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Classroom Reminders
Attendance
When a child is absent, a note or e-mail explaining the absence should be sent on the day he or she returns to school. The absence will be marked as unexcused until the documentation is received. According to CMS policy, parent contact will be made after 3, 6, and 10 unexcused absences in a given school year.
Birthdays
In lieu of bringing in a food treat, I encourage families to consider having your child bring a favorite book to read aloud to the class or donating a book to our classroom library. If you choose to bring a food treat, please send me an e-mail the day before and bring the treat to the front office the day it is to be distributed. Please remember that treats must be store-bought and include a label with a list of ingredients (as per CMS policy). Due to possible food allergies, I must check the ingredient label before food is distributed to the class. Also, please send only small treats (such as mini cupcakes or small cookies) or a healthy treat! Lastly, please note that birthday invitations can only be handed out in class if you are inviting the whole class.
Classroom Management
All children are expected to follow classroom rules and procedures, and I will help them learn to do so in a positive and equitable manner. These expectations allow teachers to teach, and students to learn. This is the right of every student. We use a colored “clip chart” to monitor individual behavior and choices. Each child will have a clip that they will physically move up or down the chart, depending on choices made throughout the day.
Please keep in mind that your child may not move his or her clip every single day. For children to “clip up,” they must go above and beyond in their behavior choices. When a student clips to Outstanding, he or she will earn a jewel to place on his or her clip. When a student receives five jewels, he or she will take that clip home and receive a new colored clip.
Early Release Days
CMS has issued four Early Release Days for students. On these designated days, students will dismiss at 11:45 and go home their regular way unless you make arrangements with your child's teacher. Lunch on these days will be a bag lunch, "grab and go" style. These dates can be found on the CMS calendar.
Monday Folders
Each Monday, students will take home their Monday Folders. These folders contain work completed throughout the previous week and paperwork from the school office (please note that any time sensitive paperwork for the current week will instead be sent home in your child’s nightly yellow folder). Please also note that much of our writing is kept in student writing folders until the end of each unit. Student writing will be sent home as each unit is completed. Enjoy looking through your child’s work and celebrating his or her week at school. Please keep the work and have your child return the empty folder to school the next day.
Reading Bags
It is essential to your child’s success and growth as a reader that he or she practices reading daily. Your child has a Reading Bag in his or her yellow folder and will start to bring home 1-2 leveled books from our classroom library starting around mid-September. Please have your child reread the books to build fluency and practice reading strategies. Feel free to also pick and read books that are not included in his or her Reading Bag as part of your child’s nightly 15-20 minutes of reading. It is my hope that your child will grow into a lifelong reader! Please ensure that your child’s Reading Bag books are brought back to school each day.
Snack
Please supply your child with one small, healthy snack each day. Children will eat their snacks in the morning, since we have a late lunch. Healthy snacks could be fruit, vegetables, crackers, pretzels, fruit snacks, granola bars, etc. Please send your child’s snack in a labeled separate bag from his/her lunch or ensure that your child knows which part of his or her lunch is for snack. We would greatly appreciate any donations of extra snacks (Goldfish, pretzels, granola bars, etc.) for children who forget to bring a snack.
Transportation
Transportation changes must be in written form and submitted to the teacher the morning the change is to occur. Transportation change notes must include the date, teacher’s name and student’s first and last name. E-mail messages will not be used for transportation changes or early dismissal requests. We must have written verification or a phone call to the office before we can send a child home a way that is different than his or her regular dismissal plan.
Water Bottles
Please send a small, reusable water bottle (preferably with a push/pull top) to school with your child. The water bottle will sit atop his or her desk throughout the day and can be refilled at Snack Time if needed. If you choose to use ice or freeze your child’s water bottle, please send the water bottle with a neoprene bottle sleeve. Please note we do not allow any drinks other than water in the classroom.
Yellow Folders
The yellow folder is used as a daily home-to-school communication tool. The yellow folder is used for notes, temporary dismissal changes, permission slips, information from the school office, etc. Please check and empty the pockets of the yellow folder each day. Students are responsible for bringing their yellow folder home and to school each day.
When a child is absent, a note or e-mail explaining the absence should be sent on the day he or she returns to school. The absence will be marked as unexcused until the documentation is received. According to CMS policy, parent contact will be made after 3, 6, and 10 unexcused absences in a given school year.
Birthdays
In lieu of bringing in a food treat, I encourage families to consider having your child bring a favorite book to read aloud to the class or donating a book to our classroom library. If you choose to bring a food treat, please send me an e-mail the day before and bring the treat to the front office the day it is to be distributed. Please remember that treats must be store-bought and include a label with a list of ingredients (as per CMS policy). Due to possible food allergies, I must check the ingredient label before food is distributed to the class. Also, please send only small treats (such as mini cupcakes or small cookies) or a healthy treat! Lastly, please note that birthday invitations can only be handed out in class if you are inviting the whole class.
Classroom Management
All children are expected to follow classroom rules and procedures, and I will help them learn to do so in a positive and equitable manner. These expectations allow teachers to teach, and students to learn. This is the right of every student. We use a colored “clip chart” to monitor individual behavior and choices. Each child will have a clip that they will physically move up or down the chart, depending on choices made throughout the day.
Please keep in mind that your child may not move his or her clip every single day. For children to “clip up,” they must go above and beyond in their behavior choices. When a student clips to Outstanding, he or she will earn a jewel to place on his or her clip. When a student receives five jewels, he or she will take that clip home and receive a new colored clip.
Early Release Days
CMS has issued four Early Release Days for students. On these designated days, students will dismiss at 11:45 and go home their regular way unless you make arrangements with your child's teacher. Lunch on these days will be a bag lunch, "grab and go" style. These dates can be found on the CMS calendar.
Monday Folders
Each Monday, students will take home their Monday Folders. These folders contain work completed throughout the previous week and paperwork from the school office (please note that any time sensitive paperwork for the current week will instead be sent home in your child’s nightly yellow folder). Please also note that much of our writing is kept in student writing folders until the end of each unit. Student writing will be sent home as each unit is completed. Enjoy looking through your child’s work and celebrating his or her week at school. Please keep the work and have your child return the empty folder to school the next day.
Reading Bags
It is essential to your child’s success and growth as a reader that he or she practices reading daily. Your child has a Reading Bag in his or her yellow folder and will start to bring home 1-2 leveled books from our classroom library starting around mid-September. Please have your child reread the books to build fluency and practice reading strategies. Feel free to also pick and read books that are not included in his or her Reading Bag as part of your child’s nightly 15-20 minutes of reading. It is my hope that your child will grow into a lifelong reader! Please ensure that your child’s Reading Bag books are brought back to school each day.
Snack
Please supply your child with one small, healthy snack each day. Children will eat their snacks in the morning, since we have a late lunch. Healthy snacks could be fruit, vegetables, crackers, pretzels, fruit snacks, granola bars, etc. Please send your child’s snack in a labeled separate bag from his/her lunch or ensure that your child knows which part of his or her lunch is for snack. We would greatly appreciate any donations of extra snacks (Goldfish, pretzels, granola bars, etc.) for children who forget to bring a snack.
Transportation
Transportation changes must be in written form and submitted to the teacher the morning the change is to occur. Transportation change notes must include the date, teacher’s name and student’s first and last name. E-mail messages will not be used for transportation changes or early dismissal requests. We must have written verification or a phone call to the office before we can send a child home a way that is different than his or her regular dismissal plan.
Water Bottles
Please send a small, reusable water bottle (preferably with a push/pull top) to school with your child. The water bottle will sit atop his or her desk throughout the day and can be refilled at Snack Time if needed. If you choose to use ice or freeze your child’s water bottle, please send the water bottle with a neoprene bottle sleeve. Please note we do not allow any drinks other than water in the classroom.
Yellow Folders
The yellow folder is used as a daily home-to-school communication tool. The yellow folder is used for notes, temporary dismissal changes, permission slips, information from the school office, etc. Please check and empty the pockets of the yellow folder each day. Students are responsible for bringing their yellow folder home and to school each day.