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Parents,
 
Just a note:  Please remember to wash your child's gym uniforms on a weekly basis, including the sweatshirts.  Now that we have a large gymnasium and an outdoor field, students are definitely "working up a sweat" during gym and recess.    
 

All homework assignments and due dates will be listed in your child's assignment book on a daily basis.  These assignments are posted on our classroom whiteboard and students will have ample time to copy these items into their books each day.  Please note, all assignment books MUST be initialed  by a parent or guardian after  reviewing their child's daily homework assignments and checking to see that they have all been completed.
 
Homework should take about 40 minutes for the average 4th grader to complete.  This time should include both written assignments and study time.  Since some students require more time than others to complete assignments, your child may have differing requirements  or  educational needs.
 
Please keep in mind that students should be doing the homework assignments and projects on their own.  Your role as a parent is to simply to guide while "fading into the background". 

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PARENTS: 
YOUR JOB NOW:  
 
FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND
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Learning to take responsibility for getting work done is a milestone in your child's life.
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ADOBE READER DOWNLOAD

SCHOOL HANDBOOK
 
Below is the hyperlink to the PJPII Handbook.  Just click on the underlined link and the handbook should open (if your computer has Adobe Reader).   
 
 If you have difficulty downloading this document, you will need to install the Adobe Reader.  I have provided the link below for the Adobe website where you can dowload the reader (it's free) onto your computer.
 
After you have downloaded and installed the Adobe Reader, you should be able to then read the handbook and also download it to your computer  to save for future use.

2007-2008 PJPII Parent/Student Handbook

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Since we only get 1 chance to raise our kids and we all hope we get it right, here are a few helpful links for parents that might provide us with some insight when we are looking for some new ideas or feel like we have run into a brick wall:
 

10 BEST Ways to help your 4th Grader
Succeed in School
1     ATTEND MASS on Weekend Together

2   PRAY together (meals, bedtime)
3   Make Subjects part of everyday life  (Math, Social Studies)

4   Teach your child how to listen   (eyes, ears, body)
5   Support your child's teacher and school rules

6   Share with the teacher concerns, family situation, medical issues
7   Make sure your child is ready and on time for school.

8   Encourage responsibility and independence - accepting consequences
 

9   Ask your child about school daily
 
 
10   Motivate your child to READ in any way you can
 
 

The One Year Plan Parent's Guide for Helping Children Succeed in School

Guidelines for Sharing Control Through Choices

The Love and Logic Generic Consequence

TEASEPROOF YOUR KIDS

Three Types of Parents

GUIDELINES FOR HELPING WITH HOMEWORK: So you Don't Work Harder Than Your Child

"THE STAR POLISHER"
 
I have a great job in the universe of occupations.  What do I do?  I'm a "star polisher."  It's a very important job.  If you want to know how important, just go out at night and look at the stars twinkling and sparkling.
 
You see, I'm a teacher.  The stars are the children in my class.  My job is to take them - in whatever shape they come - and shine and buff them and then send them out to take their places as bright, twinkling beacons in the sky.
 
They come into my room in all shapes and sizes.  Sometimes they're bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly, or broken.  Some stars are cuddly and soft.  Some are prickly and thorny.
 
As I buff and polish, I train and teach my little stars; I tell them that the world cannot do without them.  I tell them they can do anything they set their minds to do.
 
I tell them they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in the sky and the world will be a better place because of them.
 
Each night as I look at the sky, I'm reminded of my very important job and awesome responsibility.
 
Then I get my soft buffing cloth and bottle of polish in preparation for tomorrow....for my class of little stars.
 
 
----author Leah Becks (The MASTER Teacher)