welcome to mrs. luczyszyn’s class

Please come in and read the letters your children have written to you! Feel free to write back on the paper provided.

To help EVERY child grow academically, socially and emotionally.

For EVERY child to feel happy, safe and secure at school.

For EVERY child to feel valued and respected, and see themselves as an important member of the classroom community.

Parent/teacher communication is an integral part of any successful classroom.

Please contact me with any comments, questions or concerns that will help me better meet your child’s needs.

You can email me at lluczyszyn@cbsd.org, or call me at, 267-893-4225.

Math Everyday Math

Encouraging Students to Use their Student Reference Book

Study Link Almost Every Night for Homework

Family Letters In Study Links

Practice Math Facts (Both Division and Multiplication)

MIC Maps – Pretests Given at Beginning of Unit

Reading Comprehension Toolkit

6 Strategy Clusters

Monitoring Comprehension

Activate and Connect

Ask Questions

Infer Meaning

Determine Importance

Summarize and Synthesize

Strategies learned work well with fiction and non-fiction

Reading Lead 21

Whole Group Shared Reading

Introduce, Reinforce, Extend the Theme

Small Group Work

Work in differentiated readers

All related to same theme

Independent Reading

In class

At Home – 20 Minutes a Night

WritingWriter’s Workshop

Writing on Demand

Writer’s Notebook

Application of Grammar/Spelling Skills

Science Electricity

Electrical Circuits

Electrical Safety

Static Electricity

Conductivity

Watery Earth

Water Cycle

Water Pollution

Water As A Resource

Matter

Exploring Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases

Social StudiesSocial Studies Alive!

Social Scientists

Regions of the United States

State Research Project

Spelling District Correlated Units With New Reading Program. Units

will be assigned out of order.

Monday – Pretest/Copy Words Down

Friday – Test

Spelling Bingo Cards

Given Out on Mondays

Due Fridays

4 Activities

Stapled Together

Activity Title on Top of Paper

Stressing Neat Formation of Letters

HandwritingWe Will be Practicing our Cursive All

Year Long.

Students Will be Required to Use Cursive Handwriting, At Times, Throughout the Year.

Cursive Alphabet for Practice in BTSN Folder

Grammar Grammar has been revised this year.

Includes beginning, developing and secure skills

Secure Skills

Use abbreviations correctly

Punctuate a friendly letter

Use commas in an address and for items in a series

Past, present, and future tenses

Using positive, comparative, and superlative adjectives

Identify and use irregular adjectives

Identify and use conjunctions

Class Website http://luczyszyn.wikispaces.com

Website Can Be Accessed from Buckingham Website

Students will copy homework into their assignment books every morning.

Students will not receive homework on weekends and holidays.

District Policy is 40 Minutes a Night for 4th Grade

Set Up Homework Routine

All students have chosen a Homework Buddy to call to get assignments or materials.

Students must turn homework in when they enter the door.

Student work that is dropped off at the office after school starts will be marked late.

It is my hope that this policy will help children take more responsibility for their homework and assignments.

Homework Policy Continued

I do not grade homework assignments, however, I do check all assignments for completion.

I also review homework answers with the class.

If your child forgets their homework that day they fill out a Late Homework Notice.

The Late Homework Notice must be signed and returned to school.

Grading PolicyA – 100%-90%

B – 89%-80%

C – 79%-70%

D – 69%-60%

F – 59%-0%

TestsTests or Quizzes will be Marked with

a Letter Grade (A, B, C)

Will Not Place D or F on Paper

Tests Sent Home on Fridays

Please Sign and Return all Tests and Quizzes by Tuesday

I will be using a ticket system this year to help promote positive behaviors.

Individual students can earn and lose tickets based on their individual behaviors.

The class number determines how many tickets I pull out of the bin. I will pull these tickets on Friday afternoon.

This promotes teamwork and cooperation.

Thank You!!! Thank You for coming tonight and

supporting our classroom.

Thank You for donating tissues and lysol wipes for the classroom.

Thank You in advance for volunteering.