WELCOME TO
OPEN
HOUSE
Ms. Traynor 4th Grade
Room 406
A Little about me:
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I have been teaching for 17 years.
This is my 14th year in Red Clay
I have taught 4th, 2nd, and K.
I have a Master of Education degree from
U of D and my undergraduate degree in
education from Millersville University.
• I have two children, Lauren (12) and Brian
(9). They go to Skyline and Heritage.
School Day
8:50-3:40
• No one may ride any bus except the
one they are assigned to
• Siblings may not come in to school
during the instructional day or lunch
• Early dismissals must be done by 2:45
• Notes required for every dismissal
change
• Doors are locked at 4:00-check on the
website or with a friend for homework
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Sign-in at the office upon arrival
Health and Well-Being
• Please check in with your child and discuss
how they are feeling each morning.
• Many students come through the door each
morning with aches and ailments and want to
go to the nurse.
• I have found that it is helpful if they have
already talked to you about their issue.
• Then I say “Did you tell Mom/Dad?” They say
“Yeah, they said go to school.” I say, “Well
then, I guess you should try to stick it out
for a while.” If it is really nothing that is the
end. If they really don’t feel well they come
back and I send them to the nurse.
Our Daily Schedule
• 8:35-9:00 Opening- Morning Work,
Journal, Pledge, Moment of Silence
• Attendance- remember to send a
note when your child is absent or
needs to go home early or in a
different way
• Materials: Homework Folder,
Agenda, binder and writer’s
notebook
RTI- Intervention Period
½ hour a day
• Students will be grouped
according to needs
• The students will work on skills
that they are struggling with or
that were identified as needs on
the DCAS.
• Some students may go to other
rooms or be serviced by other
teachers at this time.
Word Work
9:00-9:30
• Students will work on:
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Vocabulary
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words
Commonly misspelled words
Reading and figuring out words in context
Reading/Language Arts
9:30-10:30
• Reader’s Workshop- students will
Predict/read/summarize/connect to books
in a particular genre
• I will present mini-lessons on particular
skills before they read
• Students will complete a Reading Response
Journal when they read
• They will complete before, during and
after reading entries.
• We will also use the Scott Foresman
reading materials to meet our reading
goals.
Math
10:30-11:20
• We are using the Math Trailblazers
curriculum to present the 4th grade Core
Curriculum.
• Students complete Daily Practice
Problems, lessons and practice activities,
and Labs.
• We will use Math Excel worksheets for
morning work and homework.
• I will also supplement with other materials
as needed
• Fourth Graders need to know their
multiplication basic facts (Flash cards)
Lunch-11:20-11:50
Recess- 11:50-12:20
• Please send your child to school every
day prepared to go outside.
• Please adhere to the dress code (no
open backed shoes)
• Students may not bring any
“equipment” from home
Silent Reading/AR/Small
Group/Work Completion
12:20-12:40
• As students re-enter the classroom after
recess, we take time to cool down or warm up.
• Students are able to use the restroom/fill
water bottles/get drinks
• I use this time to work with students to
complete assignments or reteach a concept
• Students are reading books for AR or
completing assigned work
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Science
12:40-1:50
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Kits:
Structures of Life
Electricity and Magnetism
Land and Water
Skywatchers
Graded on group experiments and
classwork
• Tests
• Study Guides and quizzes
Social Studies
12:40-1:50
• We will use classroom newspapers,
textbooks and materials to
investigate civics, geography,
economics, and history
• We will study these areas by using
the State of Delaware as an example.
• We study the Native Americans
through the Revolutionary War
• Students are graded on classwork,
study guides, and quizzes
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Related Arts
1:50-2:35
Technology with Ms. Bernal
Art with Ms. Phillips
Music with Ms. Murphy
Library with Ms. Marinelli-remember
your books
Gym with Ms. Cox -remember
sneakers
Spanish Experience with Ms. Palmer
Band with Ms. Peo
See the Related Arts Schedule for
your child’s specific schedule
Writing/Language Arts
2:35-3:20
• Writer’s Workshop
• We will use the writing processprewriting, drafting, revising and
editing, publishing to write narrative,
persuasive, informative, and creative
pieces
• Students will use rubrics to self
assess their writing
Writing Journals
• Due Dates are written in their agendas.
(They are due near the end of each
month.)
• 4 one page entries is the minimum
amount of work required. They may
always do more.
• Journals are graded for neatness,
quality, quantity, and proofreading.
• They are worth 20 points.
Pack-up
3:20-3:35
• We pack up all of our belongings to
go home
• Homework is placed in mailboxes and
students are responsible for getting
it on the way out
• Math Excel sheets are given out in
the morning and we go over the
morning work portion at math time.
Band, Chorus and Strings
• These are excellent additional programs
that are offered through Linden Hill
• Please address any concerns, questions, etc.
about these programs and their schedules
to the appropriate staff member
• Students are responsible for any work they
miss when they are out for these programs
• I will provide them with the work by giving
them a copy of anything they miss and
listing the assignments on the board. It is
their responsibility to ask any questions
they have pertaining to the work and to
make sure they hand the work in.
Homework
• Reading- students are expected to read
15 minutes each night and complete their
reading summaries.
• We will have one project each marking
period
• Math- students will have math homework
most nights
• Science and Social Studies homework,
studying or projects will be given
occasionally, as noted in the agenda
• Word work will be given weekly. Students
are responsible for knowing the definitions
of the words and how to use them in context
• Students will be asked to write in their
writing journal at least once a week.
Agendas/Website
• Please see the agenda for the homework
assigned for each night and nightly reminders
• Please sign the agenda to show that you have
seen the homework for the night
• Please write any notes, questions, or concerns
about homework in the agenda
• If your child is really struggling with an
assignment please note that in the planner
• Homework should not take longer than 45 min.one hour
Grades
• Students in Fourth Grade receive
letter grades
• A=Excellent 93-100
• B= Very Good 85-92
• C=Satisfactory 77-84
• D=Poor 70-76
• F= Failure Below 70
• Grades will be affected by class
participation, homework, class work,
projects, and tests
Behavior
• Students have a pocket on the chart in the
back of the room
• They start the day with a green card.
• If they break the rules, they get a reminder.
• If I have to speak to them again, they have to
change their card to yellow and note this in their
agenda.
• If I have to speak to them again they get a red
card and a note comes home for you to sign.
• If they do not bring the note back the next day
they will lose some of their recess time until they
bring it back signed and I will have them
call you to let you know to look for it.
Assessments
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Grade Level Assessments
DCAS
Star Reading
Classroom tests- they will be noted in
the agenda and study materials will
be sent home when applicable
• Study Island
Home Access Center
• You received a password to log into the
HAC.
https://hac.doe.k12.de.us/homeaccess/
• You can monitor your child’s grades and
progress throughout the year by logging
on.
• Please send questions, concerns, comments
about grades via e-mail or the planner.
Websites
• District http://www.redclay.k12.de.us/
• Linden Hill http://lindenhill.redclay.k12.de.us/
• My home page
http://tunaruna.com/traynor_bodnar/
• Study Island
http://www.studyisland.com/
Other Little Tidbits
• Volunteer training Oct. 9th at 6pm and
Oct. 10th 9:30-10:30
• Conferences are on the four half days and
I will be sending home notices to schedule
them.
E-mail distribution list-I will start sending
home class messages via e-mail. If your
information changes please let me know
asap.
No Birthday foods allowed.
District wellness policy.
PTA
• Please be sure to join the PTA.
• They support many of our programs.
Contacting Me
• Please contact me as soon as you have a
question, concern, problem or suggestion
• E-mail- Tammy.traynor@redclay.k12.de.us
• Phone- 454-3406 (Before school 8-8:35)
(Planning 1:50-2:35) (After school most nights
until 4:15)
• You may also write a note in the agenda or
send a separate note with your child to school
• I will try my best to always respond within 24
hours.