Star of the Week Every student will get a chance to be Star of
the Week. The Star of the Week will fill out an All About Me
Poster. The poster will be sent home the Friday before the start of
the students Star week. No show and tell items will be
brought.
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Homework New this year! We will have a homework sheet that will
stay in your childs folder along with the responsibility sheet.
Each week your student will be required to complete 4 Fasttmath
lessons and read 15 minutes per night for 5 nights. This is due
first thing each Monday morning. Spelling tests are given every
other Friday. High frequency word tests will be given on the
alternating Fridays. 2 Book reports will be done at home with a 2
week preparation time.
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Book Reports Students will be assigned 2 book reports over the
course of the school year. For each report they will give an oral
presentation along with a written report. A grading rubric will be
given at the time of the assignment to help in their preparation.
This is one of their favorite assignments of the year!
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No Name Papers By now students should be responsible enough to
remember to write their names on their papers. So, as a result,
there are consequences for forgetting this very important step.
First time write name 20 times at recess Every time after that the
consequence goes up by 10 For example: On a students fifth no name
paper they will write their name 60 times.
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Responsibility Sheets *Your childs Responsibility Sheet,
located in their McAuliffe folder, indicates their daily &
weekly behavior and represents expectations for very student. If
your child disregards an expectation during the day, the Star Sheet
is marked by the teacher and sent home for parents to sign. When a
child receives a consequence in Specials, please contact the
specials teacher if you have questions since the behavior occurred
outside of the classroom.
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Behavior Management We are big advocates of positive
reinforcement and praising children for their positive behavior.
However, consistent disruptive behavior will not be tolerated and
will be handled as follows: *Verbal warning (The child has the
chance to correct the behavior.) *Non-verbal warning (STOP sign
placed on desk as a reminder) *1st clip change: Child moves their
clip and has to sit out 10 minutes of their recess time. The childs
Star Sheet is marked. *2 nd clip change: The child moves their clip
again and misses all of their recess time. Star Sheet is marked
again for that day. *3rd clip change: Phone call to parents with
appropriate consequence *4th clip change: Child is sent to the
office.
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Behavior Management, cont. Major behavior incidents (violence,
outright disrespect, inappropriate language, vandalizing school
property etc.) will be handled immediately without any warnings
given and parents will be contacted. Each child is expected to be
on his/her best behavior outside of the classroom as well,
including hallways, lunch/recess, Specials, etc. Please help
encourage your child to be an outstanding citizen around the
clock!
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Responsibility Sheet Celebration On the last Friday of each six
weeks from 2-2:45pm, we will have a Responsibility Sheet
Celebration to reward good behavior. If your child receives 3 marks
or less in a six week period, they will be invited to the
celebration. The Responsibility Sheet Celebration may be different
each six weeks and a lot of fun!!
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Guest Readers We welcome parents/grandparents to join our class
for read-aloud time as our guest readers! Please let your room
parent know that you would like to volunteer. We will be using our
guest readers during our Flex week where students have specials all
of one day, but then not the rest of that week. Your teacher will
give the room parent specific dates/times. Students love to help
pick out their favorite books to share with the class!
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Classroom Snacks Please only send snacks that do not need
utensils. This makes it hard for your students to eat while
working. No messy snacks Cut fresh fruit so that it will be easy to
eat Healthy snacks are best crackers, dry cereal, fruit snacks,
granola bars, etc.
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Student Birthdays All birthday treats will be given to the
class at the end of the school day. The treat MUST be STORE BOUGHT.
Make sure that you have the class count to ensure everyone gets a
treat. No cupcakes with icing. Cookies, muffins and doughnuts are
super!
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Field Trips Students will attend 2-3 field trips this year. We
will do a walking field trip to City Hall, the Fire Department and
the Police Department. The other 2 field trips will be determined
throughout the school year and will correspond with our curriculum.
We will need volunteers to accompany us, so watch for information
on our websites and in your childs McAuliffe Folder as these draw
near.