Meet your child’s teacher!

Miss Annette Wisyanski• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from

California University of Pennsylvania

• Graduate of Latrobe, and attended Baggaley as well!

• 5th year with Greater Latrobe School District, 4th year teaching and first year in fourth grade!

• Continuing education through Westmoreland Intermediate Unit

Contact Information:Email – annette.wisyanski@glsd.us

Phone – (724)539-4531 Available between 11:25 and 12:00 / 3:45 and 4:15

In 4th grade, we have three simple rules:-Respect others-Take responsibility for your actions-Take pride in all that you do

We believe that if students maintain these three guiding phrases, we will create a positive environment in which to learn.

Each 4th grader, along with his or her parents, signed a contract to show understanding of, and agreement with, our rules and their consequences.

• In addition to our rules, we have created a positive behavior reward system. Each student in 4th grade has received a “Positive Paws” punch card.• Teachers can award a punch for exceptional

displays of respect, pride, responsibility, kindness, and cooperation.

• Full punch cards are placed into a drawing, and each month a winner is chosen. The winner receives a Barnes & Noble gift card.

A year of transition . . .• Fourth grade is a year of great transition. Students, for

the first time, have different teachers for different subject areas.

• Now a part of the “intermediate” grades, and will face high expectations. • During the first quarter especially, many parents

observe their child working harder on homework, spending more time preparing for tests, and encountering more challenging academic material. Please know that this is normal.

• As teachers, we are doing our job to prepare your student for success, and this means holding each of them to a high standard for organization, responsibility, and effort.

• Your support is important as students learn what is expected in the upper elementary grades, and how to be more independent learners and workers.

Parents & Teachers are partners in a child’s education!

Home/School Connections:• Take home folder• Homework assignment book• Monthly newsletters• Remind 101• Teacher websites• Email (NEW WEBSITE: www.glsd.us)

Teacher Websites

www.glsd.us1)Select a school (Baggaley)

2)Click “Teachers”3)Choose a teacher page

• Includes teacher lesson plans and learning objectives

• Displays teacher contact information

• Links of interest

Think CentralYour online resource for math &

reading

www.thinkcentral.com

• Electronic versions of student textbooks and workbooks

• Audio reader to read aloud to your child

• Animated math models

• Access to printable homework pages

New to Baggaley . . .

• New principal - Miss Kim Hrezo

• New guidance counselor - Mrs. Theresa Novotny

• Our new website is www.glsd.us

• Baggaley is now a schoolwide Title I building

• Deadline for parent volunteer clearances (Sept. 30)

• Transition to the PA Core Standards

Language Arts

• Teachers – Mrs. Frescura & Miss Wisyanski

• Students will utilize a binder for organization and weekly lesson packets in place of workbooks

• www.thinkcentral.com is our online reading component

• Reading tests will be given bi-weekly (see schedule)

• Homework will be daily and will ALMOST always be based on the following schedule:

Monday – spelling page Tuesday – vocabulary page / read “paired selection”Wednesday – grammar pageThursday – skill page / study Friday – none (spelling lists will be available for the coming week)

• Expectations (writing conventions, homework, testing)

Math

• PA is transitioning to the PA Core Standards --> Shift in instructional focus

• GO MATH! focus areas must be supplemented to address PSSA eligible content

• Targeted Areas of Instruction: Numbers & OperationsMeasurementGeometryAlgebraic ConceptsData Analysis & Probability

• Think Central

• Expectations (math facts, homework, showing work on assignments/tests )

Science• Units of study: scientific process, animal studies,

space, electricity, weather, land & water

• PSSA

• Very academic—Science is a letter grade!

• Expectations:• Content—lots of nonfiction reading• Assessments—a lot of content• Homework—Will have homework many evenings• Projects—Following directions imperative

• Test/Quiz corrections—1/2 credit back for corrected answers, MUST BE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY, students must choose to do them—no teacher prompting to do/hand in

Social Studies

-Units of study:Map skills reviewGovernment States & Regions

-Expectations (homework, projects, assessments)

Tutoring begins September 17th!

Thank you for attending! Together we will make it a successful and productive

year for your child!