports
Journal
Word Study
Spelling
Grammar
Vocabulary development

11. Textbook - Houghton-Mifflin; Traditions
Reading
Textbook - Houghton-Mifflin; Traditions
Literature Selections - Cricket in Times Square, Island of the Blue Dolphins, By the Great Horn Spoon, and In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Reciprocal reading and literature circles
Book Reports

12. Social Studies Areas of Study: California History Geography
Early Settlers and Explorers
Missions and Ranchos
Gold Rush
Immigration
Government

13. Science FOSS Science Resources and FOSS Science Kits
Areas of Study
Magnetism and Electricity
Environments
Solid Earth
Science Notebooks
Hands on learning

14. Volunteer Opportunities
Room Representative(s)
Art Docent(s)
Project Cornerstone
Science - (1:30-3:00 Mon./Fri.)
Reading Groups (8:40-9:30 every other Monday)
Computer Lab (2:00-2:45 Thursday)
Thursday Folder filing
Field Trip Chaperones

15. Communication Weekly Thursday folders Bi-monthly newsletters E-mail
Phone and Voic
(408) ext. 216