1. Mrs. Baldwin’s 4th Grade Class

2. All About Me Grew up in Wayzata and graduated from WHS in 1983
Attended UCSB for college and graduate school M.A. from St. Thomas 1996
Plymouth Creek, my second home for the last 22 years (taught in California )
2 kids: Hays who’s 18 & graduated & Zoe, 10th WHS
Breast cancer survivor from 2007
Love teaching 4th graders!

3. Homework Assignment Notebook – parents please sign daily
Optional 1 ½ or 2 in. binder can be used
Daily
Math studylink
Reading (minimum of 20 min. per day) & fill out monthly log
Weekly
Spelling Contracts (see sample)
IXL & math unit practice packet
Occasional U.S. geography map studying for region tests

4. Class information Healthy Snack in afternoon (no nuts!)
Water bottle with no-spill top
Classroom updates via
Scholastic Book orders online (HDLRC)
Birthdays-no food treats or prizes
Featured Student each week

5. Field Trips
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom play: Oct. Stages Theater in Hopkins
Valentine’s Day/Feb. 12th: Ice PIC
Bakken Museum: Feb. 3rd
Lowry Nature Center: May 4th
Walk to Plymouth Library in May
End of the year Picnic at French Park -last week of school in June (6th-9th)

6. Conferences and Report Cards
Fall Conferences:
Dates - October 26th - Nov. 2nd
Common night Thursday, October 29th 4-8pm
Electronic Sign-up on Skyward
1st Semester Progress Report - early Feb.
Spring Conferences:
Dates - March 14th-March 25th
Common night Thursday, March 24th 4-8pm
2nd Semester Progress Report - June 9th

7. Testing
MCA Testing
Reading – April 13th-May 6th (on-line)
Math – April 13th-May 6th (on-line)
MAP Testing, (Measures of Academic Progress) Math & Reading, grades 2-5
September 14th- October 14th

8. Vision 21 Information For Parents of all Fourth Grade students:
As part of the district wide identification process for Vision 21 services, Wayzata Public Schools will be administering the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAt) to all Fourth Grade students on September 28th, 29th and 30th. .

9. Vision 21 information (continued)
Results from the CogAt tests will be used as one of the multiple information sources to identify students who are most likely to benefit from the Vision 21 Gifted and Talented program. Student identification will be finalized and parents will have access to their child’s CogAt results through Skyward Family Access by the beginning of December 2015.

10. Volunteering Room Parent(s) Partners in Art Classroom Help
Volunteer sign-up online
Confidentiality Agreement

11. Schedule Day 1 Art 1:30 Day 2 Music 1:30 Day 3 Tech 1:30 Day 4 PE 1:30
Day 5 Spanish 1:30
Media check-out on Day 2:45

12. Communication Email updates Class Website Moodle (Elearning)
Contact Information