Welcome to 4th Grade

Mrs. Julie Smith’s Class

Daily Take Home Folder

This folder will be taken home each day with your child and MUST be returned daily. It will contain your child’s homework and notes to/from school.

Graded Papers Folder

Graded papers will be sent home on Thursday of each week in a separate folder. Please look over your child’s work and sign the front page and return it on Friday. You may keep these papers. If your child makes a grade lower than a 70 on an assignment, he/she may correct it AT SCHOOL for a 70. Tests cannot be corrected.

Class Newsletters

Every week your child will receive a newsletter. It will always be placed in your child’s daily take home folder. It includes upcoming events, spelling words, reading vocabulary words, and the different topics we are currently studying in class.

Homework

Your child will have homeworkevery evening Monday-Thursday. He/She needs to read his/her library book and practice multiplication facts every evening. Your child will have a Spelling Menu to complete for homework every week. Sometimes a worksheet or a project will be assigned. Please ask your child daily what needs to be completed.

I expect all homework and classwork to be turned in on time. Students will not be allowed to call home if they forget their work. Students should pack their backpacks at night with all the materials needed for the next day. Organization is the key to success!

**If your child does not complete his/her homework, he/she will have to sign the book and miss part of recess for that day.

Classroom Rules

  1. Follow directions quickly.
  2. Raise your hand for permission to speak.
  3. Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat.
  4. Make smart choices.
  5. Listen when someone is speaking.
  6. Keep your dear teacher happy.

Behavior Management System

If your child has a behavior problem during the day, he/she will sign the book and receive an “I’m so Blue” note home. Please sign the slip and return it the following day. REMEMBER: If your conduct grade is low, you will not be on the honor roll or rising star list at the award ceremony.

Conduct grades for the six weeks will be determined by how many times your child signs the book. Each time your child signs the book, his/her conduct grade will drop 4 points.

0 times100 (E) 3 times 88 (S)6 times 76 (N)

1 time 96 (E)4 times84 (S)7 times 72 (N)

2 times92 (E) 5 times80 (S)8+ timesU

*A visit to the principal’s office is an automatic U.

iPad Procedures and Expectations

Each student will be assigned a numbered iPad. Each student will only use their specific iPad and follow the rules and procedures:

  1. Hold the iPad with two hands.
  2. Always sit down when using the iPad.
  3. Turn the iPad’s screen off when the teacher is talking.
  4. Be gentle when tapping the screen.
  5. Only use the app or website you have been asked to use.

Tardies – School starts at 8:10 this year. Please make sure your student is on time. If he/she is late, you are expected to escort your student into the office.

Thank you and please feel free to contact me with any questions and/or concerns.

Mrs. Smith

Liberty Elementary

(817)444-1317 Ext. 248