1. Welcome to … Goals Night

2. 4th Grade Team

3. Adjusting to 4 th Grade More work Harder concepts More expectation

4. Class Schedule 7:45- 8:55 Guided Reading Groups/ AR/IDR 8:55- 9:45 Co-curricular 9:45- 10:00 Bathroom/Water Break 10:00- 11:00 Reading 11:00 - 12:00 Lang. Arts/Writing 12:00 – 12:30 Math 12:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00- 1:30 Recess 1:30 - 2:15 Math 2:15-3:00 Science (T, TH) Social Studies (M, W)

5. Classroom Expectations Completion of work 100% effort Showing Character

6. Students’ Responsibilities Wise Choices Respect All Expect Success

7. Nightly Reading/IDR

8. Grading Policy Language Arts MathReadingScienceSocial Studies Daily Work 60% Writing Composition Spelling Grammar Tests/ Quizzes 40% 10 grades Daily Work 60% Tests/ Quizzes 40% 10 grades Daily Work 60% AR IDR Weekly Reading Assignments Test 40% 10 grades Daily Work 60% Tests/ Quizzes 40% 5 grades Daily Work 60% Tests/ Quizzes 40% 5 grades

9. Late Work/ Make Up Work

10. Tuesday’s Folders

11. Multiplication Expectations

12. STAAR Testing Days Writing= Week of April 2 & 3 Math & Reading = Week of April 23 & 24

13. Academic/ STAAR Tutoring Writing= Beginning Oct. 9, 2012 Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 to 4:00 PM Math & Reading= Beginning Oct. 9, 2012 Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 to 4:00 PM

14. Family Access Parent Portal is located on Desoto ISD home website http://www.desotoisd.org http://www.desotoisd.org

15. BYOD (Bring Your own Device) Please allow your children to bring their technology devices, based on teacher’s lesson plans.  Tablet  E-Reader  Laptop *No hand held game devices.

16. Link to My Webpage aaron.black@desotoisd.org jkillian@desotoisd.org deandra.warner@desotoisd.org kimberly.mathews@desotoisd.org veronica.jones@desotoisd.org