Please check your child’s planner each day for a green smiley face that indicates good behavior. If there is a sticker, this means your child went above and beyond and received the color of “BLUE” which means STARSTUDENT. There are several ways a student can achieve the color blue (being polite, helping a classmate, following directions, cleaning the room, and extreme kindness are just some examples). If your child moves to yellow or red, I will write a brief note in the yellow box. Please initial so that I know you have reviewed this each day. Also, read what your child writes in the planner. There will be a message each day. If there is something you need to let me know, please write it in the planner. I check these every morning and it is more reliable than the phone.

Each child will be bringing home a book and their reading log beginning today. Be patient with me. If the book is too easy, read it several times to improve fluency. If the book is too hard, just read it to them. It will take me a couple weeks to get all of their reading levels for a better choice of take home readers. Please list the book, comments and initial the reading log each day and send it back to school the next day.

Parent Orientation is set for September 15th at 6:00. I hope everyone can be there so I can go more in-depth of first grade expectations and answer your questions.

Thanks for all that you do 🙂

Lacey James