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Welcome to Ms. Harper’s 1st Grade Class!
Alabama Elementary School, Room 25
School Phone Number: 999-9999My email: [email protected]
Class website: www.aeschool.edu/kharper
Our Class ScheduleSpecials:
MusicArt
CounselorLibrary
Computer Lab
7:30-7:45 Arrival7:45-8:00 Morning Work8:00-9:00 Reading/Reading Intervention9:00-10:00 Math/Math Intervention10:00-11:00 Language Arts11:00-11:05 Restroom/Wash Hands/Water11:05-11:35 Lunch11:35-11:40 Restroom/Wash Hands/Water11:40-12:00 Recess12:00-12:45 Science12:45-1:20 P.E.1:20-2:10 Social Studies2:10-2:20 Snack2:20-2:45 Specials2:45-2:55 Clean-up/Dismissal
Our Morning Routine
o Every morning when you come into our classroom, you will quietly remove any notes, lunch boxes, and your 1 inch white binder and then zip your backpack up and place it in the
backpack bucket that is in the closet.
o Place your binder in the binder basket in the back of the room.
o Go to the smart board in the front of the room and drag your name from the “I’m Absent!” circle
to the “I’m Here!” circle.
Our Morning Routines
o Go to the lunch chart on the back wall and place your name card under
“choice #1”, “choice #2”, or “brought my lunch.”
o Place any notes to me or lunch money in the “IN” basket that is located on my
desk.
o Take two pencils from the “SHARP” bucket, and take them to your seat. Return any pencils that
need to be sharpened to the “SHARPEN ME!” bucket.
Sit down at your seat and quietly begin working on
your morning work!
Our Morning Routine!
Bringing Something Important from Home?
o Please have your parent send any money in an envelope with your
name and the purpose of the money on the front of the
envelope!
o Make sure you bring the money in your daily binder and place it in the “IN” basket on my desk when
you get to class.
Attendance
I’m Absent!
I’m Here!
Daniel
Lauren
AnnaJeniferRobertJaimeAvaMarkJoseph
LisaDerekAlexDariusSara
o Please make sure you move your name every morning! This is the only way that I’ll know you
are here!
Lunch Count
o After you move your name to the “I’m Here!” circle on the smart board, you will go to the chart in the back of the
room.
o Take your name card from the stack on the bookshelf, and place it under “Choice #1,” “Choice #2”, or “Brought from
Home.”
o The cafeteria menu will be posted on the wall above the lunch chart. Find today’s date and read the choices before
placing your card in the chart.Choice #1
Choice #2
Brought
from Home
Oh No! I’m Late!
o If you come to school after 7:50am, you must be signed into the front office by a parent or
legal guardian before you come to class!
o Don’t be late! If you get 3 tardies, it will count as one unexcused absence.
o Make sure you are in the classroom before 7:50 in order to not be counted tardy.
o We want you here with us!
Missed School Lately?
o What does “absent” mean? Absent simply means that you are not in school.
o There are two types of absences:Excused and Unexcused
o Absences are excused when you bring a doctor’s excuse, note from a parent, or you are missing school for a school-related function. You will be
allowed to make up any work you miss if you have a written excuse.
o Absences are not excused without a written excuse. You will be allowed to make-up missed
work, but you will only get half credit.
End of the Day Routine
o Every day at 2:45, we will clean up our classroom. Everyone will participate in cleaning up your specific area to make sure that our class is ready for the next day.
o After our classroom is clean, I will call you and other students by table, and you will quietly go get your backpack, binder, lunchbox, and jacket/coat.
o You will take your backpack to your seat and put any homework, textbooks, and your binder into your backpack.
End of the Day Routineo After every student has gotten their backpacks, I will call you by tables to line up at the door. The students who are sitting quietly, and have a clean area will get to
line up first.
o I will go over which students are the bus riders, afterschool care,
and car riders to make sure every one knows where they will be
going.
o When the bell rings at 2:50, we will walk quietly down the hall to
the lobby of the school.
End of the Day Routine
o If you are a car rider, you will go to the gymnasium and wait to be called to the
carpool line by a teacher or faculty member
o If you are a bus rider, you will go to the lunchroom and wait to be called to the
bus line by a teacher or faculty member.
o If you are in after school care, you will go to the computer lab and wait for instruction from a teacher or faculty
member.
Early Dismissal
o Sometimes we will have to leave school early because of things like bad weather. Don’t
worry! I will make sure that your parents know what is going on!
o I will call and email your parents, and unless your parents
ask me to do anything differently, we will still follow our normal end of the day routine!
Hungry for Homework!
o You will get the homework assignment for the week in the left front pocket of your daily
binder every Monday.
o After you complete your homework, make sure that it is in your binder and a parent has
signed it.
o I will check homework on Friday every week so make sure you bring your binder to class!
o Make sure your binder is in the binder basket in the back of the room every day during class.
Hungry for Homework!
o In addition to the weekly homework assignment, you are
expected to complete 15 minutes of reading in your AR
book every day! There will be a sheet in the front of your binder
clipped into the rings for your parents to sign showing that you
did this reading every day!
o I will check for parent signatures for the week on
Friday!
Forgot To Turn In Your Homework?
o You must have a written excuse to receive full credit on late homework.
o Late homework must be turned in no later than a week after the day it was due to receive credit.
o You can get homework and class work that you may have missed in the “Catch-Up” bucket in the back
corner of our classroom. Only take the sheets with your name written on it.
o Always do your homework so you can make good grades!
It’s Your Birthday!
o Every time you or another student has a birthday, you
will be recognized!
o On your birthday, you will get a birthday hat to wear all
day!
o You will also receive a special treat from me, and get a birthday certificate!
Smart Cookie Award!
o Every Monday during lunch, I will award a student with a “Smart Cookie Award!”
o You will receive a Smart Cookie Certificate and a delicious chocolate chip cookie from the lunchroom!
o When we return to the classroom, you have the opportunity to move your things to the desk located
next to my desk!
o Every student will get the opportunity to earn the Smart Cookie Award!
End of the Year Party!o On our last day of school, we will
celebrate by having a end of the year class party!
o We want to celebrate all of your accomplishments and growth during our
time together!
o We will take a class picture, play games, eat food, and a lot more!
o Your parents are welcome to come and take pictures!
Holiday Bash!
o Before we leave school for winter break, we will have a holiday
celebration! We will have snacks and listen to holiday music. Each of you
will draw another students name out of a bucket and write that person a
card.
o For Valentine’s day, you will each draw a name out of a bucket and
write/draw that person a valentine’s day card. We will give our cards out
during snack time, and I will provide a special snack for everyone!
Medicine!
o You are not allowed to bring any medicine with you to school! This includes prescription medicine,
non-prescription medicine, cough drops, Advil, etc.
o Medicine must be taken to the nurse and signed in by a parent.
o Your parents will also need to notify the nurse of any allergies
you may have, or changes in medication.
Visitors!
o Your parents are allowed to come eat lunch with you when they have time, but they
cannot bring restaurant food into the school. Lunch starts at 11:05 and ends at 11:35.
o Please tell your parents that they MUST sign in at the front office and get a visitor’s
sticker before going anywhere in the school! This is very important. Visitor’s also need to
sign out in the office when they leave.
Want to Volunteer?
o Ask your parents or grandparents if they are interested in volunteering at Alabama
Elementary School! We need volunteers for:
o Room Parent/Grandparent-party planning, bulletin board making etc.)o Book Fairs-money exchange, set-up
o Field Trip Chaperoneso PTO events-carnival booth, concession
stand
o Please have your parents or grandparents contact me, or the school if
they would like to volunteer at our wonderful elementary school!
Our Classroom Rules!
o Keep your hands, feet, and other objects to yourselves.
o Follow all directions the first time they are given.
o Clean up after yourselfo Raise your hand and wait
to speako Have a positive attitude
and make things fun!
Clothespins!
o In our class, every student will have a clothespin with their name written on it. The clothespins will go on a chart on the
wall near my desk.
o The chart has three different levels: Excellent Job, Ready to Learn, and Needs to
Work Harder.
o Every student starts the day off on “Ready to Learn!”
o Students clothespins will move up or down the chart depending on their
behavior.
Excellent Job!
Ready to Learn!
Needs to Work
Harder!
Consequences
o First offense: Warningo Second offense: Move clothespin to “Needs More Work”o Third offense: Note and phone call home to parents.o Fourth offense: A referral will be written and you will be sent to the Principal’s office.
o Everyone has the opportunity to make the right choices and move back up to the “Excellent Job!” section of the chart! Work hard and make good
choices every day!
Rewards!
o I love to give out rewards and prizes to students who are working hard and making
good decisions!
o I will give out different types of rewards such as:o Free time (to read, play on the computer,
and even talk to me!)o Receive a coupon from the coupon
machine!o Verbal Praiseo Stickers
Every student has the opportunity to earn a reward, as long as they are doing what you
are supposed to be doing!
Let’s Talk!
o Please ask your parents to regularly check their emails and their voicemails.
o If anything happens, I need to be able to get in touch with your parents or grandparents, so please
ask them to make sure that I have up-to-date contact information.
o I will also send notes home in folders to communicate with your parents as well.
Group Work!
o Each of you will be put into one of 4 different groups: the Blue Group, Yellow Group, Green Group,
and Purple Group.
o We will use groups during our Reading/Reading Intervention time every day. This will be called
Centers.
o When you are in your groups, you need to quietly and kindly work with others. This is not playtime, and
I expect the noise level to stay at a quiet whisper.
o During centers, I will play music when it is time to change into a different center. This needs to be done
quietly!
Group Work!
o Help your group members stay on task and complete the assignment that you were given.
o Ask 3 before me! If you have a question, politely and quietly ask 3 of your group
members before leaving your seat and asking me.
o Do not bother, distract, or talk to other groups! This is a time for you to work with your
group members only!
o Remember our class rules! Respect everyone and treat others the way you would want to be
treated!
So, What Are Centers?
o During our reading time we will rotate in our groups
between these centers:
o EEKK Partner Readingo Listening to Reading
o Word Studyo Silent Reading
o Computer Gameso And many more!
Centers Are Fun!
o When centers begin, each student will get into their assigned group and I will tell you which
color will be at which center.
o When the music comes on to change centers, students will stop what you are doing, tidy up
your center and quietly walk to the center chart on the wall.
o Then, you will find the center that has your group color underneath it, and quietly walk to
that center.
Independent Work!
o Now that it’s time to work on our own, what do we do? Each of you will sit at your table in your assigned seat and quietly get started on your
assignment!
o This is not the time to talk to friends or work with others! You are expected to do this task on your own! This means that there should be NO talking
from anyone in the room! We don’t want to distract our friends!
o Stay in your seat! This is not the time to walk around, get water, or anything else.
Independent Work!
o What if I have a question? If you don’t understand something, raise your hand and I
will come help you.
o When you are finished, look at the “What do I do now?” poster on the wall in the front of
the room to get ideas of things you should do when you finish early. This could be things
like Silent Reading, or Finish Other Assignments from your “Work in Progress”
folder.
o Should you talk to your friends when you finish? No, No, and No! Let’s give our friends the courtesy and time they deserve to finish
their assignments.
Where Do We Find Our Materials?
o Each table will have a materials bucket that will have extra pencils, crayons, markers, and colored
pencils.
o These materials are a privilege to have in our classroom and we need to take good care of them.
o Do not break crayons, pull erasers off of pencils, bend or tear books, or play with rulers. Let’s set an
example for the rest of the school!
o I will sharpen pencils every morning and place them into the “Sharp” bucket in the corner of the
room.
Materials!
o We need to be very careful with our computers! They should be used
appropriately. Do not bring food or water near them, and be gentle with the keyboard
and mouse!
o I will pass out glue, scissors, play-doh, paint, and other messy materials before we
need to use them for specific activities.
o Clean up materials after you use them and make sure that you put them back in
the appropriate spots.
Can I borrow your…
o If you would like to borrow something that another student has, you must ask them politely. I
do not allow students to take things from other people, so you need permission before using
anyone else’s materials.
o After you are done using the item you borrowed, politely return it to the friend who allowed you to
borrow it and tell them thank you!
o Treat other people’s property just like it is yours!
My Desk!
o Please do not go behind my desk. I have important materials behind it.
o Please do not move or take anything out of or off of my desk!
o My desk is my place to keep all of my important things, so please
respect my property.
Restroom Break!
o Every student may use the restroom before entering our classroom in the
morning, but you must be in our classroom when the bell rings at 7:50!
o Students will be allowed to leave my classroom to use the restroom only 2 times during the day. (Unless medical reasons require more trips or it is an
emergency.)
o WALK to the restrooms. Be an example for the rest of the school!
Restroom Break!
o Students will be allowed to “Sign Out” in the Restroom book by the door. You must
write your name, the time you left the classroom, and the time you returned.
There will be a digital clock located on the wall if you need extra help with telling time.
o Please do not take advantage of the sign out book. If we start having problems with
students not using the book, or leaving class to use the restroom more than 2
times, I will change the procedure.
Water Break!
o Water breaks will be allowed before and after P.E. and Lunch. You will also be allowed to get water during snack time if
needed.
o If you need extra water, ask me and I will try to accommodate.
o I don’t allow water bottles in the classroom because of the possibility of
spilling and sharing germs, so please do not bring water bottles to class with you.
(Unless you have a medical reason.)
White Binder!
o Each of you will have a white binder that you will bring to school everyday, and take home every night.
o This binder will contain important things such as notes from me, monthly grade reports, notes or flyers from the
school.
o There will be a spot on the grade report for your parents to initial each month. Signing this grade report tells me that your parents have reviewed your grades, and your
parents know what is going on.
White Binder!
o This binder will also contain graded worksheets that you have completed in class. I will have copies for my records
already filed.
o Your reading log will be clipped into the front of your white binder and will have a place for your parents to sign
each week.
o Make sure you bring your white binder to class with you everyday and take it home every night!
Work in Progress Folder
o Your “Work in Progress” folder is clipped into your daily white binder.
o This red folder will contain work that you did not get time to finish
during class time.
o You may take this red folder out and work on incomplete work when you have free time, during snack, or if you finish another assignment early. You may also work on these assignments at home if you would
like to!
Talk to Me!
Weekly Newsletters:o Each week, I will send out a newsletter telling you and your parents
what is going on in our classroom! It will contain important dates in both the class and the school, what we’re learning in class, and any
information that your parents may need to know!
Monthly Progress Reports:o I think it is important for your parents to know how each of you are
doing in class, so your parents will sign a grade sheet in your white binder.
Conferences:o Your parents and I will have 1 conference each semester. I will post
the conference days and times on the back of the each weekly newsletter, and on our class website.
Honorable Mentions
o I would like to thank Dr. Jenifer Moore, Dr. Tarsha Bluiett, Ms. JiJi Lawley, Ms. Angela Binkerd, and Ms. Karen Morrison for their
positive ideas and helpful instruction.
THANK YOU!!!
o I am so excited to have each and every one of you in my class! I think that we are going to
have a wonderful school year and I cannot wait to get to know each of you!
o Thank you for being a wonderful audience and paying attention!
o I hope you all are excited about the first day of school! I know I am!
Sincerely,Ms. Harper
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