Please do not rely on your child to relay

We believe that the parent-child-teacher any transportation changes to us. Please

connection is an integral part of success in always e-mail the homeroom teacher
school. We are here to support you and before the school day to ensure we get
your child and will always be their the message. We sometimes cannot check
advocate. We hope you let us know if you e-mail during the day,
have any concerns about home or school so please let the office
life. Your child’s happiness know if there are any
and overall well last minute changes in
being are priorities to us transportation.
during their time in fourth
grade. We want them to feel
safe and loved in our classes!

The best way to contact us is

The very first day of school, we will discuss through e-mail. We do our best to
and set classroom expectations for the year. respond within 24 hours.
Our classroom expectations are: Be
We also use the Remind app. Please
respectful, kind, safe, and responsible. We
expect all students to follow these
expectations throughout the school year.
be sure to sign up using the
direction on the Remind sign up
2019-2020
sheet in your child’s open house
We use a daily class clip chart to paperwork.
monitor behavior. Students start on
green every morning. Each day
your child will come home with a
level written in their agenda. If
their clip level is a yellow or below,
your child will write a brief
Mr. Zahavi
description of why they are on that
particular level. At the end of each
day, students will earn Class Dojo
E-mail:
azahavi@wcps.net
and
points that will correlate with their
clip level. The higher the clip level, jkaten@wcpss.net Mrs. Katen
the more points they earn. Your Grade Level Website:
child will get to spend their Dojo
points on rewards. 4thgradehighcroftdrive.weebly.com
 Your child’s regular and prompt Homework consists of a math worksheet
attendance at school is an integral part each night and daily reading. If
of their academic success. Please view classwork is not finished, then your
Times Mrs. Katen Mr. Zahavi
school as a priority and see that your child may have to complete it for
child attends school every day except in 8:45-9:10 Morning Work Morning Work homework as well.
cases of illness or emergency. Absences 9:10-9:30 Morning Morning
are excused for specific reasons Meeting Meeting Daily Reading: Your child will not be
(sickness, appointments, etc.) but we will given a reading log to fill out. Your child
9:30-11:40 Math, Sci, & S.S. ELA with Mrs.
need a written note or email in order to should be reading each night and record
with Mr. Z K
excuse it in the computer system. Thank their book titles in a reading journal.
11:40-12:30 ELA with Mrs. K Math, Sci, &
you for letting us know ahead of time if
your child will be out for any reason.
S.S. with Mr. Z Math Homework: Your child will have
12:35-1:00 Lunch Lunch homework each evening, except on
Friday, to practice a skill taught in
1:00-1:30 Recess Recess
math that day.
1:35-2:55 ELA Continued Math, Sci, S.S.
Continued
Each day we will have a 2:55-3:40 Specials Specials
working snack. Please do not send in (4) Exemplary (3) Proficient
3:45-4:15 Dismissal Dismissal
candy as a snack and encourage your Student consistently Student consistently
child to eat a healthy snack. Snacks demonstrates an in- demonstrates an
should not require any utensils or have depth understanding of understanding of the
the potential for making a mess. Great the standards, standards, concepts
examples are granola bars, goldfish, concepts and skills and skills
apples, etc. We will also allow students
to have water bottles at their desk. Day Zahavi Katen (2) Approaching (1) Non-proficiency
Proficiency Student does not yet
Student is approaching demonstrate an
1 Media Innovate
an understanding of understanding of
2 P.E. Music the standards, standards, concepts
concepts and skills and skills
3 Innovate P.E. II
We will only have birthday treats in the 4 Music Art
lunchroom due to switching classes. Please
email your child’s homeroom teacher in 5 P.E. II R. Theater
advance. Thank you for your understanding!
6 Art Media
7 R. Theater P.E.