ILA@ESE Fourth Grade Newsletter

🌟 Welcome to Fourth Grade! 🌟

We are so glad to have your child in our fourth-grade class, and can’t wait for all the learning, growth, and fun ahead.

Classroom Spelling Bees - November 9th-13th

See words below to study!

04_2027_slsl_fourth_grade_words_only.pdf

World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser

The World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser has began. If you would like for your scholar to participate, please sign and return the chocolate form that was sent home. The fundraiser rewards are listed below.

Austin Field Trip Permission Slips

Permission slips for the Austin Field Trip are past due. Parent chaperones have been selected and homeroom teachers will be in contacted with those randomly drawn. Please make sure you have completed your background check. See the link below in resources.

If you know for a fact that your scholar will NOT be attending, please fill out the first page with their name etc. and in big letters, write "Will NOT Be Attending."

The link to pay is listed below and is open now until November 10th. If you are in need to make a payment plan, please communciate this your scholar's homeroom teacher. We can make it work. We really want all of the students to attend if they can. The students learn more from their experiences.

Austin Field Trip Payment Link

Mystery House Project Past Due! (Major Grade-Please complete)

Gross Copy of Mystery House

Save the Date!

Map Scores are being sent home last week. See the flyer below to intrepret the scores. Please remember this is just one of many data points we will use to access our students progress. Interventions will be in place for all students to assure students are growing. This test is our starting point. We will continue to teach, monitor, adjust as need to assure are students are college, career, and life ready. Teachers will further discuss methods and strategies that are being used in the classroom to close gaps during Parent Teacher Conferences on October 8th & 9th.

MAP Score Range & Levels

MAP Information

ELA/Reading MAP Score range

Math MAP Score range

Enrichment Calendar & Gym Reminder

Please make sure you are checking the Enrichment Calendar daily so that your scholar is prepared for each enrichment class. All students are required to participate in gym unless a parent note or doctor’s note states otherwise. Please remember that enrichment classes give conduct grades at the end of each six weeks, just like core classes. If your child does not participate in P.E, the letter below will be sent home and 5 points will be deducted each time they do not participate.

Please make sure your scholar is dressed appropriately for gym on their scheduled gym days. If you would like to keep an extra set of clothes and a pair of shoes in your scholar’s backpack in case you forget, please feel free to do so.

Car Riders: New Traffic Update‼️

Car Riders

All car riders will be dropped off and picked up at the gym. The direction of traffic has changed. See the new school map above.

To keep pickup fast and efficient, please:

Hang your car tag on the rear-view mirror so staff can read it easily — do not place it on the dash.
Stay in line and in order until you get a thumbs-up from the staff member entering car tag numbers. If your tag can’t be read or isn’t entered in order, your child’s name won’t appear in our dismissal list. You will be asked to exit the line, circle the school, and re-enter the line.
Remain in your car at all times.
Ensure your child can buckle independently. If they need help, please park in the back and use the walk-up pickup area.
Be patient — following steps 1–4 will make dismissal faster for everyone.

If you do not have your tag, you will be directed to the front office, where you will need to show a valid ID before your student can be released. We understand this may be an inconvenience at times, but safety is our top priority.

Parent Walk-up

It is our school’s policy and safety procedure that all families walking up to pick up their student must have their car rider tag with the student’s name and number. These family members will WAIT at the front of the school beside the marquee. Students will be dismissed at 3:40 p.m. once the buses have exited the premises for assure all students safety.

Early pick-up ends at 3:00 P.M.‼️

If you try to up your child after 3:00 PM (for example, at 3:10 PM), the front office will turn you away as it is now apart of our policy due to traffic.

Walkers

If your student is a walker, they will be dismissed at 3:40 p.m. when all of the buses have exited the premises and some of the traffic has subsided. Mrs. Hicks will walk Holland walkers to the firestation (right side of school) as normal. If your student is walking to the left side of the school, a teacher will walk them to the marquee to be dismissed.

How to check grades on Skyward