Your Childs Teacher, Candy Masone, Welcomes you to Parent Orientation August, 2006

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Your Childs Teacher,Candy Masone, Welcomes
you to Parent Orientation August, 2006
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Who is new at Painted Sky? Trevor Nicole
Harvey (Sierra) Douglas Victoria Harpold
(Hanna) Jack Peggy Johnston (Troy) Troy Walker
(Garrett) Greg Cynthia Brooks (Andrew)
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First Day Letter Sent 8/10

• Supplies
• Snack
• Birthdays
• Volunteers
• Contacting Me
• Forgotten Lunches
• Book Orders
• Wish List Donations

• Our Schedule
• Specials
• Daily Routines
• Formal/Informal Grading
• Report Cards
• Homework
• Grades on Line

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• IMPORTANT DATES
• PARENT/STUDENT CONFERENCES (Please bring your
  child) Week of Sept. 11
• SCHOOL PICTURES August 30
• Fourth Grade Musical Oct. 5 (900, 200,
  600 pm)

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E-mail addresses/class directory
Please put in Notes to Teacher
IMPORTANT WEB SITE ADDRESSES My e-mail
cmasone_at_amphi.com My webpage
www.amphi.com/teachers/cmasone Grades on line
www.amphi.com/teachers/cmasone (left
margin) Painted Sky www.amphi.com/schools/p
aintedsky/4.html AZ Dept. of Ed
www.ade.state.az.us State Standards
http//www.amphi.com/district/teacher/four.html No
tes Home http//www.amphi.com/schools/pa
intedsky (click on News)
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SPECIAL EVENTS

• Gingerbread Houses (December)
• Tucson Water Co. ( Qtr.)
• Tucson Electric ( Qtr.)
• Research Paper (3rd Qtr.)
• Field Trip to Kartchner Caverns (3rd Qtr.)

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TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Believe that all students can be successful.
School is a place to gain knowledge. This is
achievable if a teacher has a well-managed
classroom, has a predictable environment, and
makes learning fun! An effective teacher clearly
communicates expectations for student success and
plans lessons based on AZ Standards.
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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Have materials at school when expected.
• Ask for help when confused.
• Complete homework.
• Be at school every day unless ill or has a family
  emergency.
• Will copy the assignment board daily and share at
  home.

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FAMILY VACATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR

• Lessons are often teacher-directed that
  involve discussions, presentations, group
  activities, and experiments that cannot be
  completed upon return to school.
• Good teaching requires monitoring and
  adjusting lessons with re-teaching and/or
  enriching that cannot be made up.
• School policy Teachers will save work at
  their own discretion, parents will have to tutor
  their child at home, and fewer grades will be
  averaged for the grading period. Often this puts
  a student at a severe disadvantage for special
  awards (Honor Roll), etc.

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BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

• Verbal praise, open acknowledgement
• 20 minutes of Fun Friday participation
• Free assignment coupons
• Clean desk awards
• Positive Calls/Notes home
• Tutor for younger grades and/or teacher helper
• Disruption during a a group activity 50 on the
  assignment.

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PAINTED SKYS SCHOOL RULES

• BE RESPONSIBLE
• BE RESPECTFUL
• BE SAFE

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Daily Schedule 845 - 900 Attendance, Morning
Announcements, 900 - 915 Language (DOL) 915
1000 Reading 1000 1050 Special
(Art/Music/PE/Computer) 1050
1115 Recess 1115 - 1145 Writing 1145 -
1225 Teacher Read Aloud SSR 1225 -
110 LUNCH (Tues. 1200 - 1220) 110 -
215 Math 215 - 300 Social Studies/Science 30
0 - 315 Clean-up Dismissal
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SPECIALIST SCHEDULE
Art Tuesday 1000-1050 P.E. Wednesday
1000-1050 Music Monday 1000-1050 Compu
ter Friday 1000-1050 Library Thursday
(Week B) 1010-1040
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EVERYDAY MATH CURRICULUM Homework is called a
Study Link. Please refer to your Parent
Handbook. Students should and are encouraged to
take home their Student Reference Book and return
the next day (needs to always be at school during
the day.) Everyday Math Games website Times
Tables the Fun Way website www.citycreek.com Sch
olastic Music CD, ISBN 0-439-67163-9
11.99 Tunes that Teach Multiplication
Facts, by Marcia Miller with Martin Lee
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HOMEWORK

• Monday through Thursday
• Maximum of 45 minutes
• Plus 30 minutes of independent reading
• Students are responsible to record short and long
  term assignments in their planners.
• Long term assignments will be on my web page
• http//www.amphi.com/teachers/cmasone

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GRADING POLICIES

• Formal Grading - Standard Percentage Grades A
  90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F 50
• Informal grading. Not all assignments are
  entered into the gradebook for averaging.
• Mid-terms. Any student receiving a D or F in
  any subject will receive a report at the mid-way
  point of the quarter.
• Honor Roll is an average of the 6 core classes
  3.5 gpa (no Cs, Ds or Ns)
• Lowest combination is (3 As 3 Bs).

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VOLUNTEERS

• YES YES YES YES YES!!!
• I will be sending home a sign up sheet in a few
  weeks.
• Our office staff can always use volunteers!!! By
  helping them, you are helping me.

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WISH LIST

• THANK YOU!
• Dont forget tax credit donations! Can be
  applied to your childs field trip expenses!

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Students may have to purchase these items in
addition to start up supplies, if possible

• Gluesticks
• Field trip expenses
• New binder
• Lost textbooks (mandatory)

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Memory CD

• In May, students will make a small memento of
  Fourth grade experiences by drawing and writing
  about important memories.
• In addition, I will be taking digital photos
  throughout the year of all major activities. I
  will make a copy of these photos on a CD for all
  students and send home for your discretion as to
  what photos you want to have printed at the end
  of the year.

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www.ade.state.az.usclick on Arizona Nutritional
Standards

• No Child Left Behind legislature is
  requiring every school in the nation to improve
  nutrition standards by July 1, 2006. It
  prohibits any food not made in a licensed
  kitchen, with ingredients clearly labeled.
• Classroom rewards such as candy, pizza
  parties, birthday treats, etc. are now against
  the law.