 Goals/Expectations  Educational Philosophy  Quality of Work  Helping Your Child at Home  Social Studies  Health  Science  Technology  Homework  Grading  Classroom Management  Communication

 Becoming responsible for their own learning  Understanding that mistakes are a way of learning  Becoming thinkers and problem solvers  Goals and Scales › Active learners › Learning Notebooks

 High Expectations  Mindset: Fixed vs Growth  Support  Consistency  Accountability  Responsibility

 Proper Heading on Pager (Name, Number, Date, Assignment)  Erase Completely  Write Within Margins of Paper  Read Directions Before Beginning  Follow Multi-Step Directions  Check Work Carefully  Write Legibly (Print and Cursive)  Take Time to do Personal Best

 Relax  You are a “guide”  Don’t take over for your child  Expect your child to work hard to learn  Have your child explain the problem and his thinking out loud  Show all work  Examine why solutions are correct and incorrect  Help your child connect math with daily life  Point out your own activities that involve mathematics  Ask questions

 Geography and Mapping Skills  Arizona Studies  Economics of Arizona  Explorers and Missionaries  Prehistoric and Modern Day Native Americans

 Being Healthy Curriculum  Human Growth and Development (Permission only to participate)

 Animal & Plant Science  Magnetism & Electricity  Weather & Water  Renewable & Nonrenewable Energy

 Project Base Learning and Research  Google Doc  Electronic Portfolios  Word (word processing, inserting clipart, saving files, and printing)  PowerPoint & Frames (Slideshows)  Excel (Collecting data and graphing)  Publisher (Card and brochure making)  Inspiration (Presentations, organizing data)  Internet searching and safety

 Kyrene 4 th grade: 40 minutes nightly  Math homework: Every Night  Reading: (Every Night)  Projects  (Not included in my homework) Math fact practice – nightly (If your child needs it)  If all homework is turned in completed and on time – Success Club  If not - then study hall (I still expect all homework to be turned in even if late or sick.)

 ABC’s › % A › 80-89% B › 70-79% C › 60-69% D › 0 – 59% F  Rubrics and Scales

 The 3 B’s  Honey Drops  Whole Brain Learning (WBL)  Ron Clark’s “The Essential 55”  Character Clips  Mr. Potato Head

 Yellow Communication Folders (Home on Monday – back on Tuesday)  ‘Back’ Folder: Papers stay home  Agenda: Homework, Behavior, Goals, Reading and Math min.  Webpage: Monte Vista Webpage kyrene.orgkyrene.org  Perks’ FYIs  Student phone calls