Welcome to Ms. Syme’s 1st Grade

Class

Room 3September 10, 2015

Pinebrook Elementary

Overview• Classroom Information • Specials• Classroom Expectations & Behavior • Content• Grading• Home Enjoyment (homework) policy• Absences• What can you do at home? • Communication • Questions, Comments or Concerns

Classroom InformationMornings: Reading/Writing, lunch

Afternoon: Math, Recess, Social/Studies and/or Science

Green Take Home Folders: Go home everyday and come back to school every day. Any notes to me can be place in the folder

Agenda: Left side is home enjoyment/right side is reading log

Lunch: 10:45-11:15

Please sign up for conferences tonight before you leave!

SpecialsGuidance (every other Monday) – Mrs. RossSearch (every other Monday) – Mrs.

CiardielloPE (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)- Mr.

LoseMusic (Tuesday, Wednesday) – Mr. McGinleyArt (Friday) – Mrs. Johnson Library (Monday Morning) – Mrs. Higgins Computer Lab (Thursday) - Mrs. Corber,

Mrs. Clark

Classroom Expectations

Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Responsible Class PledgePuma Paws- drawn weekly Behavior Clips

Classroom Expectations

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?- students are given the change to fill other students’ buckets to encourage them and give them compliments. Students empty their bucket on Friday

Sailor of the Week- vote taken on Friday

Content• Reading/Writing• Math• Social Studies• Science • Health

Grading• 4 (E) Exceeds Expectations • 3 (M) Meets expectations• 2 (P) Progressing towards expectation• 1 (B) below expectation

*Phoenix Gradebook *

Home Enjoyment Policy

Read 15-20 minutes each nightNo Homework on Weekends Home Enjoyment will start in October.

Students will get a packet Monday night and need to turn it in by Friday

Please sign your child’s agenda book every night and write down what they read that night

Absences When your child is absent, he/she will be

required to make up the missed lessons and homework. Due dates will be adjusted as needed for the missed assignments.

What can you do at HomeRead!!! Information in packetAddition & Subtraction Facts

Communication Email- kathryn.syme@lcps.orgI will be sending out a weekly email on

Sunday nights Twitter @symekate

Questions, Comments, or Concerns