Transcript Rosa Lee Carter

Legacy Elementary
Welcome to Mrs. Powell’s
classroom!
Meet the Teacher
• Mrs. Powell Room 4
• 36 years teaching K, 1st and Chapter One Reading
• Mom of 4 (3 girls and a son) Married for 30 years
Originally from Ohio
• Love sports and Traveling
Homework
• No written homework in September. (It is important for us to
spend this time practicing classroom rules and procedures,
completing initial testing, and establishing relationships.)
• Monthly Reading Log- 10 to 15 minutes a day
• September Homework: All About Me Poster. How to tie your
shoes. Your lunch number. Practice writing first and last name.
• Word Study will begin in October.
Lunch Time and Class Specials
• Lunch 11:000-11:30
• Monday: Library
• Tuesday: PE & Music
• Wednesday: Art
• Thursday: PE & Music
• Friday: PE
Lunch Procedures
• Lunch money may be placed in Blue folder. Please put it in a
baggie or envelope with your child’s name and lunch
number.
• Lunches can be paid for online using www.payforlunch.com
A $3.00 fee is added when using this service.
• Students must memorize their lunch numbers. They will be
expected to enter their own numbers each day for lunch
and to log in to school computers.
Snack
• Students are permitted to bring a small, healthy snack each day.
• Drinks should not be included with snacks since a water fountain
is available in the room.
• Please be aware of any allergies in our classroom when packing
lunches and snacks. Please DO NOT pack peanut products since
many children have this particular allergy.
• Snacks may not be shared.
• Bringing snacks is voluntary. Students may choose not to bring
one.
• Students snacks should be in a LABELED reusable container. NO
juice boxes/sodas or snacks requiring utensils.
The Clinic
• Students who are sent to the clinic are children who are
bleeding, vomiting or feel very warm and may have a
temperature.
• It is county policy that any student who has a fever of
100.0 must be sent home. Students cannot return to
school until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the
use of medication.
• Please advise your child to cover their mouth when they
cough and sneeze. Please consider keeping your child home
if they are ill to avoid infecting other students and staff.
• All medication dispensed at school will need a doctor’s
order. Please see the school nurse, Mrs.Cook, if you have
questions.
Allergies…
• Due to student allergies, our first grade classroom will be
a peanut-free zone this year.
• Please do not send peanut/tree nuts or peanut butter
with your child for snack. We will be strictly enforcing the
“no peanut rule” in our classroom.
• Safety of all of our students is our number one concern.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. 
Birthdays
• Invitations for birthday parties cannot be given out
at school unless every child in the class is invited.
• We are a birthday treat free school.
Take Home Folder
• Students have a daily take home folder, it will be a Blue
folder, that should be checked daily.
• Folders should be taken home each night and returned to
school each day.
• Folders contain other important information resources
such as specials schedule, sight words for the quarter,
classroom rules and handwriting examples.
Grading:
• Students will complete a lot of hands on work in first
grade. Not all work done in the classroom will come home
in the form of a paper-pencil assignment or worksheet.
• Class work or homework that is checked by the teacher
may often times be ungraded. It is a check for
understanding.
• Work completed in centers is done independent of the
teacher and may be done with the cooperation of other
students. Not all center work will be graded.
• We do not do class rankings in first grade. All students will be
supported and challenged to make progress .
PBIS
• Legacy is a PBIS school.
• Students are expected to BARK: Be Respectful, Act
Responsibly, Respect Everyone, Kindness Counts
• Students/classes can earn Bark Bones for displaying
positive behavior. Students redeem 10 bark bones in the
office and will be acknowledged in the Bark Walk.
Classroom incentives are offered for earning classroom
Bark Bones.
Language Arts Components
• Shared Reading
• Word Work
• Read Aloud/Activity
• Guided Reading
• Centers
• Writing Workshop
Math Concepts
The following concepts are important for
students to practice in the first grade:
• Addition and subtraction facts/Number Sense
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• Graphing
• Word Problems /Critical Thinking Skills
Money
• Time
• Fractions
DRA/PALS
• DRA= Developmental Reading Assessment
• The benchmark goals for first grade are as follows:
Beginning of year: 4
Middle of year: 10
End of year:
16
• PALS= Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
Given in the Fall and the Spring
Forms, volunteers, etc…
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Please make sure you write your email address
and preferred contact information on the sheet.
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Please return emergency form information, allergy notifications, and
dismissal forms as soon as possible to ensure the safety of your child.
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Conferences will be in late October and early November I will send home a
sign-up sheet at the beginning of October.
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Volunteer sign-up sheets are also available.
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Wish list items are on the board in classroom for items that could be used
in our classroom to support instruction. If you are able to donate any of the
requested items, please take the corresponding sticky note home with you.
We appreciate any and all donations and volunteering!
Thank you!
• I look forward to a FANTASTIC year with your child as he/she
grows academically, personally, and socially.
• Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or
concerns. I will respond promptly within 24 hours. Please be
reminded that
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Email IS to be used for:
Due Date questions
Field Trip questions
Request for a phone call or conference
Thank you notes
Email IS NOT to be used for:
Discussions
Discipline issues
Confidential student information (conferences should be used to discuss student issues)
Nothing of a "time-sensitive" nature (EX: Student needs to ride
• Thank you for your support! I appreciate it! 