School Day

School hours are from 7;30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Students are encouraged to arrive at school prior to 7:15 a.m. if he/she plans to eat breakfast. Students will be counted as tardy if they are not in their classrooms by7:35 a.m.

Change in Transportation

If your child has a transportation change, please send a note with your child that day. I am required to send students to their normal way of transportation if I do not have written notice of any change.

Classroom Rules and School Rules

As first graders, the students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own behavior and actions. During the first couple days of school, the students will be developing their own set of classroom rules. An updated list of classroom rules, agreed upon by the students of the class and myself, will be sent home at a later date. School rules will be followed at all times. School rules and consequences can be found in the student handbook. Please review these rules with your child.

Take Home Folders

Take Home folders will be sent home daily. Please check your child’s folder daily for any classroom news, school happening, homework or notes. We will send your child’s work home weekly.

 The folder contains two sections:

  1. Return to school – This section is for homework, notes that must be signed and returned to school, notes from home, money from home. We will check this section each morning so you may place any type of correspondence from home in this section and we will be sure to see it.
  2. Keep at home – This section is for checked work, newsletters, and announcements. Class work and home work will be sent home on Tuesdays. Items in this section should be removed on a daily basis and kept at home.

Homework

Students will have homework Monday-Friday.

Homework will consist of two parts:

  • Reading- Students will bring home a book that closely matches their reading level every night. Students are expected to read for at least 15 minutes every night.
  • Independent Practice- Students may also have independent practice activities to complete at home. These homework assignments should be completed and returned to school the following day.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

  • During the year you will be asked to schedule a time for a conference.
  • Conferences will be scheduled at a time convenient for you.
  • You may request a conference at any time during the school year. Please contact me at school to schedule a conference. The best times to reach me are between 7:00-7:25 in the morning or after 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

  • Our class will eat lunch from 12:20-12:45.
  • Students will be allowed to purchase only one extra item (Sunny D, nachos, Pringles, etc.) a day. This does not include extra milk. Ice cream may be purchased on Fridays only.
  • No soft drinks are allowed for lunch.
  • Items purchased in the cafeteria cannot be brought out of the cafeteria even if the item has not been opened.

Snack

  • We will be having snack in the mornings.
  • You will need to send snack with your child each day.
  • Please do not send candy bars or soft drinks for you child’s snack. Great snacks for your child to bring to school would be: dry cereal, crackers, goldfish, pretzels and fruit.

P.E.

Our class will have physical education with Mr. Wall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Your child will need to wear tennis shoes to school on these days for P.E. class.

Supplies

Your child will need the following items for school:

  • 1 pack of #2 pencils – no Papermate brand pencils, please
  • 1 zipper pencil pouch with 3 holes
  • 1 small box of crayons – 8, 12, or 16 pack
  • 1 pack of glue sticks
  • 2 black & white composition books (no spirals)
  • Bookbag – no wheels, please

Class wish list

Below is our class wish list. If you can provide any of these items during the school year it would be greatly appreciated. We always seem to run out of Kleenex and hand sanitizer, especially during cold and flu season.

  • Kleenex
  • Slide lock freezer bags- gallon and quart size
  • Ziploc bags-sandwich and snack size
  • Clorox wipes or baby wipes
  • Paper towels

Dry Erase markers

  • Hand sanitizer
  • Hard candy
  • Prizes for treasure box
  • Wal-Mart or Education Express gift cards