WELCOME TO MEET THE TEACHER 2014
Mrs. Pederson
CONFERENCE TIME
M
y conference time is
f
rom 9:45-10:30
MORNING PROCEDURES
Students can be dropped off beginning at 7:15.
PLEASE do not drop off students in the bus circle or the faculty parking lot.
Parents who come into the building throughout the day must sign in at the office.
LATE ARRIVALS/ABSENCES
T
he tardy bell rings at 8:00 AM.
I
f your child is absent, send a note on
the day he/she returns.
GOING HOME
I
f your child will be going home a
different way, please send a note or call
the office before 2:00.
SNACKS AND PARTIES
Children may bring a healthy snack to class.
There are three class parties per year: Winter Holidays, Valentine’s Day & End of School.
You can drop off or send cookies or cupcakes to school for your child’s birthday. We will serve the treat after lunch.
DAILY FOLDER/THURSDAY FOLDER
Yellow Daily Folder will go home each day and come back to school each day. Check it for notes, and assignments. A reading log and a list of spelling activities should be in the yellow folder at all times.
Red Thursday folder goes home every Thursday. Graded papers for the week are in the folder, along with a weekly conduct and work habit grade.
Please return red folders on Friday.
The Peek of the Week will go home each Friday and it is also posted on the teacher’s website.
TEACHER WEBPAGE
A
copy of the Peek of the Week can be
found on my teacher webpage.
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ttp://www.pearlandisd.org/webpages/jpederson
CONDUCT GOALS
I
will treat everyone with kindness.
I
will use appropriate behavior in all areas of the building.
I
will talk at appropriate times.
I
will follow directions at all times.
WORK HABIT GOALS
I
will be prepared for class.
I
will use my time wisely.
I
will complete assignments and turn them in on time.
I
will always do my best.
DISCIPLINE
Conduct Goals/Work Habits Goals count as two separate grades. Grades are E,S,N,U.
Positive reinforcement can include notes, verbal praise, Stallion Slips, and tickets for rewards.
Failure to abide by these rules can result in loss of recess, parent contact, and office referrals.
GRADES
Available on Family Access
Grading Scale
• A = 90 – 100• B = 80 – 89• C = 75 – 79• D = 70 - 74
Redo work- If a child receives a failing grade on a daily assignment that is below 70, they will get the chance to redo the assignment in class after a re-teach for up to a 70.
Test/Quiz - If a child receives a failing grade on a test or quiz, they will get a chance to retake the test or quiz, after a re-teach for up to a 70.
CONTENT AREAS
M
rs. Pederson teaches Math, Science, Social
Studies, & Health
M
s. Brown teaches Reading, Language,
Spelling and Handwriting
P
lace Value
M
ath Vocabulary
P
roblem solving
M
ultiplication
D
ivision
G
raphs
MATH
M
easurement
T
ime
M
oney
G
eometry
F
ractions
P
robability
M
atter
S
imple Systems
S
cience Process Skills
T
he Solar System
H
abitats
SCIENCE
F
orce
A
daptations
I
nherited Traits
W
ater Cycle
SOCIAL STUDIES
Mapping Skills
Communities
Citizenship
Black history
Inventors and inventions
Government/Economics
Explorers
Culture
Women’s Histories
READING
Guided Reading (Small group)
Independent Reading
Shared Reading (Whole group instruction)
Read Aloud
Literacy Work Stations
Strategies include schema, visualizing, asking questions, making predictions, inferring, determining importance and synthesizing.
Reading skills include genre, cause and effect, main idea and details, text evidence, plot structure, text structure, summary of fiction and informational text, sequencing, context clues, author’s purpose, predicting, and analyzing characters.
LANGUAGE
6 +1 Traits of Writing
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Voice• Sentence Fluency• Conventions• Presentation
The Writing Process
Journaling
Preparation for 4th Grade Writing STAAR
Grammar
Penmanship
SPELLING
A list of spelling words is sent home on the Peek of the Week each Friday.
A list of spelling activities is located in the yellow daily folder or blue spiral. Students should complete at least 3 activities each week in the blue Spelling Spiral.
Spelling homework will be turned in and checked each Friday.
HANDWRITING
S
tudents should print legibly on all class work.
S
tudents are encouraged to practice cursive writing
in class.
G
rading scale: S, N, or U
STAAR TESTING DATES
T
he Math and Reading STAAR test
will be the week of April 22nd.
QUESTIONS???
T
HANK YOU FOR COMING!