Saint Luke School

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Class News

September 2010

Welcome to 4B! Please use this website to locate useful classroom and school information. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I am most easily reached at ldrathman@slserie.org

We are Studying: Plants, Multiplication,and Sentence Structure

 Related Arts Schedule:

• Music: Monday
• Gym: Tuesday
• Art: Wednesday
• Library: Thursday

Reading/Spelling: Tests on Friday, September 10th.

Math: Multiplication Quiz (basic facts) Tuesday, September 7th. Multiplication Test on Ch 9 Friday, September 10th.

 

Upcoming Classroom Events/Field Trips:

 

Reading Counts Champions:

• Please keep up with reading counts! The students set points goals at the beginning of each month and there are several opportunities for testing each week.
• If you would like more information on Reading Counts, please feel free to contact me with questions.

 

Wondrous Websites

Listed below are some excellent websites for student use. They are arranged according to subject and have some great information.

*Please keep your children safe. Be sure to provide adult supervision when allowing your child to use the Internet.

Science:

• http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm
• http://www.billnye.com/
• http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
• http://scienceclub.org/kidfun.html
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
• http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
• http://www.quarked.org/gamezone/
• http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/science/index.html
• http://www.sciencemonster.com/

English:

• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/
• http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
• http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/writing/Kids_Writing.html
• http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

Math:

• http://www.coolmath-games.com/
• http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
• http://www.funbrain.com/
• http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
• http://www.mathsisfun.com/
• http://www.gamequarium.com/division.html
• http://www.fun4thebrain.com/division.html
• http://www.kidsnumbers.com/

Fourth Grade Syllabus

Materials:

Due to limited space in the desks, we ask that parents and students adhere to the list of supplies that was made available to them. Please keep “extras” of anything at home; be watchful of when you need to replenish the supply. All textbooks are to be covered. Cloth book covers are acceptable only if they do not break the binding.

Tests/Quizzes/Report Cards:

All tests will be announced in advance. Quizzes will be given periodically to check student understanding of the concepts being presented. These quizzes may or may not be announced in advance. If a student fails a test, please be aware that individual retests will not be given. Tests, quizzes, homework, class participation, effort, and daily classwork are all considered when determining report card grades.

Extra Help/Extra Credit:

Extra help is available upon request-all students need to do is ask! If the teacher suggests extra help sessions, it is up to the student to take advantage of them. No extra credit will be given any student, as we would rather have the students concentrate on the required daily assignments.

Homework Policy:

Some homework assignments will receive points toward final grades.  Your child will not know ahead of time which assignments will be checked for a completeness grade.  If homework has been completed and effort shown, a student will earn credit. Please keep in mind that I do not grade homework for accuracy, only for completeness.  If homework is not turned in, the student will not receive any credit/points. If homework is incomplete or not turned in, a homework slip will be issued to the student for you to sign. That slip must be signed and returned to me the next school day, with the completed homework assignment. It is your child’s responsibility to make sure that you see it and sign it and that it gets back to me. For each day the homework slip is not returned that student will lose a portion of his/her recess. If a child receives 3 homework slips in the same quarter, a demerit will be issued.

Thursday Folders:

Folders will be sent home according to the schedule drawn up by the school office. The folder should be returned the next day. Parents are asked to carefully check the count of papers listed inside the folder. It is suggested that the parents question their child or notify the teacher if the count consistently fails to be correct. Only student work is included in the count- not notes from the office. Parents should also be aware that a two page assignment which has been stapled together counts as two papers in the folder total.

Special Notes:

• Students will be asked to redo any work that is messy, incomplete, or where directions have not been followed.
• All loose-leaf work is to have a proper school heading on it and is to be done in traditional blue or black ink. (The only exception is math where pencil is always used.)
• All questions are expected to be answered in complete sentence format with proper punctuation unless otherwise indicated.
• All assignments are to be done in cursive.