Important Information about our Classroom

-Bring summer treasure to share on the first Friday of School-August 16^th

-Snack: We will have snack time every morning.  Please look over nut free classroom information in this packet.  Water bottles are also permitted, but students must take them home daily.

-Take Home Folder- This folder will come home every day, and it will be brought back to school every day.  Please check it daily.  One side of the folder will be labeled ‘keep it at home’ and the other side will be labeled ‘bring it back’.

- Guided Reading Bag: Your child will have guided reading books that will need to be read and returned the next day. 

-Lunch money- if you send lunch money to put on your child’s account, please send it in an envelope with your child’s name on it.  Thank you!

-Bus tag- Please have your child bring his/her sea animal bus tag back to school each day.  We will do this for the first couple weeks of school until we are all comfortable with the bus routine.

-Homework- Homework logs will come home each month.  They will need to be completed and returned. This will start in September 

- Poetry Notebooks-Students will receive a few new poems in their poetry notebook each week.  They will be sent home on Fridays, and the child will read their new poems from that week to a lucky listener.  The lucky listener will sign to show they listened to the poems.  The students will bring their notebooks back on Monday and receive a stamp or sticker for practicing their poems at home. 

-Team Teaching with Mrs. Armbrecht-Mrs. Armbrecht and I will be team teaching this year.  This means that the students will be going to Mrs. Armbrecht’s room to learn social studies, and her class will come to our room to learn science!

-Recess-The students will go outside and play twice a day.  One recess after lunch and one extra recess later in the afternoon.  Please help keep your child prepare for the weather!  They also need to have their name on the inside of each piece of outerwear.

-Scholastic Book Orders- Once a month, I will send home scholastic book order forms.  This is a great way to get new books for your child, but it is completely optional.  I will always put the date on the front of the form so that you know when to return the form and payment.  The books are mailed to school and then sent home with your child. 

-Mystery Readers- Our door is always open to a family member who would like to read to our class. Our mystery reader time is during our read aloud time on Fridays from 12:50-1:10.  Since it is a mystery, we like to keep it a secret until the reader comes into our classroom!  I will be sending out a Sign-up Genius to all of the parents’ emails to sign up for a slot throughout the year.