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Fourth Grade Wiki Site

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Rally Day: Friday, August 24 from 2:30-3:30 PM

First Day of School: Monday, August 27

Back to School Night: Tuesday, August 28 

Location: Cafeteria

Time: 7:00-8:00 PM

 

Must Reads for Parents

Basic Training

School Supplies

Student Expectations

Parent Expectations

Discipline Policy

Homework Policy

Attendance Policy

 STAAR

Clothing Concerns

Highland Park P.T.A. Updates

Student Handbook

Special Experiences and Events 

Student/Family Assignments

Tips for Kids and Parents

Volunteer Opportunities

 

Fourth Grade Team, 2012 - 2013

 

Lisa Bachman     Room #                lbachman@austinisd.org

Felicia Collins    Room #106          fcollins@austinisd.org

Beth Finkle         Room #103          bfinkle@austinisd.org

Sally Hunter       Room #101          shunter@austinisd.org

     *Scholastic Online Ordering Code H8QRK    scholastic.com/bookclubs

Laine Leibick     Room #102           lleibick@austinisd.org

Anna Lundy       Room #104           anna.lundy@austinisd.org

Tamra Snell        Room #105           tsnell@austinisd.org

     *Scholastic Book Ordering Online

     *Online Planbook Access for Parents and Students

 

Welcome Fourth Grade Parents!

    You will be truly amazed at the changes in your child over this next year.  He or she will become a more independent young person and, yes, they will begin to sound like fifth graders by next May!  We  look forward to traveling with all of you on  your children’s journey through fourth grade as we work to help them develop the personal, academic, social - emotional skills they will need the rest of their lives.

    Our collective teaching experience totals over 100 years and we would like to share our observations on successful students.  The most successful students are those who can “read” the people and events around them and respond appropriately.  This ability to watch and listen and to adapt to different situations is even  more essential than innate intelligence.  Please help your child  develop these skills by exposing him or her to a variety of cultural events and discussing appropriate behavior.  Keep it simple - compare the behavior accepted at McDonalds with that appropriate at a more formal restaurant.  Discuss how and why people should behave differently at  a movie theater than at a ball game.

    Make your child a full, contributing member of your family - assign chores or other responsibilities and let him or her deal with the natural consequences of doing the job well or of not doing it at all.  Watch your children in social situations and help them become aware of ways they can improve relationships and interactions with both peers and adults.  Fourth graders participate in many special events and field trips and we expect the children to treat speakers, docents, their classmates, and parent helpers with respect.

    Fourth grade teachers will try to reinforce appropriate skills throughout the year with our “CHARACTER COUNTS!” program to develop positive character traits.  We will stress the six pillars of Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship.  Students will also be encouraged to complete at least eight service hours during the year.  Please let us know if you have suggestions for service opportunities. 

     Beginning in school year 2012-13, Highland Park will be implementing a social-emotional learning component from Second Step. From Second Step's website description: "The Second Step program can take students from preschool all the way through middle school. Each grade level features developmentally appropriate ways to teach core social-emotional skills such as empathy, emotion management, and problem solving. And now we've added self-regulation, executive function skills, and Skills for Learning in early learning and K-5 to give kids that extra boost" (http://www.cfchildren.org/second-step.aspx). 

    A personal goal for us is to keep the fourth graders acting and feeling like kids.  This is the last year they will truly belong only to their families - we encourage you to enjoy the time and make it last as long as possible.

    Remember that the original goal of public education was to develop active, knowledgeable, and contributing members of society.  Our children will benefit most and be happiest if we all work together toward this goal. 

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