HELLO!

Welcome to

4th Grade

Come in and find a seat. I will assign seats later.

1. Complete the activity titled: “Stuff About Me”.

2. Write a paragraph describing yourself on the notebook paper provided.

a. Use your best handwriting.

b. Check your capitalization and punctuation.

Let’s Get to Know One Another

1. Starting at one side of the room each person will state their name and one detail about themselves.

2. As we go around the room each person will have to remember what all the people before him/her said and state it.

3. The last person will have to state everyone’s name and detail.

4. When all of the students finish I( Mr. Wood) will have to state everyone’s name and detail. If I miss more than 4, the students win and will receive an extra 10 minutes of PE one day next week. If I do not miss more than 4, the students will have to tell me that I am the best teacher in the whole world for a week.

Rules and Procedures

Classroom Rules I will get permission before I speak. I will get permission before I leave my seat. I will have all materials ready. I will keep hands and feet to myself. I will use acceptable words and gestures at

all times.

Rules and ProceduresContinued I will keep a daily discipline log for each

class. Each time you break a rule you will

receive a tally mark. At the end of the nine weeks the amount

of tally marks you receive determine your grade.

Rules and ProceduresContinued

Infraction Consequence

Parent Contact

First time you break a rule

Verbal warning None

Second time you break a rule

1 Tally Mark None

Third time you break a rule

1 Tally Mark Note or Phone Call Home

Fourth time you break a rule

1 Tally Mark Request for a Conference

Rules and ProceduresContinued

Serious infractions will result in more tally marks being added. Some of these are listed below:

Bullying 3 tally marks Fighting 10 tally marks Damage to school property5 tally marks

Rules and ProceduresContinued The classroom discipline log process starts

fresh each day. At the end of the nine weeks I will use the

following scale to determine your conduct grade: Number of Tally Marks Grade

0 - 4 A

5 - 7 B

8 - 9 C

10-11 D

12 or more F

HomeworkHomework will count as 5% of your overall grade. Alabama History

Alabama History homework will be given periodically as needed.

It will be due the following day unless otherwise stated. Language/Grammar

A writing assignment will be assigned each Monday and due on Friday.

SpellingMonday – Write each word 3 timesTuesday- Write a sentence with each wordWednesday – No homeworkThursday – Study for test

Make-Up Work

Make up work is due within 3 days of returning to school.

Extra Credit Assignment

Any student may earn 5 points extra credit on any test by bringing in a news article and sharing it with the class.

The article has to affect the state of Alabama in some way.

The student has to bring a copy of the article and a short written summary.

Questions?