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Daily Folders
Each student has been given a blue plastic FOLDER. This is designed to enhance parent/teacher communication. It also provides a safe place for important papers like homework. Because of this, it is important that this folder goes back and forth from school to home daily.
What goes inside the folder?
- weekly newsletter (The Listening Post) in front sleeve
- important notes from the teacher or parent
- homework papers going to school
- graded papers going home
- unfinished work going home to be completed
- Word Power grade sheet (in back sleeve)
- misc. important stuff like hot lunch money, book club orders, field trip permission slips etc.
IMPORTANT
Do NOT send back important papers in the MESH folder. Anything you want me to see needs to come to school in the blue folder.
DURING REMOTE LEARNING WE WILL NOT BE BRINGING THINGS TO SCHOOL AND HOME. INSTEAD, ALL PAPERS/ASSIGNMENTS ETC. WILL BE SENT FROM HOME OR SCHOOL VIA EMAIL, GOOGLE DOCS, OR GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
The Listening Post
The first day of the school week (usually Monday) the weekly newsletter will be sent home in the front sleeve of the blue folder. This contains important information about what is happening at school. It also includes the week's homework assignments. Please check it every day. FYI, The Listening Post is also posted on our classroom website each week so you can access it at any time.
THIS WILL NOT BE POSTED DURING REMOTE LEARNING. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER EMAILS WILL BE SENT HOME INSTEAD. (More information about this on the Remote Learning link.
Lincoln Agenda
All 4th grade students have been provided a Lincoln School Agenda. This is a calendar/organizer designed to enhance all the students' organization skills and to help them keep track of homework and important events etc.
The students are required to write their homework assignments in the agenda each day.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD'S AGENDA EACH DAY TO KEEP TRACK OF SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES.
I WILL ALSO ADD NOTES FOR YOU TO SEE AS NEEDED.
IMPORTANT: During Remote Learning I will not be able to monitor or write in student agendas.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
The most important supplies for the classroom are:
- 25 clear sheet protectors
- a 2" binder
- highlighters (pink, yellow, green)
- color pencils
- pencils (NO mechanical pencils are allowed)
- eraser]post-its (3 x 3 inch size)
- ruler with inches and centimeters
- small handheld pencil sharpener
Nice to have supplies are:
- clipboard with a flat type of clip
- mini stapler
- white out
homework
Homework that is listed in The Listening Post is the official homework of the week. Unless stated otherwise, homework is due the day after it is assigned.
IMPORTANT:
If your child is spending more than an hour a night on homework, please let me know. We will then be able to troubleshoot and come up with some solutions. The key is communication.
IMPORTANT:
Please be aware that not everything your child is working on might NOT be homework. If you feel like the work load is too much, check the Listening Post to see if it actually is homework. It may actually be "leftovers." Please refer to the next section for an explanation.
leftovers
Work that is assigned in class but is not completed by the time it is due, needs to go home to be completed.
Any leftovers should be written in the agenda by your child. He/she is responsible to add this before going home.
IMPORTANT:
I do NOT send something home as Leftovers unless I have given ample class time to complete it. This is usually many days and lots of worktime provided.
Leftovers are due at school the following day.
Student Email
Your child is now considered an intermediate student and as such it is important that he/she has a email account.
I recommend that you create a new gmail account that you share with your child.
Please make sure that:
- your child knows how to log on to the account from any browser or laptop
- your child knows the password
- your child knows how to open mail, send mail, attach a document, knows how to check the sent mail file
Google Account
As you are aware, each student has a CUSD Google Doc/Drive account. This makes it much easier to work on the same documents at school, at home, grandma's house etc. The accounts have been set up by CUSD behind a firewall for privacy. They should have the same password they used last year.
Birthdays
Birthdays are special days and students often want to acknowledge the day by bringing treats to share with the class.
The school policy is that students are not permitted to bring food. However, feel free to bring a non-food item to share. Of course this is optional.
Some ideas are:
- bookmarks
- fun pencils or erasers
- stickers
- a book donation for the class library
- a game we can add to our "Rainy Day Games" cupboard