Parent Information

Families may want to put an extra full set of clothes in the student's backpack to be ready for any accidents that happen in first grade/recess. The school has limited extra clothes and if your child has gone once, they will more than likely not be allowed to take another set.

 

Tops - white or any shade of blue polo shirts - NO T-shirts/sweatshirts unless announced that it is a dress down day. No exceptions.

 

Bottoms - Khaki (tan) or navy shorts or pants. - NO jeans unless announced that it is a dress down day. No exceptions. Girls are allowed to wear same color plain skorts, dresses or jumpers. If your daughter is wearing a dress, it is highly recommended that she wears bike shorts underneath.

 

Shoes - Sneakers or dress shoes. NO crocs or open toed shoes. No exceptions.

Thank you for your DONATION of supplies. In our Learning Garden, we often use a community table approach for pencils, glue, and other everyday materials. Mrs. Brown makes sure that when supplies are brought in, she knows which students brought what in. Things like folders and composition books are shared across the classroom as Mrs. Brown covers to make sure everyone has what is needed. 

 

We do appreciate donations of extra supplies!

 

Composition books are cut in half so that they go farther and why we need composition book net wired books.

 

Supply List

 

10 packs of black dry erase markers

8 packs of small glue sticks

6 plastic plain folders with fasteners: 1 red, 1 yellow and 1 blue

2 packs wooden pencils

1 pair of scissors, blunt tip

4 composition Books

 

3 large boxes of facial tissue (will be asked to send more in later in the year as students go through a lot of tissue.

1 SMALL bottle of hand sanitizer

3 large containers of disinfectant wipes (we clean the class tables and chairs weekly)

 

1 set of headphones, NOT earbuds

1 box of each: snack, quart, and gallon zip bags

2 rolls of paper towels

1 can Lysol

1 Large book bag

 

To be kept at home for homework:

glue, scissors, pencils, crayons, colored pencils and a storage box for homework supplies

Report Grading

Classwork is 20%

Homework is 5%

Quizzes is 35%

Tests/Projects is 40%

 

Classwork is participation. Students cannot participate if they are not in school. No exceptions. 

Homework grades begin third week of school. If no homework is turned in, a zero is recorded. If homework is turned in, a 100 is recorded.

Quizzes are at the end of each weekly lesson. Usually given on Fridays. Absent students will not take quizzes when they return. They will not be able to show what they know.

Tests are done at the end of units.

Projects may be home projects or projects we do in class.

Homework folders will go home nightly Monday through Thursday. All folders are kept in the classroom over the weekend to hinder forgotten folders! Homework will change throughout the year but there will always be math and reading homework. It may come as a calendar for the week or the month. It will be posted online in case of loss.

 

Homework folders may have plastic sleeves with helpers. Please do not take these out of the sleeves or out of the folder. Any missing helpers will not be replaced. Everything is easy to get to so there is no reason for the folder to be taken apart at home. 

 

Also, homework folders will not be replaced if lost or damaged. We are learning about responsibility.

We are creating a classroom family. We work on getting along, finding productive ways to disagree, learning to love our differences, and how to be supportive to our family.

 

Our classroom is built on relationships. Student to student, student to teacher, teacher to student, or teacher to family. We are all investing in having positive relationships.

 

First grade is VERY different from kindergarten. Your child will become more independent over the year. But do not worry, they are always going to need your help! Hopefully by the end of the year, you will have an independent reader, writer and mathematician!

When students do not follow class rules or break the classroom promise, the following plan is put into place. This plan does not cycle daily, it grows. If a child does not go through the first step completely, then they will get a clean slate the next day. If they get on step 1 three days, then step two will be completed and then a behavior chart will be done. If the behavior chart does not stop inappropriate behaviors after two weeks, then step four will be completed. Step four will be when families are contacted about behavior. If the behavior still does not improve, step 5 will be completed. When another student(s) is put in harm's way due to behavior, then steps 1-4 will not be completed, and step 5 will be completed.

Growth Plan

1. 3 warnings
2. Reflection sheet
3. Behavior chart
4. Growth Note Home
5. Office Referral

Mrs. Brown is using the Remind App this year.

 

 

All interested family members may join, just make sure that Mrs. Brown has the adults name somewhere on your student's paperwork so that she knows to approve the addition.

 

Mrs. Brown will use Remind to communication all class-wide information as well as about behavior personally to families. It is Mrs. Brown's preferred way to communicate.