Ms. Cathy Veazey1st Grade Classroom

Email: cathyveazey@schoolhouse.eduPhone:205-555-0507Website: www.schoolhouse.edu/cveazey1

*This PowerPoint is available on the class website.

Classroom Motto!

Always do your best!&

Make smart choices!

DAILY SCHEDULE

7:40- 8:00 – Entering the Classroom

8:00- 8:30 –Morning Work/ Bathroom Break

8:30- 9:00 – Whole Group

9:00-10:00 – Reading Groups/ Centers

10:00-11:15 – Math Groups/ Centers

11:15-11:40 – Lunch

11:40-12:00 – Bathroom Break

12:00-12:30 – Finish Up Work

12:30-1:00 – Tier II Intervention

1:00- 1:30 – Snack and Pack up

1:30- 2:00 – Special

2:00- 2:30 – P.E.

2:30- 2:35 – Bathroom Break

2:35- 2:45 – Clean Up

2:45- 3:00 – Dismissal

Everyone will have a black 3 ring binder and

3 folders.Binder

Your binder will have:-Blue folder-Agenda - Weekly Newsletter- Binder book

Folders:Red-weekly folderBlue- binder/homework folderGreen- unfinished work

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Morning Routine

• Enter the room quickly and quietly!!• Go to your desk and unpack your

backpack. • Once you have unpacked your

backpack, place it on the back of your chair.

• Leave your binder on top of your desk until I tell you to put it away.

• Your are responsible for checking your binder daily for lunch money or notes from home.

Collecting Money and Notes from Home

Every morning you will check your binder for lunch money and notes from home. If you have lunch money or a note from home please bring it to me. If I am not able to take it, I will ask you to place it in the basket on the guided reading table.

Attendance Attendance will be taken every

morning by your lunch choice. I will tell you what the lunch choices are and then I will call you by name. When I call your name you will tell me which of the choices you want or if you brought your lunch.

Attendance • Tardiness

– If you come in late, I should have a note from the office. You are to come in and get right to work. If we are in whole group, you need to come in unpack your backpack and join us on the floor. You need to check your binder for money and notes. Place your late slip on the guided reading table.

• Absent – Excuses

• Must be given to the office. The office will give you an excuse to give me.

• Place the excuse on the guided reading table when you come into class.

– Make-up Work • If you are absent, I will keep a folder of work you missed. Some work

will not need to be made up, but other work will. I will find time during centers to review the work you missed and help you catch up.

• If you have an excused absence and you missed a test, then you will make it up the day you return to school.

End of the Day Procedures 2:30-3:00

Throughout the day we will do our best to have our backpacks all packed up and ready to go before going to specials and P.E.

• After returning from P.E. we will have a bathroom break.

• When we return to the room, you are to double check your backpack to make sure you have everything you need for that night. – If homework has been assigned, this is the time when we will work on it.

• Check the floor and the area around your table for trash.

• Once everything is all packed and clean, then you need to sit at your desk, and you may whisper to the friends at your table.

• I will call you to line up by car riders, buses, and walkers. Do not line up until I have called you.

*Early Dismissal*If school lets out early your parents will be notified via phone, email, and the school’s website detailing the situation. Your parents will tell us how they preferred to be contacted by filling out a parent information slip at registration/meet your teacher and on open house night.

Homework Every week we will have a 10 word spelling test. The words will be written in your agenda and sent home on the weekly newsletter. We will also go over the words in class throughout the week. It is your responsibility to study and be ready for the test on Fridays. Every Monday I will send home a weekly reading log. I will take the reading log up on Fridays. You should read at least 10 minutes every night. Someone can read to you or you can read to them. Each night when you read fill in the chart with the title of the book, how long you read, and have the person you read with sign the chart. I highly encourage reading every night!

Day Title of the Book

Minutes Read

Parent Signature

MondayTuesdayWednesd

ayThursday

Homework Assignments

Assigning and Collecting

If I feel like extra practice is needed on a topic, then I will assign homework. If I assign homework, then I will allow time in class to work on it. The next day, you will turn the homework into the homework basket on the guided reading table for a grade.

Late Work

If you do not have your work completed when it is due, then you will not get a grade for it. If you are absent, and the absent is excused, then you can turn in the homework the following day when you return.

Homework

Homework

BIRTHDAYS

•On your birthday you are allowed to visit the treasure box and pick out 2 things.

•Your parents are welcomed to send a special snack, as long as they send enough for everyone to have some.

•I do ask that your parents follow the school handbook to ensure that none of the restricted foods are brought in.

Medication Procedures

Any medications brought to school will be taken to the office. A note from the doctor or parent is also needed. Only the school nurse is allowed to give you your medication.

Please have your parent fill out the “Health Form” completely. This will let me and the nurse know of any health concerns that may need attention.

*I will NOT give out any medication in my classroom. Any and all medication will be given by the school nurse.*

Classroom Visitors • All visitors MUST sign in at the front office when

entering the building.• Visitors MUST wear a visitor’s name tag while they are

on school property. • The best time for visitors are at lunch. You and your

visitor will be able to sit at a table away from the class so you can visit. I would appreciate at least 24 hour notice before a visitor comes. No outside food is allowed in the school cafeteria.

• I do not allow visitors during instructional time. This is a time when you need to focus on work, and visitors are a distraction to the learning process.

Volunteers

Classroom volunteers are always appreciated!

Parents that wish to volunteer or help when needed, need to fill out a

volunteer form. I will contact parents as I need them.

Classroom Rules

1. Follow directions quickly and quietly.

2. Raise your hand for permission to speak.

3. Work hard the whole time in your spot.

4. Listen when someone is speaking.5. Be a caring friend.

Behavior ProceduresEveryone’s clothespin will start on Ready to Learn each morning. Your name tag will have a number beside your

name, this number will be on your clothespin. • During the day if you are off task or not following the

rules I will ask you to move your clothespin down to Slow down!

• On the other hand, if I see you doing something good I will ask you to move your clothespin up to Good Job! Every day before going home you will color in your

weekly behavior chart. The weekly behavior chart will go home on Fridays for your parents to sign. I will send a note home with the behavior chart explaining why you

were on that color. Also, every Friday if you have remained on green or above all week you get to visit the

treasure box.

BEHAVIORCHARTS

Behavior Clip Chart

Weekly Behavior Chart

Treasure Box

The treasure will have a variety of items to chose from.

•Coupons –Homework pass–Bring a furry friend to school–Sit by the teacher at lunch–1st pick on Friday Fun Activity

•Pencils•Erasers•Stickers

Consequences for Not Following the Directions

1st offense: Verbal warning2nd offense: Move clothespin down3rd offense: Phone call or note sent home (An action plan will also be filled out by the student)Sever Clause: Office visit

Each day that you have to move your clothespin down I will take time away

from Friday fun activity.

Friday Fun Activities On Friday’s after we have taken our test and

finished our work we will have Friday Fun Activities. If these activities get out of hand and you can not handle the responsibility, we will not do Friday Fun

Activities.

Friday Fun Activities:

Reading Games

Math Games

Computer

iPad (If I have the okay from the principal)

Art/Color Sheets

Attention Grabbers

When we are doing independent or group work and I need you to quiet down and listen, I will do one of the following:•Ring a bell•Say, “Class.” You respond, “Yes,”•Ring wind chimes

Expectations for Group Work

When doing group work you should:•Get to work right away.•Work together.•Share.•Talk problems out with each other.

Expectations for Seat Work

During seat work you should:• Stay in your seat and work the whole time. • You may whisper to the friends at your

group.• If you have a question, raise your hand

and I will come to you. When you finish:• Raise your hand for me to check it.• If I give the okay, place it in the

appropriate binder, notebook, or basket.

Finished Early?If you have completed your work and I

have checked it, then you may:• Read a book to self from your book

bag or the library • Work on something from your green

folder• Fast math or AR test

EXPECTATIONS FOR CENTERS

When we are in centers:•Get to work right away.•Work the whole time in your center. •Do not get too loud.

If you or your group is not on task or gets too loud, I will ask you to take your work back to

your desk to finish it independently.

Centers

There are 6 centers, you will go to 3 centers one day and 3 the next day. Each week I will go over the centers. Some weeks the centers will stay the same, and others they might change.

The 6 centers are:1. Word work, 2. Work on Writing, 3. Read to Someone, 4.

Read to Self, 5. Listening to Reading, and 6. Computer.Also, during centers I will call people back to my table for

guided reading.

Use of Classroom Materials

• Treat things as if they were your own. If you use something return it to where you found it. If you don’t use the material correctly, then you lose the privilege to use it at all. If this happens you will move your clothespin.

• Every morning I will sharpen pencils and keep a cup of sharp pencils. If your pencil goes dull place it in the “I’m Dull” cup and grab a pencil from the “I’m Sharp!” cup.

• Computers are only to be used if I have given you permission. Only go to designated sites or games listed in the computer area. Ask before going anywhere else. Always use ear phones if there is sound!

Bathroom and Water

If you need to use the bathroom, get water, or leave the room, you will raise your

hand with the appropriate sign.

KEEPING CONNECTED

Weekly Newsletter• Every Monday a new newsletter will be placed in a

sheet protector in your binder.• This can also be found on the class website.

– www.schoolhouse.edu/cveazey1

Weekly Behavior Charts• Will be sent home in your red folder every Friday for a

parent to sign.Parent/Teacher Conference• Your parents may schedule a conference through email,

phone call, or a note. • Periodic phone calls will be made as needed.

Completed WorkGraded

• Any work you do will be taken up for a grade.

• Some work will be graded for accuracy and other work will count as a participation grade.

• Homework will be counted as a grade.– Your reading log and

weekly behavior chart will be counted as a homework grade.

Not Graded

No work is not graded!• Some work will not

have a real grade on it, but it will count toward a participation grade.

• This type of work will be done as a whole group or in groups.

Returning Work

When will work be returned?

Work will be returned within a week of it being

turned in.

What will not be returned?

Throughout the year we will do special

worksheets, that I will keep in a hanging file

folder labeled with your name. At the end of the

year we will make a binder from this work for you to take home the last

week of school.

Thank you for giving me inspiration as I prepare for my own classroom!!• Meredith Hornsby (Gardendale

Elementary School, 1st Grade)

• Amanda Greene (Woodstock Elementary School, 1st Grade)

• Mr. Conte’s PowerPoint

• Kala Locke’s PowerPoint