Back to School Night

2025-2026

Gemma Cullen

Mandy Ramey

Rachel Weisberg

Gemma Cullen

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Mandy Ramey

• 1st year at Bergen, 15th year in education
• Moved from Franklin, Indiana to Littleton 2 months ago
• Three children - Landon , 18, freshman at Indiana Tech, Eleanor, 4th grader, and Brooks, kindergartener at Bergen
• Love the outdoors and trying new experiences from food to adventure
• Enjoy getting to know all of my new students

Rachel Weisberg

• 7th year at Bergen, 16th year teaching (K-8)
• Originally from PA & MD
• This summer - travel CO & OR, hikes & bikes, knitting & reading, new puppy Nova!
• Love to stay active outside, also relax with crafts, and travel when I can!

Maddie Imwalle

• 4th Grade student teacher!

Rules/Rewards/Consequences

• Classroom expectations/agreements
• Earn buffalo tickets to “purchase” things in class or enter into a weekly prize drawing
• Earn extra buffalo tickets with homework completion & parent signatures in planner
• District-aligned behavior spreadsheet for classroom-managed or office-managed behaviors
• Minor = problem solving in the classroom, possible phone call
• Major = problem solving in the office, parent phone call, note on Infinite Campus profile.

Daily Schedule - delete this slide?

• Available on class website and posted in the class
• Differentiated ability groups within the classroom

Snacks & Treats

• Daily snack at 10:40
• Healthy - no candy
• Allergy Aware Classroom (no sharing, clean your area)

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• No edible treats for birthdays; small party favors are ok! (ex: stickers)

Birthdays

• No edible treats for birthdays
• Small party favors are ok! (ex: stickers)
• We cannot share contact info - complete & return parent-to-parent communication form

Planners

• Bring to and from school each day.
• Write in them every day.
• Parent signature every night to acknowledge that homework was completed.
• Form of communication from school to home.

Homework

Reading Homework:

• 20-30 minutes every night
• Occasional skills assignments
• Optional: 25 Book Challenge over the course of the year

Math homework

• Mon- Thurs.
• Fact Practice
• 1-2 Practice Problems
• Sign planner after completion

All completed homework + planner signed = extra buffalo tickets

Unfinished classwork may be sent home as homework

Planned Absences

• Pre-arranged absence form
• Email or return to Margaret Graham: margaret.graham@jeffco.k12.co.us
• If submitting in Campus portal, use Absence Request Processor

Unplanned Absences (sickness, etc.)

• Report absence to school by 8:30
• Call the attendance line 303-982-4900

OR

• Absence Request Processor in Campus

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• Email to teacher is also appreciated; please CC holly.watson@jeffco.k12.co.us, margaret.graham@jeffco.co.us, michelle.longmire@jeffco.k12.co.us

Make-Up Work

• For pre-arranged absences:
• Any work possible will be sent home ahead of time - please give enough notice
• Tests/quizzes will be made up upon return to school
• For unexpected absences:
• Work will be collected on student’s desk. Upon return to school, work can be made up during extra time in school and taken home to complete

Grades

4 - demonstration of learning that goes above and beyond what was explicitly taught; working above grade level

3 - an exit score for mastery of fourth grade standards

2 - students are learning and applying towards grade level standards

1 - students are achieving level two with assistance and will need additional learning opportunities

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Miscellaneous

• Star of the Week
• No toys/ gum; fidgets upon approval
• We cannot send anything home in Friday Folders that does not come through PTA
• Please, no pictures of students other than your child

Brain Breaks/Movement

We have them often and try to make sure that kids have many opportunities to move throughout the day.

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Movement

Arrival & Visitors

• Adult supervision outside starting 7:25
• First bell 7:35, second bell 7:45
• After 7:45, students enter through the front doors & check in at the office
• Visitors must present driver’s license or passport to sign in

Dismissal & Transportation

• Regular Dismissal Routine: Communicate regular dismissal routines with teachers. Email your teacher with changes to the routine.
• Day-Of Changes: Call the office by 2pm so that your student gets a dismissal note: 303-982-4900
• Bus passes issued for registered students through the bus barn
• Walking passes issued by front office after the waiver/permission form is updated annually. Communicate walking/biking plans with teachers.
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Communication

• Weekly Emails
• Important information around class happenings, important dates, and any announcements or changes
• 4th Grade Website

Important Forms

Please sign and return…

• Day Trip form
• Parent to Parent Communication form
• Homeroom Parent application

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Parent Volunteers/PTA

• Background check required- lasts 3 years
• Bergen Website → Connect → Volunteer
• Google Doc to fill out
• Link to printable documents - print, fill out, send in to school
• Then call Holly (office: 303-982-4964) to pay for background check
• Clerical volunteers needed now. Classroom volunteers starting in October
• Join the PTA! It’s a great way to support our school!

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Technology

• Chromebooks
• Stay at school, in classroom charging stations
• Use as a tool for learning only (no games)
• Use to be producers, more than consumers
• Balance of typing & hand writing
• Smart watches
• Use for telling time only, no texting/apps/etc.
• Students will be asked to put watches away, or parents will be asked to pick up watches, if they are used inappropriately
• Cell phones
• off & in backpacks

Reading & Writing

• Into Reading resource
• Reading Class: vocabulary, core skills, foundational & communication skills
• Writing Class: writing process skills with a variety of genres
• Whole group lessons, small group skills practice, individual conferences, & WIN time
• Groups will change based on assessment data

Reading & Writing Genres

Math

• Illustrative Math resource
• Lessons include:
• whole group, partner/group activities, independent problem solving
• support & challenge
• Small groups/math centers/WIN time
• Groups are differentiated frequently based on classroom performance
• Multiplication Fact practice & strategies
• build fluency to make operation processes automatic

Math Units

Warm Up

Classroom Activities

Cool Down

Lesson Synthesis

Centers

Unit 1: Factors & Multiples

Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence & Comparison

Unit 3: Extending Operations to Fractions

Unit 4: From Hundredths to Hundred-thousands

Unit 5: Multiplicative Comparison & Measurement

Unit 6: Multiplying & Dividing Multi-digit Numbers

Unit 7: Angles & Angle Measurement

Unit 8: Properties of Two-dimensional Shapes

Unit 9: Putting it All Together

Fourth Grade Math Units

IM is a “...problem-based curriculum that fosters the development of mathematics learning communities in classrooms, gives students access to the mathematics through a coherent progression.”

Science & Social Studies

Alternating Sci/Soc St units

How to Help Your Child be Successful This year

• Check your child’s planner each day, and initial completed homework.
• Do you see your child reading each day? Is your child completing homework?
• Read class/school information or blasts.
• Email us with questions, concerns, or ideas.

Thank You!

The Bergen Fourth Grade Teachers

gemma.cullen@jeffco.k12.co.us

mandy.ramey@jeffco.k12.co.us

rachel.weisberg@jeffco.k12.co.us

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Questions, concerns, comments?

It’s going to be a great year!

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Bergen Elementary Student Handbook