Mrs. Graves teaches 4th grade and outlines her classroom expectations and policies. She expects students to be respectful, not interrupt others, and contact her or the school if they feel unsafe. She encourages parent involvement through volunteering, signing weekly reading logs, and visiting her classroom blog. The curriculum will cover Idaho history, plant and animal growth in science, character and plot analysis in English, and math including decimals and money.

1. Contact Information:
Welcome to Mrs. e-mail:kaseygraves@mycwi.cc
Graves 4th Grade phone: (208)602-3300
blog:
Classroom mrskimbleandherfourthgraders.blogspot.com
Expectations in my class:
Hello parents and students!
I am thrilled to be working with you and your children over the next few months. As fourth
grade students I expect my students to show respect in my classroom. What does this mean? I
expect that my students will be courteous to all children in our class; raising their hands, not
interrupting and so forth. If a student needs to be excused from class I understand. However,
what I do ask is that they do so in a way that will not interrupt their fellow students. I also want
to stress that our school has a zero tolerance for drugs, weapons, and bullying. I will also
strongly enforce those rules in my classroom. School is a safe environment for every student.
Every student has the right to learn. If you or your child ever feel that we are lacking in either of
those, please contact me or the school immediately. I have an open door policy. I would love
your feedback, and I am always open to suggestions.
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Get Involved:
I encourage all parents to be involved in their child’s education. During the school
year I would love to have additional faces in my classroom. Please sign up to volunteer
on my blog. I also ask that each parents signs a reading sheet at the end of every week
and sendsback to school with their child so I know your child is doing the out of class
reading that I require. I also welcome you to visit my classroom blog. I will post
assignment and activities that your children will be doing throughout the year.
(mrskimbleandherfourthgraders.blogpot.com )You will also find school related activities
on the blog. In addition to the blog I will be sending out a newsletter at the end of
every week with your child.
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2. the children can use the internet to research
topics. We will be doing this twice. My goal is
that each child will be able to use a proper
resource and be able to cite it correctly by the
end of the year. In addition to that they will
expand their new knowledge
intoapresentation using power point. I also
expect students to participate in group
projects by using our class blog. I will be
MATERIAL COVERED:
sending out letters to parents via e-mail
instead of home with student to ensure they
get to you. You can also access your child’s
grade report and absences at any time through
the website PowerSchool.
Social Sciences:
A big chunk of our work in this area will be
pertaining to Idaho History. Our students
will recognize the founding of Idaho, the
role the Native Americans played, and the
tribes that Idaho recognizes today. The
students will also be completing a
Math:
classroom presentation to share with the
By the end of the year my goal is that all students will
class their favorite concept pertaining to
be able to recognize whole number with decimals,
Idaho history.
and that they will succesfuly be able to add and
subtract them. To make this concept more realistic
for each student we will be learning this though the Science:
use of fake money. We will be playing games that will It is important at this age that children can understand
require student to buy things, and give back change. the growth of plants and animals. It is also important
that they develop the ability to observe these things in
action. At the beginning of the year we will all plant our
Humanities: own flower. Through the course of this year the children
Students will get plenty of core will make observations on its growth.
class time in my room. However,
ever day they will break four 45
English:
minutes to participate in other
Throughout this year we will read different stories. My goal is
activities…Here is a schedule of
that the students will be able to recognize the different
what that will look like:
characters, a plot, what the author’s purpose is in the writing,
Monday-Music
and to be able to draw their own conclusion. In addition to the
Tuesday-P.E.
reading we do in class I ask each student to read a book of their
Wednesday-Art
choice for 30 minutes every day. I will send home a log, and as
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that you sign it and send it back on Mondays.
Friday-P.E.