1. WELCOME TO MEET THE TEACHER! Please make sure you sign in on the sign up sheet outside the door of your child’s homeroom teacher. Thank you for coming. MRS. WEHMAN AND MRS. GUTHRIE

2. Mrs. Guthrie’s Homeroom Class Schedule  8:00 – 9:30– Math with Mrs. Wehman  9:30 – 10:30 – Science/SS  10:30 – Switch Classes  10:30-10:50 – Writing with Mrs. Guthrie  10:50-11:35 –Recess & Lunch  11:35 – 12:30 –Writing with Mrs. Guthrie  12:30-1:15 – Rotation  1:15-2:45– Reading with Mrs. Guthrie  2:45 Pack up & Dismissal

3. Yellow Folders The yellow folder is their daily folder. It will travel with them to their switch class. This folder should go home every day. One side will be labeled with COMPLETE and one side will be labeled with INCOMPLETE. Anything on the complete side has been completed or is a work in progress. Anything on the INCOMPLETE side should be completed for homework. We give specific instructions daily as to which side a paper should go on. PLEASE DO NOT clean out their yellow folders. We clean out yellow folders every Monday. Some papers are to be left in there for many weeks.

4. RED FOLDERS RED FOLDERS GO HOME EVERY MONDAY. THEY NEED TO BE SIGNED AND RETURNED WITHIN TWO DAYS. PINK -- GUTHRIE PURPLE -- WEHMAN

5. AGENDAS/DAILY PLANNERS A 4 th Grade Peek-of-the-Week will not be sent home. Each of us will download our Peek to our webpage on Mondays. Students will have an agenda/daily planner. Each day they will write their assignments in their daily planner. Their agenda should go home every day. It is not necessary to sign the planner.

6. HOMEWORK Homework is not taken for a grade but is very important in learning, reinforcing, and maintaining skills. We do try to limit the amount of homework assigned and usually allow some class time to get started on it. In your child’s agenda, if you see an assignment with a P.I.F. beside it, then that assignment is for homework and can be found in their yellow folder. P.I.F. stands for Put In Folder. Each student will receive one homework pass at the beginning of each grading period. They may use this homework pass one time per grading period when they do not have their homework (for any reason). If your child does not have their homework 1 time in a week’s time, then their Work Habits grade in their Monday Take Home folder will be an N. If they do not have their homework 2 or more times in a one week period then their work habits grade will be a U.

7. P.I.F. (put in folder) means Homework. You should find a P.I.F. worksheet in their yellow folder. T.I.B. (turn into basket) means a graded worksheet. This will not be in their yellow folder.

8. GRADED WORK All graded work has to be completed at school—students are not allowed to bring graded work home to complete. When looking at your child’s agenda, if you see an assignment that has a T.I.B. to the side of it, that means the worksheet is a graded piece of paper. You will not find it in your child’s yellow folder. We will grade it and send it home in their red folder on Monday. T.I. B. means Turn In Basket. If your child has been absent, they can get to school as early as 7:30 to makeup their work. They will be able to come into our classroom, and we can work with them on what they missed.

9. Some information about my class….. Spelling—A new spelling list goes home every Friday. The students need to complete three spelling activities each week. Spelling spirals are due Thursdays. Writing—Basic Grammar Skill mini-lessons Journal write everyday Personal Narrative and Expository Book Club--There will be 4 book club meetings throughout the year. Students read the assigned book, pass the AR test, and they get to attend the book club. The first book club letter will go home next week. AR goals will be set for each grading period. This first grading period is 8 points. AR reports are sent home every 3 weeks with progress reports. Reading Response Journals will start next week. Students will read for twenty minutes at home each night. They will record a summary of what they read and parents will need to sign the log.

10. Birthday Treats You’re welcome to send in birthday treats and invitations. If you send in invitations, you must send in invitations for the whole class or for all the girls/boys. Please, Please, please……if you send in a large cookie, cut it into pieces prior to sending it in. Please send it in before lunch (11:05).

11. Odd and Ends…..  Campus spirit shirts need to be a sponsored PISD shirt. Please, no homemade or iron on shirts. Friday is the only day that a college shirt is allowed. Inside jackets must be a solid color. Please write your child’s name on all jackets and sweaters.  If your child is absent, please send in an excuse note on a full sheet of paper within 3 days.  Please check Skyward and our teacher webpages weekly for updated information.  If your child will be going home a different way, please send in a note, or contact the office before 2:00.

12. We encourage you to be a big part of your child’s education. Parental involvement makes all the difference in your child’s success. We welcome phone calls, e-mails, and conferences. Our conference times are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 12:30-1:15. Our e-mails are: guthriej@pearlandisd.org wehmank@pearlandisd.org We may not be able to respond to an e-mail or phone call on the day you try to reach us. Please remember that we are teaching most of the day, and it is not unusual to have a meeting scheduled during our conference and after school. We will get back to you just as soon as we can.

13. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING. Rustic Strong