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Recent ActivityClass Announcements  March!March is here! CURRICULUMThe fourth grade math curriculum is based on the South Carolina Curriculum Standards, which is the framework for our school year. A link to the South Carolina Math Standards is in the Class Files section of the webpage for parents to view. Some topics will be adding, subtracting, mulitplying, dividing, fractions, geometry, probablility, and problems solving. Our textbook for the year is Everyday Mathematics.
 EVERYDAY MATH!Everyday Math
This year our district has adopted Everyday Math for K-5. Our teachers are using this research-based curriculum, developed as part of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP). Everyday mathematics reflects the state and national goals for mathematics.
As a parent you can expect to see…
If you want more information about Everyday Math, please go to the following sites:
Getting to Know Everyday Math Powerpoint is at the bottom of the following site: https://www.wrightgroup.com/parent_connection/about.html. http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/ http://www.everydaymathsuccess.com/video.html This site below will show you how we do partial sums, lattice multiplication and etc. https://www.everydaymathonline.com/free_resources_main.html?frnologin=1&PHPSESSID=b55cc580560eea08b23ecfc6d5c8e800 Parents, if you are not sure about your child's lesson or if your child is absent, go to this site to find your child's lesson. http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smart-lessons/EverydayMathSMARTBoardLessons.htm You will need to install this notebook interactive viewer to see the above lessons.
 EveryDay Math!Enjoy these internet activities that connect our classroom with the Everyday Math curriculum.
 HOMEWORKHomework will be assigned most everyday except on Fridays. Homework is important to learning since it is practice of what was covered during the day. Homework is expected to be done neatly and will be checked each morning.
Everyday Math Homework is usually a Study Link page. Here is a website that can help parents with this page:  AGENDASAgendas are to go home everyday. Each student is responsible for copying their homework into their agenda. I will place my initials in it daily. Please check your child's agenda for assignments and completion of homework. If needed notes can be written in the agenda as a means of communication between home and school. Please sign your child's ageda daily
 GradingThe grading policy for BLES is:
 ScheduleMs. Lorick's Daily Schedulue
2009-2010 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 7:45 – 10:15 Morning Class
9:15 – 10:00 Related Arts
10:15 Switch Classes
(Trotter to Lorick, Lorick to Zwart, Zwart to Trotter)
10:15-11:30 Mid-day Class
11:40 - 12:15 Lunch
12:20-12:40 Recess
12:40 – 1:00 Mid-day Class
1:00 Switch Classes
1:00 - 2:15 Afternoon Class
2:15 Switch Classes
(Trotter to Lorick, Lorick to Zwart, Zwart to Trotter)
2:30 Dismissal
Wednesday
7:45 – 8:45 Morning Class
8:45 Switch Classes
8:45 – 9:15 Mid-day Class
9:15 – 10:00 Related Arts
(Trotter to Lorick, Lorick to Zwart, Zwart to Trotter)
10:10-10:30 Mid-day Class
10:30 Switch Classes
(Trotter to Lorick, Lorick to Zwart, Zwart to Trotter)
10:30 – 11:30 Afternoon Class
11:40 – 12:15 Lunch
12:20 - 12:40 Recess
12:45 Switch Classes
(Trotter to Lorick, Lorick to Zwart, Zwart to Trotter)
1:00 Dismissal
 TOP CAT AWARD!Each week 2 students from each homeroom are rewarded with a drawing for a prize or a treat for having good behavior (no clips moved), all their homework everyday, agendas everyday, and ID's everyday. Their names will be in the weekly newsletter.
 SUPPLIES for 2009-2010 School Year Fourth Grade Supply List
- 3-ring binder (2 inch)
- loose leaf notebook paper
- tab dividers (6 each)
- pencils
- pencil eraser toppers
- hand held pencil sharpener with receptacle
- crayons or colored pencils
- 2 boxes Kleenex
- Expo Markers
- 4 glue sticks
- 3 composition notebook
- Ziploc Bags:
Girls-Quart Boys-Gallon
- Clipboard  PBIS and BLESBLES Expectations:
B – BeRespectful
L – Live Safely
E – Expect Respect
S – SolveProblems
At BLES, we are a PBIS school. Now what do all those acronyms mean? They mean that at Batesburg-Leesville Elementary School, we are using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) as our school-wide interventions. PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. PBIS is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom discipline systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific discipline plans. PBIS includes school-wide procedures and processes intended for:
PBIS IS NOT a program or a curriculum; IT IS a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation. It is an approach to creating an environment within which school-based teams of educators are provided training in:
For more information, please visit the PBIS web site located at http://www.pbis.org/main.htm
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Class Links Ms. Gail Q. Lorick Calendar
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