2025-2026
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Current Areas of Study
Reading*: Informational Text
Writing*: Expository Essay
Grammar: Quotations and Punctuation
Spelling: Words with /k/, /ng/, and /kw/
Math*: Add and Subtract Fractions
Math Home Study: Practice Multiplication Facts
on Reflex. (Goal-15 minutes, 3 times a week.)
Social Studies: Clean Communities; Women's History Month
Science: Thermal Energy
March Dates
March 20th: Early Dismissal
April Dates
April 2nd: Early Dismissal
April 3rd-10th: Spring Break
May Dates
May 22nd: Early Dismissal
May 25th: Memorial Day- School Closed
*Ongoing Skill Focus
Math: Mastery of basic multiplication fact fluency through 12, to support success in current and upcoming units.
*It is recommended that students use Reflex at home (3 times a week, for 15 minutes), to build fact fluency.
Writing in All Subject Areas: Writing complete sentences; recognizing and correcting fragments and run-on sentences; subject-verb agreement.
Reading: Fluency, comprehension skills, and vocabulary development; locating and using text evidence to support work.
*It is recommended that students read often at home, to support growth in all of these areas.
General Information
Important: We have a Nut-Free Classroom. For the safety of our students, foods containing nuts are not permitted in class at snack time. Nuts are allowed at lunch time only.
Grade 4 Supply List Link (25-26)
Parent Portal: Please log into the Parent Portal to set up permissions for your student as soon as possible.
Student Agendas: Each student has an agenda provided, to record homework assignments and test dates. Parents and guardians are encouraged to check student agendas daily.
Take-Home Folders: Please check daily for homework, classwork, and important notices.
Student Activities
Gym: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; sneakers are required to participate.
Library: Return borrowed books every Tuesday.
Band Lessons: Arranged by Mrs. Felsen
Big Band: Friday
Instruments must be taken home at dismissal, on the day of the lesson. They may not be kept in the classroom overnight, per Mrs. Felsen.
For all questions regarding band, please email Mrs. Felsen at kfelsen@swregional.org.
For more information about band, please follow the link below to the WES Band website.
Optional Items for Students
Recommended
Water Bottles: Tightly capped. Plain, unflavored water only; no glass for safety reasons; labeled with child's name. Bottles with plain water may be used throughout the day.
Juice or Flavored Water: Containers with juice or flavored water are allowed for snack and lunch only.
Snack: Students may bring a small snack and drink. District nutrition policy encourages healthful snacks; no candy.
Sweatshirt or Sweater: For cold weather, when windows are open; for warmer weather, when air conditioning is in use.
Birthdays and Other Celebrations
WES Policy
If sending treats, non-edible items, such as pencils or small party favors are requested.
Party invitations may only be distributed at school if all students in your child's class are invited. This includes distributing invitations inside or outside of the classroom (recess, lunch, specials, hallways, etc.). When it is not possible to include all classmates, please extend these invitations directly from home.
If any classmates are excluded, all of the invitations will be sent home with the student who brought them.
Missed Class Work Policy
Absence, School Activities, Vacation
Absence: Missed work may be picked up at the Main Office at the end of the day, if requested by 9:30 on the morning of the student's absence. Or, missed work will be sent home when the student returns. Some assignments may be posted in Google Classroom on the day of the absence. Students will take missed quizzes and tests when they return to school. Missed writing assignments will be made up in class.
School Activities: When students are out of class for Band, Chorus, Advanced Chorus, G&T, etc., classwork will be sent home on the day it is missed, and it is due back the next day. This helps keep students up-to date on classwork, especially if they participate in more than one activity during instructional time.
Vacation: Missed work will not be provided prior to a vacation. Assignments will be provided when the student returns to school, and will be due in the same number of days that the student was absent.
Graded Student Work
Grades: Posted in Realtime; accessed through the Parent Portal
Worksheets and Handwritten Work: Returned to students, to be placed in homework folders.
Online Assignments, Quizzes, Tests: Available with student log-in, through the websites where they were completed: HMH Into Reading, Power Spelling, Read Works (RW), Big Ideas Math, IXL, Reflex Math/Explore Learning, Discovery Education (DE), EdPuzzle (EP)
Google Forms: Assignments completed on Google Forms are graded and returned to students. These are accessible through Google Classroom and the student's school email. This may include assignments from Story Works (SW), Scholastic News (SN), Brainpop (BP), and Mystery Science (MS).
Google Slides: Assignments completed on Google Slides are graded and returned to students. These are accessible directly through Google Classroom.
Writing Workshop Assignments: Copies of completed writing assignments will be returned at the end of unit, with the rubrics.
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