Procedures

• Morning

1. Get all supplies, homework ready - re-pack for morning classes including snack. (notes to teacher go on my desk).Hang jacket/sweatshirts in coat closet.Check lunch by your name if you are buying.Pick up morning work and immediately get busy.

2. Try to come to class with at least 3 pencils sharpened or you may sharpen your pencils in the morning or at snack ONLY. (3 students at a time)

• Bathroom/Snack

1. Go before school and during bathroom breaks only!
2. EMERGENCY: If there happens to be an emergency, try to wait until a lesson is over or tell teacher.
3. During snack and bathroom break, you will be called by rows. Only go when your row is called.
4. Snack should already be at your desk. You may eat your snack at this time. Throw away your own trash.

• Class Attention Signal- Give Me Five

1. Eyes on Speaker
2. Quiet
3. Be Still
4. Hands Free (Put Things Down)
5. Listen

• Lining Up

1. Your teacher will give you the attention signal and you will follow the proper procedure.
2. You will line up by rows. (The line leader will get in the front of the line and the door holder will do his/her job when the first row is called.)

• When You’re Finished with an Assignment

1. Silently Read
2. Begin working on Homework
3. Write in your journal

• Lunch/Dining Hall

1. Lunch begins at 11:30 everyday. Prior to lining up you should have your belongings organized. Take your lunch ticket from the bookcase.
2. You will be called by quiet rows to line up by the line leader. Students who brought their lunch will get it at this time.
3. The line leader will say Grace in the classroom and lead the line to lunch.
4. Dismissal from lunch- Wait for your lunch table row to be called, throw away all trash, and line up in one fourth grade line.
5. Lunch boxes are placed along the right wall of the gym as you are going out to recess.

• Recess

1. You may play only on the blacktop if there is a PE class on the playground.
2. The blacktop games that may be played are: basketball (at goals only), jump rope, and four square.
3. The field games that may be played are: kickball at the backstop, 2 hand touch football (on blacktop only), and playground equipment (as long as there are no PE classes).
4. You will line up when the whistle blows by your homeroom class or when the teacher calls.
5. Your teacher will lead you into your class. Have a seat, do homework , and wait for bathroom break to begin.

• After PE/SSR/Dismissal

1. After PE you still have one more class for the day so come into the room and get settled quickly.
2. When that last class is over you will fill in your agendas and pack up what you will need for homework.
3. When your teacher signals for your row to line up, stack your chair, get your belongings, and line up.
4. Everyone exits down fire escape stairs. Car riders stand with Mrs. Smart in parking lot. ESCAPE students enter the cafeteria doors and sit in 7D.

• Emergency Drills

- are frequently rehearsed in class

• o        Fire drills - down fire escape to front of school in silence
• o        Tornado drills - kneel on floor in the middle of the hall outside the music room 

• Use of Agendas
• THIS IS MANDATORY EVERYDAY!
• Will be taught in class 1st quarter.

.

Homework Guidelines

Fourth grade teachers follow the "0" rule policy of the school meaning that for 4th graders there should be approximately 40 minutes of homework per night. This does not include any work that might have to be done on projects. Students are given time during the school day to start their homework so that questions can be answered. Parents should contact the teacher if a student is consistently having more than the suggested amount.

You can usually expect the following basic work  in Language Arts and Religion(which I am teaching with our new departmental set-up).Anything not completeed in class is homework

Monday - Spelling-2x's each plus once in the agenda

              - Vocabulary- definitions into notebook after spelling words

              - Reading-read new story

              - English-do next lesson with title and summing up info,practice sentences,workbook page

              - Religion-first 2-3 pages of new chapter

Tuesday - Spelling-do first 2 workbook pages to coordinate with story

              - Vocabulary-study definitions, find words in story

              - Reading-do comprehension questions/answers in notebook

              - English-do next lesson,etc.

              - Religion-Mass-grades 3-4-5

Wednesday -Spelling-do next 2 pages in workbook to coordinate with story

                   -Vocabulary-study definitions,find words in story

                   -Reading-do enrichment activity to coordinate with story,study for test

                   -English-do next lesson, etc. Sometimes there is a Reteach review booklet or pre-test                  

                   - Religion- do final pages of chapter,occasional worksheet

Thursday - Spelling-study for Spelling test

               - Vocabulary-take vocab test

               - Reading-take reading test

               - English-do next lesson,etc.

               - Religion- Mass-all school

Friday - Spelling- take test

           - Vocabulary-no work today

           - Reading-do enrichment activity or see video of the story

           - English-do next lesson,etc.          

           - Religion-chapter test/open book