4th Grade Parent-Teacher Orientation

Team 1 Amanda Burton, Natalie Roddy, Susannah GrumblesBurton-math and social studiesRoddy-reading and scienceGrumbles-writing, language, and spelling

Team 2 Holly Houser, Stacy Klaus, Vanessa HolmesHouser-math and social studiesKlaus-reading and scienceHolmes-writing, language, and spelling

CommunicationE-mail Us

hhouser@g-pisd.org sklaus@g-pisd.org

aburton@g-pisd.org nroddy@g-pisd.org

vholmes@g-pisd.org sgrumbles@g-pisd.org

Comments section of Homework FolderCall for a Conference

777-4045

Important FoldersNightly Homework

FolderAssignments will be

discussed several times throughout the date

Children are responsible for writing down their assignments

Folders need to be reviewed nightly

Folders will be checked daily

Tuesday Take Home FolderGraded assignments

will be placed in this folder

Review graded workIf failing, sign and

returnPapers with a 70 or

higher can be removed

Folder needs to be signed and returned Wednesday

HomeworkUnfinished Classwork

Any unfinished classwork will become homework

Math HomeworkWill be given 3 nights a week. Monday and

Tuesday night will be a Drops and Wednesday will be a word problem.

ReadingRead 30 minutes nightly

SpellingStudy words

STAAR 4th Grade has 3 STAAR TestsWriting 2 Day Test with 2 CompositionsMath 4 hour test Reading 4 hour testTest will be more strenuous than TAKSScores will not be used for accountability.

NOT A STUDENT SUCCESS INITITIVE YEAR

ConductDaily Grid Documentation Sheet

Make-Up MemoPer the student hand book, your child has

one day per day absent to make up missing assignments.

TutorialsWill begin September 20th

Monday-Language ArtsTuesday-ReadingThursday-Math

Volunteer InformationPlease visit the office to become an approved

volunteer for GPISD.You MUST have a background check on file in

order to attend field trips or be a classroom volunteer.

Background check must be renewed each year.Must be an approved volunteer for:

Field tripsClassroom partiesVolunteering on campus(reading to students, etc.)