1. Welcome to 4th! Mrs. England & Mrs. Rademacher

2. Mrs. England’s Mon = PE Mitchen Tues.= Music Massa Wed.= PE Thurs.= PE, Library Friday= Music Lunch= 12:38 – 1:08 Mrs. Rademacher’s Class Mon = PE Kelly Tues.= Music Anderson, PE Kelly Wed. = Art Thurs.= Music Anderson, Library Friday= PE Kelly Lunch= 12:35-1:05

3. ●Our day begins at 7:50 am and ends at 3:05 p.m. ●Students are considered tardy if they are not in class by 8:20 a.m. ●If they are not in class at 9:45 a.m., they are marked absent. ●Please send a note when your child has been absent. ●Please send a note when your child changes transportation.

4. Badges Adults that are in the building after 8:20 are required to check into the front office and get a badge for identification.

5. Homework Students record daily homework assignments in their Planner. Planners and Homework Folders need to taken home daily and returned daily. Please check to make sure your child is writing down their homework assignment. We will randomly check planners to ensure that students are recording their homework assignments. Math HW: Moday-Thursday Reading, Writing, Spelling HW: assigned Monday usually due Friday. 9 Weeks Homework Criteria ❖ E = 0-1 missing homework assignments ❖ S = 2-5 missing homework assignments ❖ N = 6-8 missing homework assignments ❖ U = 9 + more missing homework assignments

6. GT Referrrals for 2015-2016 ●Referral window is from Aug. 24 th – Sept. 25 th ●Refer parents to Anne or Holly ●Year-long process with results coming in the Spring ●If tested last year, must wait another year before being tested again unless they were in Kindergarten last year ●Packets are available in the front office

7. Behavior Chart Kids that are misbehaving, not focused, not following directions will be redirected several times. ∙After several warnings, the student gets a mark on the behavior chart. ∙We are keeping track of behavior marks and they will be noted in the Tuesday Folder the following week. We will call parets if necessary. ∙FD- Follow Directions, UTE- Using Time Effectively, CP-Class Participation ∙ Repeated behaviors each week will result in lowering the conduct grade.

8. Behavior Bingo Behavior Bingo is designed to be a whole class “Paws”-itive reward system. There are 100 squares on the board with 10 numbers in a row. Once the class, fills up an entire vertical line of numbers, the WHOLE class receives a “reward”. Here are some things that can earn numbers for the class. ●Walking in line quietly as a class ●Quiet transitions ●Outstanding cafeteria behavior ●Working well as a class

9. Tuesday Folder Please review the Tuesday folder each week with your child. There may be important papers in there that need to be discussed. This allows you to monitor the progress of your child’s work habits, conduct, and academics. Papers with grades 74 or below will be marked “Sign and Return” and stapled to the Tuesday Folder. Please sign and return these papers in the Tuesday Folder. When there is a holiday on Monday, the folders won’t be sent home until Wed.

11. Tests and Quizzes Weekly Tests/Quizzes Friday – Spelling Quizzes Check Planner for other tests & quizzes Major grades are marked with an “M” STAAR Dates: Writing- March 29th and 30th Math- May 9th Reading- May 10th

12. ●High Expectations ●Higher Level Questioning ●TEKS Based Instruction ●Integrated Learning ●GAFE ●Cooperative/Flexible Grouping ●Stations ●PBL ●Engineering Lab ●Maker Spaces Curriculum

13. Math First Semester Curriculum ●Place Value with whole numbers ●Place Value with decimals ●Adding and subtracting whole numbers ●Adding and subtracting decimal ●Multiplying ○ by 10’s ○ 2 digit by 2 digit ○ 4 digit by 1 digit ●Division with remainders ●Fractions ○ Equivalent ○ Comparing ○ Adding and Subtracting ○ Identifying on a number line

14. Science Scientific Method Lab Safety & Lab Tools Weather Water Cycle Soil, Weathering & Erosion Matter Electricity and Magnetism Motion/Force Sound Classifying Living Things Animal Growth, Traits, & Adaptations Growth and Adaptation of Plants Ecosystems

15. Reading Reader’s Workshop ●Comprehension ● Skills & Strategies ● Vocabulary Development ● Genre Based Instruction ● Reading Response ● Independent Reading

16. Reading Genre Study ●Realistic Fiction ●Traditional Literature ●Drama (Reader’s Theater) ●Poetry ●Biography and Autobiography ●Nonfiction

17. Writing Writer’s Workshop Writer’s Notebook Parts of Speech Writing Process Six Traits of Writing: ▪ Ideas ▪ Organization ▪ Voice ▪ Word Choice ▪ Sentence Fluency ▪ Conventions Writing Camp

18. Writing Writer’s Workshop Compositions: ●Personal Narrative ●Expository Revise and Edit

19. Social Studies ●Geography (Map Skills) ● Native Americans ● Spanish Explorers ● Texas Settlers ● Republic of Texas ● Statehood ● Turn of the Century ● Texas Tomorrow Social Studies

20. ●Please sign up early if you would like to conference before October 12th. ●There is a sign-up sheet at the door. Conferences

21. Social Studies ●If you haven’t signed up for Remind.com for BOTH classes, please do ASAP. ●Please see us for more information. REMIND.COM

22. Thanks for coming! Contact Info: Kimberly England kengland1@kleinisd.net (Voicemail) 832-484-7816 Jennifer Rademacher jrademacher1@kleinisd.net (Voicemail) 832-484-7749