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Ms. Smith’s FOURTH Grade LEGENDS!

Stay updated on Ms. Smith's fourth grade class by signing up for Parent Vue and checking Class Dojo. Homework policy, grading scale, snack time, and birthday guidelines are outlined. Keyboarding skills, volunteer opportunities, and the curriculum focus areas are also mentioned.

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Ms. Smith’s FOURTH Grade LEGENDS!

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  1. Ms. Smith’s FOURTH Grade LEGENDS!

  2. RIGHT NOW! • Please email me at mhsmith@kyrene.orgwith your name and your child’s name. Also, if you would like to stalk your child’s grades; state, “Sign me up for Parent Vue.” I will send home the form for you to enroll. Also. . . Class Dojo. . . • White 8 ½” x 11” paper folded vertically on right hand side: Please guess your child’s answers to the silly questions. No peeking! You may write a little note to your fourth grader on the back, if you like. 

  3. HOMEWORK! It’s going to get easier! We discovered that the students whom were having difficulty logging on at home had made small mistakes when recording their passwords in their notebooks. 

  4. Homework Policy Kyrene’s Fourth Grade policy is that students are to complete an hour of homework, three days a week. Fourth grade students are expected to read for 20 minutes a day. They receive 20 minute additional math, reading, science, social studies, and health assignments that will be recorded in their Student Planners three days each week.

  5. STUDENT PLANNERS School holidays, homework, testing dates, etc. are or will be recorded here. 

  6. GRADING SCALE 90- 100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D 50-59% F

  7. Snack We have the opportunity for a “working” snack at approximately 9:30 am. Your child is encouraged to bring a healthy snack to eat at this time. Healthy snacks include: fruit, vegetables, yogurt, crackers, cheese sticks, applesauce, etc. HANDBOOK p. 26

  8. Birthdays! We like birthdays, too! However, district policy prohibits balloons, cakes, candy, flowers, etc. If they are delivered they will be kept in the office. Students may bring in pencils, stickers, or other non-edible items to distribute if they’d like. Also prohibited is the distribution of invitations or gifts at school. Please make certain your family is included in the school directory.

  9. COOL COYOTE CODE Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Safe Be Kind Love and Logic “One Rule”: “Feel free to do anything that does not cause a problem for yourself or others.”

  10. KEYBOARDING Skills Keyboarding skills are in important part of our new common core standards. Students will be expected to type answers in text boxes and take tests and quizzes online this year. Please help your student practice correct keyboarding skills at home. The district has discontinued our Typing Agent membership. I will keep you posted when we enroll in a new membership!

  11. SMITH HANDBOOK

  12. Parent Volunteers Cool Coyotes – This can be done at home. It would involve writing each student’s name, “Smith,” and a number for a month on a “Cool Coyote” slip. DiscoveRoom! – Students love visiting our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) inspired DiscoverRoom!! There are so many cool and intriguing materials housed here. We must have TWO volunteers each day this is open. Watch DOGS and PTO – The PTO is always seeking volunteers for our many community events. A goal of the Watch DOGS program is to increase the presence of dads on campus. If you are interested in this, please let me know what TYPES of things you would like to DO at school.

  13. See if you can identify your child by his/her responses on the “Find Your Legend” form!

  14. Curriculum Arizona Career and College Ready Standards

  15. MATH FOCUS AREAS • Place value • Multiplication to three digits times two digits • Division single digit divisor • Addition and Subtraction • Word Problems • Fractions: Comparing, reducing, adding and subtracting with like denominators, mixed and improper fractions

  16. MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIORS Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. Model with mathematics. Use appropriate tools strategically. Attend to precision. Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  17. ELA FOCUS AREAS • Demonstrate Phonics and Word Recognition • Demonstrate Fluency • Demonstrate Comprehension of Informational Text • Respond to text in writing in a variety of ways • Demonstrate Comprehension and Collaboration when listening • Present Knowledge and Ideas through speaking • Demonstrate conventions of Standard English when writing or speaking • Acquire and use vocabulary

  18. Science & social studies Science Social Studies Weather Electricity Renewable & Nonrenewable resources The Scientific Process (main focus) Arizona History Arizona Geography

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