Mrs. Taylor’s 4 th Grade Class 2011 – 2012

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. I look forward to a great year with your children! School Voice Mail: School Office:

Behavior Expectations Help maintain a positive learning atmosphere Follow all Lagos rules (see Family Handbook) Use the 6 Traits of Good Character Trustworthiness Respect Responsibility Fairness Caring Citizenship

Rules and Consequences Treat other people the way you’d like to be treated Be responsible Be respectful of people and property Use the C’s: Common Sense, Courtesy and Cooperation *** *** *** Rewards Consequences Positive Words Warnings Principal’s Lunch Written Consequence Lessons Reward Points or phone call home

Homework Five days each week: read for 20 minutes Monday – Spelling/Handwriting Tuesday – Spelling/Handwriting Wednesday – Spelling Thursday – Spelling/Writing This schedule is subject to change without notice

More Homework Math homework will not follow a schedule but will be given depending on the daily math lesson Study spelling words all week for the Friday quiz Unfinished class work becomes homework Additional homework can be expected occasionally for social studies or science. Missing homework will be done during morning recess study hall

Specials Monday Computer Lab 12:05 Tuesday P.E. 12:05 Wednesday Art 10:35 Thursday Music 12:05 Friday Library 12:05

MATH Resources: Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Math Scott Foresman Investigations Skills Focused On: Data and Graphs Place Value Time Multiplication Money Geometry Fractions Measurement Division Decimals Patterns Probability

Language Arts Reading Harcourt Trophies Vocabulary Comprehension Guided Comprehension Independent Reading Spelling Writing Six-Trait Writing - Ideas - Organization - Voice - Word Choice - Conventions - Sentence Fluency Additional Activities Read Alouds Sustained Silent Reading Handwriting Grammar and Language

Science Magnetism & Electricity Animal Studies Water & Weather Renewable/Nonrenewable Resources Lots of Experiments and Hands-On Fun!!!!

Social Studies Arizona Studies History People Counties Map Skills Geography Native Americans

Technology Computer Lab Making graphs and Power Point Presentations Microsoft Word Internet exploration for informational writing Type to Learn

Fun Stuff/Projects Book Projects Research Projects Art Masterpiece Field Trips Spirit Days 4 Parties

Odds ‘n Ends Your child’s planner should come to school every morning and go home every night Please send a healthy snack with your child each day Please initial the weekly Reading Log for the days your child read for 20 minutes

Extra Information Tax Credit Donations Participate in our wonderful PTO Scholastic Book Club orders Thank you for coming!!