Dear Families,
Welcome to a new school year! The beginning of the year can be overwhelming
with so many new routines and paperwork to fill out. Please let me know if you
have any questions or concerns, or I can be of any help at all.
Homework
Every day Monday-Thursday the
student’s homework folder will go home.
Homework will not start for the first couple weeks of school but I would
like to get the students into the routine of bringing it to and from home to
school so we will start the folders on the very first day. Homework in 1st grade should not
exceed 10 minutes total. If you find
that homework is taking longer than that, please stop after 10 minutes and let
me know. These folders can be used for
notes anytime as well.
Positive Behavior
School-wide we are still
participating in the PBIS behavior management system. Students will be earning “warm-fuzzies” for
demonstrating behavior that is expected.
In our classroom we have two positive-behavior recognition systems. The first is a chart hanging in our room:
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Super Student
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Role Model
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Excellent Effort
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Ready to Learn
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Make Better Choices
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Teacher’s Choice
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Parent Contact
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Students start every day on the green
“Ready to Learn” section. As the day
progresses, their clips will be moved up or down depending on their
behavior. They will fill out a worksheet
at the end of the day letting you know what section they finished the day on
and how they’re feeling overall about their day at school.
Communication
It is my goal to “go paperless” this
year in terms of communication. We have
a classroom blog you can find at www.ppsfirstgrade.blogspot.com (if you enter your email address on the right-hand
side of the page you will be notified whenever we’ve posted new material!) Please remember to return your
child’s photo policy so I know if it is possible to post photos of your child
on our blog. Children will never be in
a photo by themselves and will be identified only by their initials.
I am thrilled to be teaching at
Porter’s Point this year and am looking forward to a great year will all of
your children.
You can reach me at:
margaret.terrien@colchestersd.org
terrienm@csdvt.org
Please send me an email as soon as possible so we can be sure to have the right contact information from the beginning of school!
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