2. Welcome to 4 th grade Hollywood!

3. Communication Email: Wester.stefawn@westada.orgEmail: Wester.stefawn@westada.or Phone: 208-350-4305 ext. 1129 Agenda: Everyday we will be filling this out together. Please ask them about what they wrote and sign this each day, so I know you looked at it! This is also a great place to send me a quick note when needed. Website: You can look at this through Spalding’s homepage on our district’s website. I will update this weekly starting after Labor Day.

4. OSCAR folders Organizing Students Communication and Resources –We will place papers to go home in here. I would prefer that notes for me go in agendas if possible or through email.

5. MOVIE folder My Organizer: Very Important Everyday –This folder is where you will find classwork that they are working on. This is NOT homework. Students will have opportunities throughout the week to complete these assignments. They are not late till Friday at the end of the day if not completed.

6. Volunteers: I am very excited about all of the possible volunteers that I have this year! I will be contacting you this week with needs! I will email all the available time slots and then you can sign up. This allows my availability to match with yours. **Also, I had a lot of volunteers for our field trip. Yes, 4 th grade only gets 1 this year, but all volunteers are welcome. It is not till the Spring, so I will not be contacting you about this until the time gets a bit closer.

7. Grades All Subjects are Standards-Based report card. 3,2,1 grades Better LATE than NEVER policy “Teacher led Redo” policy- A follow-up assignment may be presented to ensure concept understanding has taken place. Not everything that is turned in is graded and handed back

8. STAR Folder Students Taking Academic Responsibility (Homework Folder) All Homework packets will be Handed out Friday and will be due the following Thursday! Weekly Requirements: 1.80 minutes of reading from a chapter book at their level. Each week one response assignment turned in. 4 Book Reports will be completed this year… Oct. 2 nd, Dec. 4 th, Feb. 6 th, May 1 st 2.Spelling Word Activity (changes weekly) Spelling tests on Thursday 3.Math- Khan Academy and Xtra Math

9. Spalding Students SOAR Safety First On task Always do your personal best Respect *Rewards Kelso Tickets- class and school drawing Class points to earn reward during our SOARing celebration each week

10. When Students are not SOARING For small classroom issues they lose their coins and when they lose all 3 in one day, I will contact you to help address the problem I have an awesome class and of course I’m hoping I won’t have to do this, but Spalding has Behavior Notifications that will be sent home if needed for major discipline issues

11. Supplies We are good on the required supplies! Thanks for everything you sent in! I have a wish list on my website, so if we start to run short, I will put needed items here Class fee $8: –includes the $3 fee for the agenda and the $5 fee for the recorder (please include your child’s name when sending in money)

12. Celebrity of the Week: Each week a new “star” will be selected to be the center of attention. I’m hoping to make this different from prior years, but this requires more help from you. I would like students to make a video of themselves to show in class.

13. Hollywood Fun Birthdays: Celebrated the last Friday of every month! Snacks are welcome, but we do have a peanut and gluten allergy in our classroom Store: The students are earning $ for our monthly store. This store theme will change every month and will be held the same day as our birthday celebrations. Money is earned through behavior and academics.

14. Curriculum- Differentiation Social Studies- Idaho History –Geography and Native Americans –Growth and Expansion to Statehood –People, Resources and Economic Issues of Today Science –Space –Ecosystems –Electricity and Magnetism Spelling –Pattern Based Spelling Language Arts: –Harcourt Stories Reading, Writing, and Language Math –Multiplication and Division Computation –Number Systems, Relationships & Representations –Dimensional Measurement Relationships

15. Before you go this evening: Take a moment to write your child a quick note on their letter for the morning- they love this! Thank you for coming! We are going to have a great year in Hollywood watching your “stars” shine!