First Week of Homework!

Homework went home today!  It is in the yellow folder your child brought home with them.  You will find lots of activities that work on all skills we are learning in class.  Homework will go home every Wednesday and will not have to be returned until the following Tuesday.  We do this so that you can plan out your week accordingly...and if the week is jam packed with extra curricular practices for the kiddos, and other errands, you can also use the weekend to play catch up.  You may do any activity on any day, but there is a guide you may choose to follow that will go home weekly, as the assignments and weekly words change.
It is not a good idea to leave all the homework to complete at the very last minute.  That will be way to overwhelming for you and your child.  It is also not recommended that you try to complete all the homework in one sitting.  The word work words are assigned nightly so that you child can practice the spelling of these words which will, in turn, strengthen their reading and writing.  Also, you must be reading EVERY NIGHT!  There will be a reading log placed in your child's BEE binder behind the homework tab for you to fill in nightly. Part of your assignment will also be on books you have read throughout the week.
If there are any questions on the homework, please send me an email or a note in the BEE binder.  I will also address homework questions during out Parent Information Night (which is coming up next week).
One more thing...
If you happen to loose one of your choice boards, they can be found under the homework link in the right hand column of the blog.

Happy Studying!

B.E.E. Binders

I would like to introduce you to our B.E.E  (Bring Everything Everyday) Binders!

B.E.E. Binders are organizational binders that house classroom and school information. These binders will help teach your child responsibility and organization.

When you open the binder, the left hand pocket will house papers that you need to return back to school signed or filled out.

On the right hand side you will see a "cover page" for the binder. And a clear zipper pouch. The zipper pouch will keep notes I may send you or you need to send me, pride bucks (which you will find out more about later) and money for lunch, field trips, etc.

Inside the clear pouch are two papers titles "a note for school". These are papers that I hope you can use to make changes in transportation, absences and other things easier to document and send to school. If you would like more, I will keep some in the classroom and they will be available to you upon request.

The B.E.E Binder has five colored tabs. 

Here are what the tabs are for:

Red: classroom information

Yellow: classroom newsletters

Green: weekly/daily behavior calendar

The weekly behavior forms must be signed by a parent or guardian. The calendars may also be used to documents special dates. 

Blue: homework/guided reading book

The homework page must be signed daily. We do not have homework this first week, but please practice signing the page this week. 

Clear: star words/ academic references

This tab has no information quite yet, but as we learn new words and information, we will fill it up. 

The back binder pocket is for information sent home that you can keep. Please make sure to empty this pocket daily. If this pocket is not emptied, you will miss important information and also damage the binder. 

If you need to contact me at anytime, you may look at the contact label on the back cover of the binder. 

If any of this information is forgotten you may look at this blog post or look on the back of the binders "cover page". 

I know this may seem like lots of information to absorb, but once you get use to using this binder, you will love using it. 

It's gonna be so much easier to keep up with one binder instead of multiple folders.