Welcome to Fourth Grade

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Welcome to Fourth Grade
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Your Child Is A Super Star
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Presenting.

• Our Fantastic Team

Mrs. Erin Modde Ms. Kerri Dunleavy Ms. Amy
Sanderson
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• Mrs. Gaye Fedesna Ms. Kristina Gisin

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Expectations for the Learning Environment

• Listen carefully.
• Follow directions.
• Work quietly.
• Do not disturb others who are working.
• Respect others.
• Be kind with your words and actions.
• Respect school and personal property.
• Work and play safely.

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Rewards and Consequences

• Each classroom recognizes good behavior in
  different ways.
• Consequences for not following the rules will
  result in a loss of citizenship points.

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Communication

• The easiest way to get a message to each homeroom
  teacher is through e-mail.
• Each teachers e-mail is listed on the Lake
  Pointe website.
• Send any notes with your name and your childs
  name on it.
• The afternoons of October 3rd and October 8th
  will be conference days.

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After School Plans

• Make sure your child knows what the after school
  plan is before coming to school.
• If the after school plan changes from the normal
  routine, they will need to present the homeroom
  teacher with a written note at 800 a.m. They
  will then be sent to the office to obtain the
  correct going home pass.
• Students will not be given permission to use
  the phone to change after school plans once they
  arrive at school.

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Lunch Snack Time

• All fourth graders go to
• lunch from 1125-1155 and
• recess from 1155-1215.
• Teachers will designate a time during the morning
  when students may eat a healthy snack.
• Food and Allergies Disclosure form- please email
  your homeroom teacher if you need this.

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Fuel Cafe

• 2.80 Fuel Café Meal
• Student may choose up to 5 items (food items and
  one beverage)
• 3 of the 5 must be different components
• Protein, Grain, Vegetable, Fruit Dairy
• At least one of those 3 choices must be a fruit
  or vegetable.
• 4.50 Eagle Extra Value Meal
• Student may choose up to 5 items (food items and
  one beverage)
• 3 of the 5 must be different components
• Protein, Grain, Vegetable, Fruit Dairy
• Selection from cookie, mini muffin or housemade
  dessert of day
• Beverage can be 100 juice Capri Sun if has met
  the above (or choose from regular offerings)

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I Birthdays I

• On the last Friday of the each month, from
  220-240, the classroom will celebrate birthdays
  for those children having a birthday during that
  month. On the actual day of the childs birthday,
  a parent may bring a healthy snack only for their
  child. No whole class snack.

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Tuesday Folders

• Students graded work will go home in their blue
  Tuesday folder.
• Beginning in the coming weeks, most notices from
  our campus will be offered only electronically.
• Parents should take out graded work from the
  Tuesday folder, sign the form inside the folder
  that indicates you have received the Tuesday
  folder contents, then return the folder on
  Wednesday.
• Parents, please pay close attention to what comes
  home in the Tuesday folder. This is another
  method of communication and may contain important
  documents regarding your childs progress that
  need your signature.

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Teacher Conference Time

• The 4th grade teachers would like to designate
  1040 as our time for conferences. If you would
  like to meet and this time does not work in your
  schedule, please email the teacher and another
  time before or after school can be worked out.

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School Dismissal

• All students have been given a pass that releases
  them from school in the following ways. If your
  child needs a pass, please notify the homeroom
  teacher.
• Bus rider pass Dismissed from the back doors of
  the school facing the back parking lot.
• Extended Care students Go to room 106 or
  cafeteria.
• Unescorted Walkers Dismissed from the front
  doors of the Kinder wing.
• Escorted Walkers Dismissed from the end of the
  first grade hallway by the back parking lot.
• Car riders Exit from the double doors by the gym
  to the front of the school.

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If your child is ill, please send a note
from home explaining the absence. Make up work
will be given when they return to school. This
policy also applies for other absences from
school.
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How LPE Handles Bullying
Description of Olweus Bullying Prevention
Program the most researched and best-known
bullying prevention program available today. It
is a whole-school program that has been proven to
prevent or reduce bullying throughout a school
setting. OBPP is used at the school, classroom
and individual levels and includes methods to
reach out to parents and the community for
involvement and support.    The program will
help us to all use the same vocabulary when
talking about and defining bullying. It will
address not only how to work with the bully and
the victim, but it will also focus on the
importance of the role of the bystander(s).  
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How LPE Handles Bullying

• Lake Pointe uses our morning announcements and
  assembly to address character education through
  Character Counts.
• We will have class meetings to discuss any
  problems and concerns that the students may be
  having.

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Homework Assignment Planner

• Each student should have a planner and will use
  the planner to note important assignments.
• Students who do not have a planner may purchase
  one through the office. The planner is 6.50.

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Homework

• Homework is a very important part of a students
  academic progress. It should be treated as an
  opportunity for each child to practice the skills
  that were learned in the classroom.
• Unfinished class work may need to be completed at
  home and brought back the next day.
• Help your child turn in homework on time. Check
  your childs planner and homework folder daily.
• Homework should be neat and with the correct
  heading, date, and student number.

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Spelling

• Spelling- Students will receive a new list of
  spelling words at the beginning of each week.
  They should study each night to be prepared for
  the test on Friday.
• Homework will include writing each word two times
  in cursive and an editing activity.

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Were going to READ, READ, READ!

• Reading Log Each 4th grade student will read
  125 minutes every week.
• Track reading in your childs reading log. Be
  sure they have included minutes read and nightly
  responses.
• Help your child reach his/her reading goal by
  designating a quiet spot in your house for
  him/her to read.
• Sign your childs reading log before Monday a.m.
• A grade will be assigned on a weekly basis.
• The best way to encourage your child to be a
  reader is for them to see you reading.

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S.T.A.A.R.

• In 4th grade your child will take the S.T.A.A.R.
  state assessment. It stands for The State of
  Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness
• Writing March 30th 31st , 1-page personal
  narrative, 1-page expository, multiple choice
  revising/editing
• Math April 21st, multiple choice gridded
  responses
• Reading April 22nd , multiple choice

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Writing

• Writing-Composition writing is a key factor in
  fourth grade. Your child will be writing DAILY.
  During each nine weeks, students will be given
  various prompts to organize, develop, edit and
  publish a final copy. The writing process is very
  involved and very time consuming. Our goal is to
  publish a final composition during each nine week
  period using the Writing Process.

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Narrative Writing

• Focus and Coherence -The composition is
  meaningful to the reader from introduction to
  conclusion.
• Organization -The writers thought process is
  smooth and controlled with transitions adding
  strength to the writers ideas.
• Development -The writers presentation of ideas
  is thoughtful and insightful. Each idea is fully
  developed to enable the readers appreciation and
  understanding of the composition.
• Voice -The writer enables the reader to feel a
  connection with the composition by using unique
  expressions of emotion.
• Conventions -The writer shows consistent control
  of punctuation, spelling, grammar, word usage and
  sentence structure throughout the entire
  composition.

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Expository Writing

• Here are the different types of expository
  writing genres your child will be learning
• Informative-details, explanations informative
  writing like from a newspaper.
• Classificatory- cause effect, compare
  contrast, such as writing a research paper.
• Procedural- How to, such as recipes or
  instruction manuals.
• Masked- A How to in a more conversational way,
  not as direct as Procedural, like in a magazine
  article.

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Math

• Place Value Whole numbers decimals
• Addition Subtraction of whole numbers
  decimals
• Multiplication Division
• Fractions
• Geometric Figures
• Measurement -Area Perimeter included
• Graphs Tables
• Transformations
• Probability
• Muti-step problem solving and critical thinking
  skills are emphasized on the S.T.A.A.R. math
  test.

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Science

• Physical properties of Matter
• Mixtures solutions
• Forms of energy
• The changing Earth
• Natural resources
• Patterns of Earth
• Traits of living things
• Energy flow in living systems
• Adaptations of survival
• Life cycles of living organisms

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Reading

• Fourth graders read several novels throughout the
  year.
• Reading skills are reinforced through daily
  activities from our basal, trade publications and
  other reading materials.
• Individual and group projects will be assigned
  periodically during the year.
• Each class has an assigned library time where
  they are learning to use our library and able to
  check out books of their choice.

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Social Studies Texas History

• Incorporates an in depth study of Texas
• Geography Skills
• Early Life
• Colonization
• Statehood
• Industries
• Modern Day Texas

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A few more notes to mention

• PTO Volunteer Meeting is tomorrow at 800 a.m.
• Our first field trip will be to the Meadow Center
  (Aquarena Springs in San Marcos) on Oct. 31st!
  Stay tuned for more info on that and T-shirt
  orders !

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We are looking forward to a fabulous fourth grade
year!!!