1. Ms. Cunningham’s Fantastic Fourth Graders

2. Welcome!
Welcome to Fourth Grade! I am Elizabeth Cunningham and I am your child’s Fourth Grade Teacher and am looking forward to having a great year!
This year we will be learning so much and I have already begun to see your child’s mind begin to grow! I cannot wait to see all the successes that your child will have this year!

3. Contact Information
Ways to contact me:
Class Dojo is a great way to message me as well
A note on a separate piece of paper
Communication is very important to me and is a part of having a successful year. If at anytime you need to contact me, please don’t hesitate.

4. Class Blog & Agenda Class Blog
We will have a class blog that will be updated weekly. I am currently piloting the new blog system that the district is rolling out. I hope to have the blog up and running the week after Labor Day.
Thank you for being patient with me during this process!
Agenda
Assignments and reminders will be copied into the agenda daily.
We will go over the agenda, gather materials and pack up each day.
It is the student’s responsibility to write down all the information in their agenda.
Please make sure to sign your student’s agenda each day.

5. Classroom Management
Each student will participate in a positive behavior management plan.
Class Dojo will be used as the management system
Students can earn positive and negative (“needs work”) points
Students will be able to access this in real time via smartboard display daily
Also if students receive negative points and a citation occurs, this will also be noted on their accountability sheet.
The accountability sheet is sent home on Fridays and needs to be signed and returned the following Monday

6. Class Dojo Class Dojo is used for our class’s behavior management
Each student can earn positive/negative points daily
This is a great way to see how your student is behaving in class as well as contacting me
You will receive an invite to see your student’s progress via
You may then also message me directly through Class Dojo
To access you can download the app or login online

7. Schedule Time Activity Lunch is at 12:25 – 12:55 each day
7:15 - 7:50
Pitstop
7:50 – 8:00
Morning Work/ Morning Meeting
8:05 – 9:10
Math
9: :10
Reading
10: :00
Specials
11: :15
Writing & ELA
12: :49
Lunch
12:50 - 1:10
Recess
1:10 - 2:10
Science & Social Studies
2:10 – 2:15
Dismissal
Schedule
Lunch is at 12:25 – 12:55 each day
Students will be going to their previous class’s specials everyday. Specials vary depending on the day of the rotation.

8. Homework Reading for 30 minutes is a part of daily homework.
Homework is usually assigned
Monday – Thursday
It shouldn’t take anymore than 45 minutes per night
If your child has trouble, there is time for them to ask me about it in the morning for help
Homework completion is a part of the “Work Habits” grade on the report card
Homework is extra practice based on the skills we’ve learned at school.

9. Classwork
All work completed in class needs to be finished in class, not as homework
Students will keep a folder for assignments that they haven’t yet completed, but nothing that is going to be graded may be taken home to complete
Assignments not completed by Friday of the week they were assigned will result in:
A mark on their weekly Accountability Sheet
Finishing items up in Study Hall during Mustang Madness

10. Make-Up Work
Students will receive their makeup work when they come back from being absent. It will be placed in the “Make Up” Folder according to the day they missed.
Students will have 2-3 days to complete and turn in any missed assignments
This is the students responsibility to make up their assignments
Absent students are responsible for copying and updating their Interactive Notebooks with any notes that were taken while they were out

11. 25 Book Standard Reading Fluency is part of the 4th grade standards.
Students are expected to read 25 books (or the equivalent) this year.
Students are expected to complete a graphic organizer about the book the finish reading.
Please review the graphic organizer and sign the top, to ensure completeness before your child brings it to school.

12. Grading Scale Percentage Letter Grade 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B
74% - 79% C
70% - 73% D
69% and below F
Fourth grade is a transition year because students now receive letter grades instead of 1,2,3’s
You can access your student’s grades and attendance by logging in to ParentVue
Grades will be updated once every two weeks

13. Testing Policy
Students who score below a 74% on a test or quiz, at the teacher’s discretion, may be given the opportunity to improve their grade by completing corrections. Students have to do the following:
Parent signature on the original test/quiz
Make all corrections on a new sheet of paper and stapled to original test/quiz
Corrections are due back 2 days after you receive your graded paper
Turn in to the “Test Corrections” Folder

14. Thank You
Questions?