Welcome toMrs. Frame’s andMs. Robinson’s

First Grade Class

Welcome toMrs. Frame’s andMs. Robinson’s

First Grade Class

Welcome

• First grade is fun and fabulous!

• Our classroom consists of a teacher and students who belong together like a family.

• We will care for and respect one another all year long!

• As the kids grow up their clothes get too small and may not be appropriate for school, especially shorts and skirts.

• Refer to your Student Handbook for specifications.

• No Mohawks/fauxhawks, cut in designs in hair, spaghetti straps, tattoos, or shorts shorter than finger lip length.

Tardies and Absences• The tardy bell rings at 8:20.

• We begin instruction promptly at 8:20 every day.

• If your child will be absent you MUST send a note, not just call.

• Tardy policy:• 4 tardies – Schultz sends home a letter• 5 tardies  - Phone call home and assign 1 after school detention

day; loss of eligibility for that nine week’s perfect attendance award.

• 7 tardies – Principal calls home and assigns 2 days detention; all before and after school activities suspended until next grading period.

Homework• A monthly Homework sheet is sent

home in the Homework Folder … keep this in the plastic sleeve for reference.

• You will have homework every night Monday – Thursday. This includes daily practice of sight words, 120 chart and math facts. You should also be reading every day with your child.

***There will also be special homework projects and reminders stapled in your child’s planner.***

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Behavior• Daily behavior will be recorded in the

Homework folder.

• We will only be recording an E, S, N or U in the planner.

• PARENTS NEED TO CHECK AND SIGN THE CONDUCT NIGHTLY.

• All students start the day on Ready to Learn which is considered an S

Consequences1. First Warning2. Second Warning3. Loss of Privilege or Time Out4. Note or Phone Call Home to Parent5. Office Visit

Weekly Conduct grade earned will appear in the Weekly Folder based on daily conduct grades.

0 = E

1 - 2 = S 3- 5 = N 6 or more= U

Eagle Bucks are given to reinforce positive behavior.

Student may use their Eagle Bucks for a reward.

Weekly Folders• Every Tuesday your child will bring

home a Weekly Folder that reflects his academic progress and behavior for the week.

• Sit with your child and review grades and conduct.

• Please keep all papers/work at home• Sign and return the next day.

Grading PolicyGrading Policy

• Minor grades below 70% may be redone and replaced with a maximum of 75% in Gradespeed

• Major grades, except for district benchmarks, will have one opportunity for retest and the student will receive the higher score, not to exceed 80%

• Late work will receive a 10 point deduction for each day late up to 5 days. The student will receive a 50% in Gradespeed after the 5 days if the assignment is not turned in

Grades At A Glance

• E – Excellent (Independent)• S – Satisfactory (Instructional)• N – Needs Improvement

(Struggling)• U – Unsatisfactory (Failing)

Grades At A Glance

• A = 90 – 100%

• B = 80 – 89%

• C = 75 – 79%

• D = 70 – 74%

• F = 69% -

Daily Schedule• Mrs. Robinson• Calendar (months, days of week, weather,

graphing, time, place value, counting, number sense)

• Math-Computers-Math fact fluency• Science• Social Studies

• Mrs. Frame• Reading• Language Arts-Library• Spelling• Switch Classes

– 10:40-11:00 Recess – 11:10-11:40 Lunch- you may eat with

your child on Mondays

Reading• Vowels vs. Consonants Short Vowels• Spelling Patterns and Rhyming• Syllables• Words, Phrases & Sentences• Initial, medial & Final Sound Letter Placement• “Chunking” words• Using Picture Clues• Looking all the way through a word• Rereading and using clues from the story to

decode a word• Decoding and reading Strategies

Writing• Writing a complete sentence that

makes sense • Begin a sentence with a capital

letter• End with correct punctuation• Spaces between words• Writer’s Workshop – students are

busy writing books every day

Spelling• New words sent home weekly-we will

not begin for a few weeks.• Practice daily.• Spelling Pattern to the words given• There will also be some target words to

memorize• Test on Friday mornings• Be able to read, write and use them

correctly in a sentence. • Be able to apply to other words (Example: pig, big, wig, dig)

Handwriting• Practice, Practice, Practice!• Capitals vs. Lower Case Letters• Margins• Baselines• Spacing

“Make it neat, Make it nice,Check it once, Check it twice.”

Math• Counting, ordering and comparing

numbers

• Describing and sorting shapes

• Creating and modeling addition and subtraction problems

• Using the 120’s Chart

• Hundreds, tens and ones

Social Studies/Science Units of Study

• All About Me• Rules and Laws• Communities• Map Skills• Holidays and Celebrations

• Senses• Matter• Push/Pull, Force• Magnets• Seasons and weather

Weekly Schedule• Lunch: 11:10-11:40

• Library: Wednesday

• Music –Frame: Tuesday and Friday Robinson: Wednesday and

Friday

• PE- Frame: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Robinson: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

*wear appropriate shoes

• Art-Frame: ThursdayRobinson: Monday

Things to Remember• In effort to reduce paper coming home,

please check website, marquee, parent link messages

• Parent Connect – view student’s grades online; set alerts

• No arrival/drop off before 7:45 a.m. unless in before school club or eating breakfast.  Students not supervised on front porch.  Building opens at 7:50 a.m.

• Attendance – must send a parent written note EVEN if you call and tell us your child is absent.  We must have parent note/Dr. note on file for absences.

• Please label all of your child’s belongings.

Conference Time

Monday-Wednesday 1:35-2:10

Thursday 12:50-1:25 E-mail: cframe2@kleinisd.net

mrobinson2@kleinisd.net

*this is the best way to contact us

Important Dates• October 12th-Parent Conference

Day 10:00am-6:00pm• October 14th-Picture Day• October 16th-Fall Festival (1st

grade is responsible for creating a movie night basket for the silent auction)

*Please join PTO, $10 per family

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