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Individual Behavior

E = green or higher all weekS = up to 2 yellows during the weekN = any orange during the week or more than 2 yellowsU = any red during the week

Super Student!

Great Job!

Good Choices

Ready to Learn

Think About It

Teacher’s Choice

Parent Contact

This is the organizational tool used in First Grade. It is used for daily communication between home and school.

HORSE BooksHappy Organized Responsible Students

Everyday

(Brought to school and taken home daily)

Checking and returning the HORSE book daily is

considered part of homework.

Homework

*Homework will come home on Mondays and is due by Friday.

*Reading Olympics Reading Log. Each month, please read for 20 minutes on 20 days. Students will be rewarded at the end of each month and will work toward their Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at the end of the year.

*Fun Friday – students who return all homework and earned an S or E for the week in Conduct

Grades

*Grades are 50% minor and 50% major.

**Parent Connection - You can keep track of your child’s grades online through Parent Connection

100-90% A

89-80% B

79-75% C

74-70% D

69-0% F

Attendance*Attendance is taken daily at 9:45.

*To qualify for perfect attendance, your child can only have one unexcused tardy or early dismissal and no absences.

*Please provide a doctor’s note or a handwritten note stating why your child was not at school.

*After 4 tardies/early dismissals, student’s conduct grade is lowered 1 letter and student is no longer eligible for Principal’s Proud Club for that 9 weeks.

Sign up to be a

Mystery ReaderAll mystery readers must have a clear background check before volunteering

at a Klein ISD school. If you haven't done that, you need to go online at

www.kleinisd.net under community relations and click on volunteer and follow the steps. It has to be done

online and there are 2 forms you have to fill out….the Sign Me Up Form and Criminal Background Check Form and

then hit submit. It takes about 2 weeks to get those cleared

Conference Day

Monday, Oct. 14

Sign up tonight

We will be happy to meet with you before this date and may contact you to

schedule a time.

Reading/LanguageGuided Reading – Read in small groups of 5 to 6 children.

Group Reading

Individual Reading (Read to Self)

Partner Reading (Read to Someone)

Letters – vowels, consonantsSyllables – open and closedPhonics – coding wordsSentencesWord orderNounsVerbsAdjectivesContractionsDays of weekMonths of yearHolidays

Writer’s Workshop

Students will write daily

*Class Books

*Prewriting

*Writing

*Editing

*Publishing

*Illustrating

Math

•Small group, games, hands-on

•IXL Math - you will find the login information in the HORSE book.

• Five Senses• Living vs. Non-Living• Plants• Animals• Habitats• Rocks and Soil• Weather• The Seasons• Heat and Light

Science

Social Studies

Social SkillsGood CitizensElectionHolidaysPresidents DayTexasMapsJobs

Scholastic Book Club*Book order forms will be sent home

each month.

*Lower prices than local bookstores

*Helps classroom earn points to build our class library.

*Order takes about a week to 10 days for delivery once order is

placed.

Also…

•Water bottles

•sweaters

•Headphones

•Temporary Tattoos

•Dress Code

•Birthdays

•Parties

•Transportation Changes