1. Welcome Back to School! Ms. Welte & Ms. Oduardo - Fourth Grade Teachers ewelte@highlineacademy.org coduardo@highlineacademy.org

2. Parking Lot If you have any questions, please write them down on a sticky note and add them to the parking lot in the back of the room!

3. General Communication Please fill out the survey and let us know the best way to contact you! Ms. Oduardo and Ms. Welte are available by email during the school day. We will respond to emails received within or outside of the school day within 24 hours. We will respond to voicemails left via phone within 24 hours. Please call the office with specific questions between 7:50am-3:30pm, or leave a voicemail after 3:30PM, as to protect the learning environment during the day. Sign up for Remind.com! Flyers are in your packets.

4. Grade Communication Track your child’s academic progress on Illuminate (we will send out a communication as soon as Illuminate is updated for the 2015-2016 school year). We will also be contacting you individually for fabulous academic progress as well as academic concerns. Planners: Planners are used to record homework and important dates.

5. Homework No more study hall! Teachers keep track of missing work and students write missing work in their planner. Missing work is due by the end of the week. Each student has 3 homework “strikes” per month before we will call home to come up with a solution together. Solution might be tutoring, after-school or before- school homework club, or a designated place/time outside of school for homework

6. Tutoring Tutoring is by invitation only to ensure adequate support. Tutoring may include support for learning targets, homework, or missed work. Ms. Oduardo’s tutoring is on Thursdays from 7:15-7:45am and Thursdays from 3:30-4:00pm Ms. Welte’s tutoring is on Thursdays from 4:00- 5:00pm.

7. Websites! Visit each site for updates! Updated Weekly - Ms. Oduardo: https://highlinegoingfourth.wordpress.com/ https://highlinegoingfourth.wordpress.com/ Updated Weekly - Ms. Welte: http://ewelte.weebly.com/http://ewelte.weebly.com/ Ms. Fry (4 th Grade ELA): https://sites.google.com/a/highlineacademy.org/mrs-fry- 3-5-performance-teacher/?pli=1 https://sites.google.com/a/highlineacademy.org/mrs-fry- 3-5-performance-teacher/?pli=1 Ms. Jayson (Elementary Spanish): http://sjayson.wix.com/spanishclass http://sjayson.wix.com/spanishclass Ms. Miles (4 th Grade Math): http://highlinemilestones.weebly.com/ http://highlinemilestones.weebly.com/

8. Housekeeping The best times to schedule appointments for your child during the day are between 11:30AM- 1:30PM. Please contact the front office if your child will be out for any reason. Inform the front office and your child’s teacher of any planned extended absences. Attendance is taken daily in the morning. Classes begin promptly at 7:50am!

9. Housekeeping: Behavior PBIS: Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports RP: Restorative Practices The fourth grade team is committed to holding students responsible for their choices and for understanding how these choices affect themselves and their community.

10. ELA - English Language Arts Ms. Welte, Ms. Oduardo, Ms. Fry Vision: All fourth graders become proficient and independent readers, writers, and thinkers. Students were placed into fluid performance groups based on 2015 i-Ready reading scores. Engage New York Curriculum connects reading and writing, and integrates Social Studies/Science Homework depends on the unit; it might be reading or writing short pieces. 120 Minute Block: 80 minutes = instruction and work time using Engage New York 40 minutes = guided reading rotations

11. Writer’s Workshop, Social Studies, Science Our Writer’s Workshop model is built to support student’s writing development and to support the learning targets of ELA class All Writer’s Workshop work will be completed in-class. Since ELA classes heavily support social studies and science learning, students attend SS/Science twice weekly. Students will be given ample time to complete tasks; any unfinished work will be completed on their own time. We will communicate in advance about social studies and science projects to be completed at home.

12. Math Ms. Welte, Ms. Oduardo, Ms. Miles Vision: All fourth graders will become efficient and persistent problem solvers with a focus on concepts rather than answers. Students were placed into fluid performance groups based on 2015 i-Ready math scores. Highline Academy uses Eureka Math. Homework: Homework questions are addressed in class; it is preferred to let students work on homework independently.

13. Spanish - Mrs. Jayson -Spanish instruction: 2 times a week for 40 minutes. -No H.W but unfinished class work must be finished at home. -Binder: All of your child’s class work, assessments, etc will be filed in the Spanish binder (please see binder for more details) -Communication: - Please subscribe to www.remind.com/join/sjayso for announcentswww.remind.com/join/sjayso - Syllabus, year long map and more information will be posted in the website: http://sjayson.wix.com/spanishclass http://sjayson.wix.com/spanishclass -Email: sjayson@highlineacademy.orgsjayson@highlineacademy.org

14. Handouts Be sure to pick up a handout packet, which includes the following topics: Volunteering/Communication Survey Teacher contacts Supporting reading at home Student schedules ELA - English Language Arts Math

15. Parking Lot Questions?