CLASS RULES AND POLICIES:
1. Curriculum Time: Our curriculum time is from 8:00 to 2:30 everyday. If you would like your child to participate in all academic activities, please have them in school by 8:00. Your child will be marked late if they come in after 8:00. A newsletter is sent home each month listing the academic and skill areas along with important parent information. Every three months your child will also bring home a word list. Please review the words with your child and have him or her use the words in sentences. In class we will be using the words for various activities.
2. Discipline: I feel that it is best to relate to the children in positive ways. They will receive lots of praise and positive input for good behavior and hard work. I do expect them to obey the rules in the classroom and outside.
Classroom Rules:
1. Listen carefully.
2. Follow directions the first time they are given.
3. Keep hands and feet to yourself.
4. Be kind with words and actions to classmates and teachers.
5. Raise your hand when you want to say something and wait to be called on.
A traffic light behavior management system is used in the classroom. Each day your child starts out on green and if at the end of the day your child is on green he or she will receive a sticker on his or her chart. When the sticker chart is filled, your child will be able to go to the “Prize Bear.” Also, if your child stays on green all week, he or she will be able to receive a small prize from the “bear treasure chest” on Friday. To help your child remember that they are given three chances before moving his or her clothespin a strip chart is used. If during the day I have to speak to your child about the classroom rules, your child will pull a strip. When all three of your child’s strips have been pulled, your child moves his or her clothespin to yellow and no sticker is earned for the day and your child will not receive a small prize on Friday. If I have to speak to your child again about following classroom rules, his or her clothespin is moved to red and your child has to sit in the thinking chair. After getting themselves together I will ask your child to explain to me why he or she was asked to sit in the thinking chair and what should be done next time so that the thinking chair will not be needed. If your child should need to move his or her clothespin to yellow and/or red, a letter will come home explaining what happened.
We also have a “Caught You Being Good” sticker basket. Throughout the day we are looking to reward children who are doing kind deeds as well as those who are listening and following directions the first time they are given. We also write the word SURPRISE on the board and if the children, as an entire class, work hard and follow directions all week and keep all the letters in the word up on the board on Fridays they earn a bear. When the children have earned three bears for hard work and good behavior, they earn a surprise such as: extra recess, extra toy time, a special movie, or a special snack.
3. Homework: Children will receive weekly homework assignments. These assignments should be worked on during the week and returned to me on Friday of that same week. Please allow your child to work on the assignments at a leisurely pace. I do not want the homework to be a cause of stress in your home. Homework will be sent home beginning Monday, September 19.
4. Daily Folder: Each child will receive a parent/teacher folder. This folder will serve as a means of communication between you and me. Your child will be responsible for bringing his or her folder to school and handing it in on a daily basis. Please be sure to check and empty the folder each night.
5. Milk and Hot Lunch: Information about our lunch program is included in the summer mailing. You may send in items to be microwaved for lunch.
6. Snack: The children will have a snack each morning between 9:00 and 9:20 a.m. Please send your child to school with a juice box or water and a nutritious snack ie: fruit, vegetables, crackers, yogurt, etc. Please do not send in glass bottles for snack or lunch drinks.
7. Dismissal: If you are picking up your child after school, please be sure to wait for him or her in the car dismissal line. Dismissal is at 2:15. Please be sure to send in a note if there will be a change in your child’s regular dismissal procedure.
8. Progress Reports/Report Cards: Every First Friday throughout the school year your child will bring home a progress report. This report will be a checklist of the skills, concepts, behaviors and work habits that we have worked on the previous month. The first progress report will come home on Friday, October 7. Report cards come home on a quarterly basis. The annual school calendar lists when each of the quarters is completed. A week after the quarter is over report cards will come home.
9. Monthly Projects: Each month your child will bring home a different project to complete at home. These projects are set around the different topics that we are working on. A note will always accompany the project explaining what needs to be done as well as when the project is due.
10. Seats at the Table and Rug: Seats at the table are changed on every First Friday of the month. Spots on the rug are changed at the end of each quarter.
11. Birthdays: Birthday treats … gladly. Please let me know a week before to avoid any conflicts. On the morning of your child’s birthday please bring the treat to school and place on the table by the windows. Goodie bags and balloons are not permitted.
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