Welcome to Mr. Liberti’s 4th Grade Class Thank you for joining us tonight. Please come in and look around. Your child left you a note, please take a moment and reply to them on the back. I will be covering a lot of information that will hopefully be helpful and useful to you.

Student Expectations Respect yourself and others CHOMP Students are expected to follow all class & school rules at all times. This is for the safety and success of all students. Here are the rules the class came up with during our first week. Respect yourself and others CHOMP Complete all class, and homework assignments daily.

CHOMP C- cooperate with others H- be honest and set a good example O- be on task and always do our best M- be mindful and treat others with respect P- come to school prepared to learn Classes earn CHOMPliments from teachers in the hallways, at specials and various other times of the day. As classes reach levels of 50 they are given a reward for their hard work.

Student Behavior If students do not follow the 3 school rules or our class rules the following actions will take place: Note in agenda/Verbal discussion Note in agenda/discussion with student and possibly walk the thinking trail Phone call home/possible conference

Daily Schedule Our specials are on a 7 day rotation. Each special will not be on the same day each week. I will send home the specials for the following week every Friday in the newsletter and it will be posted on the board in class weekly. Please be sure your child wears sneakers on their PE day-This is very important so they can participate. We will be changing rooms this school year so our lunch times and rooms may change when we track in. The new lunch times, schedules and dates are on my website. I will also let you know in the newsletter.

Mr. Liberti’s Daily Schedule 2017-18 Room 2223 Monday- Thursday 8:00-8:30 Math Morning Work 8:30-10:30 Daily Café Reading/Writing 10:35-11:05 Structured Play 11:10-11:35 Lunch 11:40-1:10 SSR/Math 1:15-2:00 Specials 2:00-2:50 Science/SS Friday 8:00-8:30 Morning Work (Family Journal) 8:30-10:30 Daily Café Reading/Writing 10:35-11:05 Structured Play 11:10-11:35 Lunch 11:40-1:10 SSR/Math 1:15-2:00 Specials 2:00-2:50 Media

Daily Café/Reading For Teachers….. For Students….. Deliver quick whole group lessons each day Teach 2-3 small groups of children each day Confer with individual students each day Hold all students accountable for eyes-on-text Students are independent For Students….. Engaged in the act of reading and writing for extended amounts of time Receive focused instruction on building and maintaining independence Receive tailored instruction through whole group, small group, and/or individual conferring, by their skilled classroom teacher, each day

Empowering Writers *A scaffolded approach that teaches the “HOW” to become a good writer by developing modeled lessons that create a strong foundation for students. *Encourages students to think more critically about what they write as well as what they read by asking questions throughout the writing process. *Integrates all genres in each themed unit, which supports the Common Core and allows students to see one idea (themed unit) can be the center for several writing pieces (expository, narrative, and opinion writing).

What will writing look like in the classroom? *Students will be provided exemplary examples of writing to guide them. *The teacher will spend a significant amount of time during each lesson modeling. *The teacher will support and challenge students during writing time, by walking around and sharing outstanding examples out loud to encourage other students to think differently.

Our Goals… Increase our students’ writing confidence Build a stronger foundation for student writing skills Increase teacher confidence in the “HOW TO” teach writing Integrate all genres of writing throughout the year

Science/SS Social Studies This year we will be switching classes for Science and Social Studies. Mrs. Gruenewald will be teaching science for 4 ½ weeks and I will be teaching Social Studies for 4 ½ weeks. Social Studies Q1- History Q2- Government Q3- Economy Q4- Culture, Geography and Environmental literacy Science Q1- Animals Q2- Rocks/Minerals Q3- Landforms Q4- Motion and Design

Homework Policy Homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday and will be both online and worksheets. Some assignments will require more than one night’s completion time. Students have the responsibility for their own homework. Our school implements the Wake County Public School System homework policy. Please refer to the student/parent handbook or www.wcpss.net for the complete policy.

Projects We will be working on projects throughout the year. I will be sending home all of the information as they come up. Q1-Animal habitats Q2-Government project/Famous landforms Q3-Famous African American opinion piece/Lighthouse project Q4-EOY Research project/NC road trip

Data Notebooks Data binders will be used to collect students assessments throughout the school year. We will add items to the data notebooks as they are graded. If you ever would like to see your child’s binder please have them bring it home/ just be sure they bring it back . Data binders are utilized to make you aware of your child’s grade so you are not surprised when interims or report cards go home. Data notebooks will be used during the student led conferences in the Spring.

Field Trips NC Zoo: Date pending (Fall) NC Symphony: Date pending (No chaperones are needed) Mordecai House: Date pending (Spring) Please fill out the volunteer registration online in the library or in the back of the classroom. You must fill this out every year in order to volunteer, this includes field trips as well.

Friday Folders Friday Folders go home weekly Please look over the work that your child has done throughout the week, as well as any other important papers from school. I send a newsletter each Friday and the students will write a letter about their week in their family journals. These are to be signed and returned on Monday.

Agendas Students write their homework and important information down each night in their agenda. I will sign them each day and ask that you please initial them each night. This year the agendas are free thanks to our wonderful PTA 

Conferences Conferences are held 1st and 3rd quarters. If you would like a conference you may request one at any time. When it is time for conferences I will send home times and ask that you please let me know if it works with your schedule. Phone conferences are also available, however you cannot see your child’s progress and work samples if you don’t come in person.

BYOD!? Any device that can access the internet When can they use them? What are they doing on them? Consequences? What happens if I forgot or don’t have a device? Permission slips went home during the 1st week It is the expectation that your child brings their device charged every day-we only have 3 laptops in the classroom. BYOD!?

Yellow Bus Transportation: With the goal of improving safety a new practice has been implemented for the 2017-2018 school year. All PreK-5 students that ride a yellow bus will be tagged. If your child rides in the morning and/or afternoon they have to have a tag. The tag has to stay on their bag for the entire school year as well. If a tag is lost or misplaced, please let your teacher know immediately so the office can create another tag. The tag includes information about the student, bus name, location, grade, track and phone numbers. If you have any further questions please come see Ms. Hartman, Mr. Hudson or Ms. Prosser.  Prek-1st graders will have red tags 2nd-5th grades will have yellow tags

Communication Weekly Newsletter (sent every Friday morning) Website (updated daily): http://mrlibertisclass.weebly.com/index.html Agendas Conferences Friday Folders Email: jliberti@wcpss.net Report Cards: Q1-10/6 Q2-12/21 Q3-3/29 Q4-6/29 Phone 919-841-4333