Ms. Veazey’s Class

School House Elementary School

veazeyc@schoolhouse.eduSchool number: (205)-555-5555

1st - 2nd Grade

Golden Rule of the Classroom

Treat others the

way you want

you to be

treated.

Daily Schedule 7:40 – 8:15 Welcome, Unpack, and Morning Work 8:15 – 8:45 Whole Group Lesson and Calendar 8:45 – 9:45 4 Center Rotations (15 Minutes each)

8:45 – 10:00 Writing/Language Arts10:00 – 10:05 Bathroom Break10:05 – 10:35 Physical Education10:35 – 11:10 Science11:10 – 11:15 Prepare for Lunch11:15 – 11:40 Lunch11:40 – 11:45 Bathroom Break11:45 – 12:15 History12:15 – 12:45 Recess 12:45 – 1:00 Bathroom Break and Snack 1:00 – 1:45 Math 1:45 – 1:55 Pass Homework Out/Start Homework and Pack Up 2:00 – 2:30 Special (M-Library, T- Computer, W-Music, TR- Counseling , F-Art)

2:30 – 2:45 Work on Homework and Homework Questions

Morning Routine:

When you first arrive in the classroom at 7:40, you should

immediately unpack your backpack and move your sticks

for lunch count and attendance. Then, you should turn in

anything that needs to be turned in into the correct

basket. Then, you will walk quietly to your seat and start

your morning work. Your morning work will already be at

your seat.

Turning in Lunch Money, Field Trip Money, Notes

from Home, and Homework

If you have lunch money, field trip money, or notes from home

they should go in the correctly labeled baskets. Also, you should

turn your RED plastic homework folder into the homework basket.

The baskets are on a shelf close to the entrance of the classroom.

Please, ask your mom, dad, or someone to put your money into a

baggie or envelope, labeled with your name.

Lunch Money

Notes From Home

Field Trip Money

Homework

AttendanceAttendance will be taken by moving your stick out of

the attendance jar and into the jars for lunch. In the

mornings all of the sticks will be in the “Attendance

Jar”. The sticks will be labeled by your class

numbers, so they can be reused. To help you

remember your numbers, a chart will be posted on

the wall above the jars. The other two jars are for

lunch count. The jars will be labeled “Lunch from

home” and “Lunchroom”. At 8:00 I will look to see

whose sticks have not been moved and know who is

here and who is not here to report to the office.

Attendance

Lunchroom

Attendance Jar

LunchFromHome

Tardiness (Excused/Unexcused)

Tardiness and absences will be handled in the office. After

7:40 you will be classified as tardy. A parent must check

you in through the office. My system for you being tardy is

that if it is an uh-o woke up late, then morning work will be

able to be made up. Remember 3 tardies turns into 1

unexcused absence. However, if being tardy becomes a

habit, then morning work will not be able to be made up.

If you have time to start your morning work, then when

time is up, whatever work you have completed is what you

will turn in.

My system for absences is, if you were sick and it is excused, all work

can be made up. When you bring the doctors note or a parents note,

make sure you turn it into the office. If you have a stomach bug, and

you do not go to the doctor, please ask a parent to email me. If I

received an email from a parent or a guardian telling me that you will be

out, then your work can be made up. However, if time after time you are

absent on the day of a quiz or a test, then you have one chance to make

it up. The quiz or test will be a different, and a little bit more difficult

than the quiz or test that the rest of the class took.

Absences (Excused/Unexcused)

Students with 100% attendance and no tardies for the month will get to pick a prize from the prize catalog.

Rewards for Attendance

The prize catalog includes:•Show N Tell•Change seats with a friend for a day•Be proud…Read aloud•Take the night off from homework•Pick a Prize out of the treasure box

End of the DayMy goal for the end of the day is to be finishing our math lesson at 1:45.

This will leave 10 minutes to clean up and pass out homework. At 1:55

you will leave your homework out and I will take y’all to your special.

When you get back to the classroom at 2:30, you will have the last 15

minutes to ask questions and start your homework. At 2:40 I will give a 5

minute warning to allow you to get to a stopping point, so that you can

color in your “Weekly Behavior Chart” and to finish packing up.

The principle, or a student, will come over the intercom system and

dismiss you to carpool, walkers, daycare, buses, or extended day.

Early Dismissal If the school has to dismiss early, the schedule will continue

as normal. However, the schedule will be modified to the

dismissal time. Your parents will be contacted through school

cast (phone and email). Your parents will have filled out

emergency information form at the beginning school year.

HomeworkYou will have a RED PLASTIC folder that will be taken

home every day. Homework will consist of unfinished

work and if an extra practice sheet is in your folder, it is

due the next day.

The folder will have a weekly newsletter, your

individual reading book, your reading log, your

spelling words, and different activities to practice

your spelling words. These things will be placed in

sheet protectors.

Your homework will be placed in the front pocket, and

important papers and/or notes will be behind your

homework.

Homework:•Each night take 10 minutes and read to someone in your house.

•You will have spelling words each week and activities to help you practice them. You need to practice them every night to prepare for your spelling test on Friday’s. The spelling test will be taken during the 5th rotation of Daily 5. Missed a day?

If you miss a day do not panic. I have a basket, with folders sorted by the days of the week. The work for each day will be placed in the assigned day of the week folder. If you are absent you can easily find what you missed.

Homework and Missed Work

Birthdays

Our birthdays will be marked on our Happy Birthday chart.

On your birthday you will get to wear a birthday crown.

If you would like to bring a snack for snack time, your parents should refer to the school hand book to know what is okay to bring.

Medication Procedures

All medicine is given by the nurse or someone in the office.

If you have to have medication while at school, your parents will need to provide the school with the proper forms and a schedule of when it is needed.

I will send a medication and allergy form home with you in your red homework folder. Please ask your parents to fill it out and return it, for me to keep on file.

No medicine will given out in the

classroom.

Classroom Visitors

All classroom visitors must sign in at the office to receive a visitor’s name tag. This name tag must be worn the entire time you are in the school.

We love to have visitors during lunch time. However, it would be greatly appreciated if a 24 hour notice was given.

No visitors will be allowed during instructional time. I do not want the students learning time to be interrupted.

Room Mothers/Fathers

We always love parents to volunteer!

If you wish to be a parent volunteer throughout the year, you can fill out the “I’d Love to Help…” form and you will be contacted as needed.

Classroom Rules

1. Listen while others are talking.

2. Follow all directions the first time they are

given.

3. Keep your hands, feet, and unkind words to

yourself.

4. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

5. Always give your best effort.

Mrs. Veazey’s classroom is a NO Bully Zone. Bulling will not be tolerated in this classroom.

Behavior SystemEach morning your pins will start on Ready to Learn. Throughout the day you have the opportunity to move up or down on the behavior chart.

At the end of the day before you pack up, you will color on your “Weekly Behavior Chart”. Which ever color your pin is on, is the color you will color on your chart for that day.

If your pin is below ready to learn I will make a note on your weekly behavior chart so your parents will understand and know why you were on that color.

Each of you will also have a sticker chart, and every day they stay on “Ready to Learn” or above you will get a sticker chart and when you fill up a sticker chart you will get to go to the prize catalog.

Prize Catalog

Sticker Chart

Attention GrabbersHocus Pocus you: Everybody focus

Hands on Top you: That means stop (hands on top of head)

If you can hear me clap twice you: You clap your hands twice

Expectations for Group Work

Respect your group mates.

Do not be afraid to share your ideas with the group.

Keep each other on task.

Listen when other group members are speaking.

Treat your group work as if you would present it to the class.

Always do your best.

Before you start group work, I will review all the instructions with you. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions. If you are confused after starting the group work, ask your other group mates to explain it to you.

Small Groups Each day during the Daily 5, I will call reading groups to the guided reading table.

While I am working with a group I will be unavailable. I will have my push light. When the light is on that means “Do Not Disturb”. When I turn it off, that is when you can ask me questions. While my “Do Not Disturb” light is on, you have the option of asking 3 other friends or waiting till the light is off. I would urge you to ask 3 friends first, because I bet they can help.

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Each group will have 5 people in it. The groups on the table will below will the rotating groups. Then you will have a different group for guided reading.

Group RotationsGroup 1: Green, Green, Blue, Yellow, and RedGroup 2: Green, Blue, Blue, Yellow, and RedGroup 3: Green, Blue, Yellow, Yellow, and RedGroup 4: Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, and Red

Group Rotations

Reading Groups:Green, Blue, Yellow, and Red

Expectations for Seat Work• Most work will be completed at your desk.

• While working at your desk, I want you to try your best.

• I also expect it to be quiet. You may whisper, but if I can hear your

voice over all other noises then I will assume you are not getting your

work done.

• Be respectful of how your classmates work. Each of you learn

differently.

•If you have a question raise your hand and I will come to you.

• If you need to use the bathroom or need to get water, we will cover

how to do that in just a few minutes.

Turning in

Work There are 2 different baskets:

1. Unfinished Work

2. Completed Work

They will be in hanging folders, like our missed work basket. The folders will be divided by your class number.

Unfinished Work Complete

Work

Finished Early?

If you finish your work early, finish any work

you have not finished. When you feel your

work is complete bring it to me to check over.

After I have checked your work, you may pick a

center. However, if you become a distraction

to your classmates, then you lose the option of

picking a center.

Centers or RotationsWe have a total of 5 centers. But each day we will do 4 of them. The centers include:

• Read with the Teacher

• Read to Self

• Read to a Friend

• Lay on the Floor and Read

• Word Work

Use of Classroom Materials

Treat EVERYTHING as if it is your own.

If you would not do it to yours, then do not do it to the classrooms.

When you are finished put whatever you were using back where you got it from.

After returning the material, make sure it looks neat before you return to your seat.

Borrowing Classroom Materials

When you need to borrow a material:1st – Ask to borrow the material.

2nd – Wait for an answer3rd – Find the Borrowing Log

4th – Fill in the log correctly. Name, Date, and a Description of the item (Book, magazine, etc.).

5th – When you are done with the item, make sure and initial the log letting me know that you

returned the item.

GradesMy grades will come from quizzes, tests, homework,

in class assignments, projects, and class

participation.

•Your morning work is not for a grade, but is included

in your class participation grade. Completing your

morning work, participate in class discussions, and

complete any other work will help your participation

grade.

• Every Friday, you will take your work home and let

your parents look over it. If your parents have

questions, they can fill out the “Look at what your

child has done this week..” form. It will be attached

to the front of the packet. If there are no questions

then your parents can sign the form and return it.

L ook what your child has done this week…

Student’s Name: _______________________________________

Week: _________________________________________________

Teacher’s Signature: ___________________________________

Parent’s Signature: _____________________________________

Questions or Concerns:

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Teacher’s Comments:

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Bathroom & WaterRestroo

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Bathroom

We have 3 scheduled restroom/bathroom breaks. You should

take care of business during the scheduled times.

However, if it is an emergency and you need to use the

bathroom, raise your hand with either the restroom sign or the

bathroom sign.

Water

You are allowed to have water at your desk. It has to be

in a closed container, such as a plastic bottle or in a

reusable bottle from home.

Communication

With Parents*Each Friday, an updated newsletter will be

placed in your RED folder. If yours gets lost

there is one on the school website. The

newsletter will have information such as:• Spelling Words• Special Reminders• What’s Happening each day• Assignments • Upcoming Birthdays

The first week of school I will call

and send an email to all your parents

to introduce myself and start to get

to know them.

*Regular emails will be sent to your parents.*

Special thanks to:•I want to say thank you to Stacey Stocks and Mrs. Deerman for showing me great teaching skills and new organization ideas.

•A very special thank you goes to Dr. Moore, who has taught me so much about managing my future classroom. If I did not have this project, it would have been last minute pulling things together. •Another special thanks to those who shared their presentations:R. Conte and Stacey Carter