{Welcome to
th
4 Grade}
Mrs. Buchanan’s
Class!
LETS GET TO
KNOW EACH
OTHER!!
Name Game
Meet Your Classmates
Meet Mrs. Buchanan
All About OUR
Class ☺
Morning Procedures
•Morning procedures are very important. They make a great start to the day!
•Follow RISE expectations in the hall BEFORE you come to class.
•Get breakfast BEFORE coming to class.
•Come in Quietly (morning time is quiet time)
•Turn in any assignments
•Make your lunch choice
•Work on morning work assignment. Your morning work will Always be on the
board
•When the announcements come on you are SILENT
•Pledge of Allegiance!
•Stand
•Face the flag
•Hand over your heart
Schedule
8:00-8:50 Block
8:50-10:20 ELA
10:20-10:50- Essential Standards/
EI/ Digital Learning Lab
10:50-11:40- Launch
11:50-12:15- Lunch
12:15-12:45- Recess
12:45-2:25- Math
2:25-2:40-Dismissal
Monday: PE
Tuesday: A week- Guidance
B week- Media
Wednesday: Lexia Lab
Thursday: Art
Friday: Music
RISE
R-RESPECT
I- INTEGRITY
S-SELF-CONTROL
E-EFFORT
Step 1:
Warning
Step 2:
Reflection
Restricted Recess
Step 3:
Reflection
Parent contact
Restricted Recess
Behavior Expectations
RISE VIDEOS
- Behavior expectations are the SAME
no matter where you are or WHO the
TEACHER! Treat everyone and
everything with RESPECT!
Rewards
Kid Created Rewards!
Line Expectations
•Know where to line up and stopping
points
•Single File
•NO talking
•Walking
•Compliments are REWARDED!
Let’s practice!
Homework
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20 minutes of Reading each night
Parents sign student planner
1 Reading passage and questions each week (in place of
reading log for one night)
Math practice worksheet- Given on Monday due on Friday
Homework sheets will be collected and checked on Friday
Surprise planner checks throughout the week for rewards.
Restroom
•KEEP THE RESTROOM CLEAN
•Before school
•Break before lunch
•On the way back from block
•On the way back from recess
•If an emergency use restroom pass
•One free pass per day- 2 restricted recess
Pencil Sharpening
DONE BEFORE SCHOOL
•You need at least 2 sharpened pencils each day
•Mechanical pencils are okay- not distracting
•If your pencil is dull or not sharpened leave it in the not
sharpened box- pencils will be collected at the end of the
day- 2nd load will sharpen all pencils.
•If your pencil breaks and you do not have another take one
from the sharpened bin.
•Mrs. Buchanan HATES the sound of a pencil sharpener.
Desks & Cubbies
•Your classroom responsibility
•Should be neat and organized
•Notebooks
•Pencils/Pencil Box
•Whiteboard desk
•No loose paper in desk
Grading Scale
10 Point Grading Scale
100-90: A
90-80: B
80-70: C
70-60: D
Below 60: F
What My Grade Means…
A: I Understand
Neat and Complete
Excellent Effort
B: I mostly understand
Mostly neat and complete
Good Effort
C : I understand some
Not all neat and complete
May not be my best
I need to ask more questions
D: I do not understand
I need to ask for help.
Not neat and complete
When You Are Finished..
Look to the “Must do/ Can do” board in
the front of the room. The assignment
at hand will always be on the “Must do”
board. On the “Can do” side of the
board you will see different options of
what do when you are finished.
Questions??