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This is the organizational tool used in First Grade. It is used for daily communication between home and school.

*Checking and returning the HERO folder daily is considered part of homework.

HERO FolderHelping Everyone Remain Organized(Brought to school and taken home daily)

Homework

*Homework will come home on Mondays and is due by Friday.*Each week students will complete one spelling practice page and one math assignment.*Reading Olympics Reading Log. Each month, please read for 20 minutes on 20 days. Students will be rewarded at the end of each month and will work toward their Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at the end of the year.

Grades*Grades are 50% minor and 50% major.**Parent Connection - You can keep track of your child’s grades online through Parent Connection

100-90% A89-80% B79-75% C74-70% D69-0% F

Attendance

*Attendance is taken daily at 9:45.*To qualify for perfect attendance, your child can only have one unexcused tardy or early dismissal and no absences. *Please provide a doctor’s note or a handwritten note stating why your child was not at school. *After 4 tardies/early dismissals, student’s conduct grade is lowered 1 letter.

Sign up to be a Parent Reader

All parent readers must have a clear background check before volunteering

at a Klein ISD school. If you haven't done that, you need to go online at

www.kleinisd.net under community relations and click on volunteer and follow the steps. It has to be done

online and there are 2 forms you have to fill out….the Sign Me Up Form and Criminal Background Check Form and

then hit submit. It takes about 2 weeks to get those cleared

I am happy to meet with you before I begin my leave. Let me know if you are interested or have any questions.

Reading/LanguageGuided Reading – Read in small groups of 5 to 6 children.Group ReadingIndividual Reading (Read to Self)Partner Reading (Read to Someone)

Letters – vowels, consonantsSyllables – open and closedPhonics – coding wordsSentencesWord orderNounsVerbsAdjectivesContractionsDays of weekMonths of yearHolidays

Writer’s Workshop

Students will write daily*Invented spelling *Class Books*Prewriting*Writing*Editing*Publishing *Illustrating

Math•Small group, games, hands-on•Reflex Math

• Five Senses• Living vs. Non-Living• Plants• Animals• Habitats• Rocks and Soil• Weather• The Seasons• Heat and Light

Science

Social Studies

Social SkillsGood CitizensElectionHolidaysPresidents DayTexasMapsJobs

Scholastic Book Club*Book order forms will be sent home

most months once I return.*Lower prices than local bookstores*Helps classroom earn points to build

our class library.*Order takes about a week to 10 days

for delivery once order is placed.

Also…•Headphones•Wednesday Folders•Snack/Water bottles•Sweaters•Birthdays (non-edible treats preferred)