Welcome
Mrs. Ann Stauffer
1st grade
[email protected]
Specials Schedule
This year my class splits 5 ways.
Your child will accompany one of the other
first grade teachers to their special. I will
be sending home a note shortly that has
your child’s special schedule. Please pay
close attention to your child’s P.E. and
Library days.
Behavior
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Red = Earns a Quarter
Orange = Earns a Dime
Yellow = Earns a Nickel
Green = Earns a Penny
Blue = Loses a Penny
Purple = Loses a Nickel
Pink = Loses a Dime
Rewards
Red – Invite a friend to lunch
Orange – Use of teachers
colored pencils or
crayons
Yellow – Take a bear to lunch
Green – Save 5 pennies to make
a Nickel and trade up
Blue – Note in agenda and ABE
Purple –Note in agenda and ABE
Pink – Note in agenda, phone
call to parent and ABE
You Can Do Better Money Marks !!!
Your child can earn a money
Stamp
mark during the day for doing
Should your child move down the
behavior chart I will write a note
in his/her agenda.
Their agendas need to be signed
every night and returned to school
every day.
what is expected of him/her.
Reward for a money mark is
one penny for every mark they
get.
Agenda
This year we are using agendas
in first grade.
Your child will be responsible for
writing their daily assignments
in their agendas.
They will begin to write their
spelling, high frequency words,
and story vocabulary when we
begin our reading stories.
Weekly
Overview
Sheet
Weekly Test
Monday – Wednesday
Composition/Handwriting
Thursday
Grammar and Spelling
Friday
Reading and Math
Overview sheets will be
posted weekly on my web
page.
Homework
I have debated about assigning homework this year
and have come up with something different. This year
homework will consist of reading each night and
documenting it in their reading log, which is located in
their blue daily folder. It will also consist of work
that your student has not completed during class time.
If I do see that a student might need some extra
practice time at home, I will contact the parent and let
them decide whether to send extra practice to use for
homework. I hope this will give you and your family
extra time to do some family activities. I would also
love your feedback later on in the school year since it
is my first year using this method.
Grading Policy
• We only take grades on weekly test.
• Reading and Math are numerical
• Reading- Cold read, phonics, vocabulary,
and reading skill.
• ELA – Spelling/Grammar/Composition
• Science/Health
• Unit and Benchmark test x2
• We do not round grades
Grading Policy
• Numerical Grading Scale can be found in
the front of your child’s agenda on page
7.
• Excellent
A
93-100
• Above Average
B
85 – 92
• Average
C
77 – 84
• Below Average
D
70 – 76
• Failing
F
Below 70
• Incomplete
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Weekly
Grade Sheet
Unit Tests
Unit tests are not sent home.
If you would like to see your
child’s test please send me a
note and I will send it home
or you can set up an
appointment to come in and
go over it.
What is ELA?
– Spelling 20%
- Grammar 40%
- Composition 40%
- ELA is given a MS – meeting standards
- MPS – Making Progress Toward Standard
- NMP – Not Making Progress
Spelling
*We will begin with 10 words 6 that follow a spelling
pattern and 2 challenge words. There will be 2 unknown
words weekly which the teacher will choose. The unknown
words will follow the spelling pattern for the week.
Spelling words sent home on Friday in agendas. A spelling
pre-test will be given every Monday. If your child makes
a 100 on the pre-test they will be given the "Big C” list
which is a challenge spelling word list. This list will still use
the same spelling pattern but with more challenging words.
**SPELLING TEST IS GIVEN ON THURSDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED
Speller’s Choice Menu
Spelling practice should be done at home daily
Your child will have
this sheet in their
blue daily folder to
help with spelling
practice.
Literacy Bags
Literacy bags will come home daily.
Books inside are on your child’s independent reading level.
Have them read these books to you, their siblings, animals
etc.
There is a nightly reading log that will need to filled out
and signed by you every night. This will remain in their blue
daily folder.
Read Every Day
Your child will be required to read every night and fill out their reading
logs with your signatures.
Read to Succeed Law
•Read to Succeed (R2S) is a South Carolina law based on
federal reading initiatives (See Act 284, Chapter 155, Title
59). This law was created to address reading deficiencies in
struggling students grades K-12, with heavy emphasis placed on
students in grades K-3. According to the R2S law, beginning in
the 2017-2018 school year, any student who is not on grade
level by the end of the third grade (as determined by the SC
State Assessment) will be retained in third grade. For more
information concerning the R2S law, please access the
following link:
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_20132014/bills/516.htm
Math
Our math series is McGraw-Hill My Math.
Daily lesson done in class.
Topic assessments are on McGraw-Hill series
Saxon math lesson side A done daily in class
Saxon assessments done every 5 to 10 lessons
Field Trips
• We are scheduled for 2 field trips this year.
• 1 trip to USCA Ruth Patrick Science Center and 1 to the
Audubon Site this is a full day field trip.
• Planetarium is our first field trip in November with the cost for
trip being $6. We are allowed 2 parents for free then cost per
parent is $3.
• March field trip – Audubon Site and the cost for trip - $5 per
student. We will be learning about soil.
• Permission slips must be signed and returned. Without a signed
permission slip your child cannot go on the field trip.
VOLUNTEER TRAINING.
• If you are interested in volunteering for field
trips or coming in to help in the classroom you
must receive our volunteer training.
• Mrs. McDaniel will do volunteer training
during both sessions in her classroom B201
located at the front of the school.
School Web Page
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
• All important documents can be found
on my school fusion page.
• Overview sheet with all spelling,
vocabulary and lightning words.
• Weekly target skills
Things to Remember
• Missed work – Call office if you want to
pick up your child’s homework/classwork
assignments if they are sick.
• Missed assignment envelopes – complete
missed assignments in envelope. Does
not need to be the next day.
• Planning time – 9:30 – 9:55
Reminders
• Transportation: If your child will be going home a
different way, I must have a note from home!!!
• Money: Label any lunch money with your child’s name,
my name, what it is for, and how much
• Early Pick up: no later than 1:45
• ½ Day Wednesday: 1st Wednesday of each month
starting next week at 12:15.
• Lunches: Please be mindful of containers that are
difficult to open or close, first graders tend to spill
things. Absolutely no soft drink or glass containers.
• If you come to eat with your child please remember
not to bring in McDonalds etc.
Reminders
• Birthday Treats: We are now implementing the national
guidelines for “Smart Snacks at School. Parents can no longer
send in sweet treats to celebrate birthdays at lunch. In lieu of
these sweet treats goody bags may be sent in or mini cupcakes
and will be distributed to the class at the end of the day. If
you send in treat bags for your child’s birthday anything inside
must be store bought. We are not allowed to give the children
anything made at home.
• Birthday Invitations: please do not send in invitations for a
party to be passed out at school.
• Lunch with your child: You are free to come have lunch with
your child but you may not bring them food. Our lunch time
begins at 10:30.
Ways you can contribute:
• Volunteers: guest speakers, mystery
readers, pull papers, etc.
• Tutors
• Band-aids
• Tissue and Paper Towels
• Baby Wipes
• Markers/Twistables
Holiday Celebrations:
Any and all help is welcomed.
We have 2 classroom celebrations. We
have our winter break celebration and our
end of the year celebration.
Holiday Treats and Celebrations:
- Halloween – No treat bags – It’s Spooky to be hungry
- Thanksgiving – Holiday cookies/Healthy treat for
afternoon snack outside
- Winter Celebration – Treat bag and classroom party
- 100th day of school – trail mix
- Valentine’s Day – Pass out Valentines only
- St. Patrick’s Day – Holiday cookies
- End of Year Celebration – Treat bag and classroom party
• Treat bag items – pencils, erasers,
crayons, glue sticks, etc…
PTO
• Join PTO
• Remember No School Monday, Sept. 5