Davis’ Weekly
Parents,
My name is Margo Davis and I am very happy to be your child’s first grade teacher. I’m looking forward to a wonderful school year. This year we will have a resource teacher, Mrs. Claire Rogers and an interpreter, Mrs. Sandy Battista in our classroom this year and we welcome them!! This will be an amazing time of growth and development for you and your child. I look forward to working together to make this the best year possible.
Welcome to 1st grade!!
Servos
Online Registration
Good news! The student registration has now been made easy!! Parents who already have a child enrolled, SERVOS is a secure website that provides a quick and convenient way for reviewing, updating, and approving student and parent information. Each child has been mailed a servos snapcode to begin the online registration process. Go to http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us
If you do not have access to the internet you may come in the classroom and complete the forms. Let me know and we can set up a time. Just bring your snapcode. All registration forms online or registration packets must be completed or updated as soon as possible.
Homework
I will be assigning homework daily to review the skills taught in class. It will be returned in your child’s daily blue folder the following day. As part of the daily homework your child will keep a daily reading log. It is very important to get into a routine of reading nightly! Curl up with a good book and read with your child! J
· Monday - Parents register online for SERVOS! Read a book
· Tuesday – read a book and math 1.2
· Wednesday - read a book and math 1.3
· Thursday – read a book and math 1.4
We will also have our first project:
“All About me Poster”
It will be due on Monday 19th!
Be creative and use pictures!
Make it colorful!!
Be creative and HAVE FUN with
the All About Me Poster!!
Your child will receive his/her school information and daily homework assignments in the blue daily folder. Homework will be assigned daily so please send the folder back and forth to school each day. I will check them each day for homework and parent notes. Nightly reading is part of the daily homework (a book log is provided to record books read). The book logs are used as a percentage of the homework grade. The logs will be turned in on the last Friday of the month. It is crucial at this grade level that your child is participating and exposed to as many activities as possible which support their reading development and understanding. Kids develop a love for reading as they cuddle up with a good book!
Behavior
In our classroom, we will earn tickets for on task appropriate behavior and earn rewards accordingly. In the unfortunate event that a child make does not make a good choice he/ she will receive a verbal warning, then if behavior continues they will lose a ticket and move clip to yellow with a loss of privileges or time out. With a 3rd warning, your child will move clip to red and receive a deficiency. Please talk with your child and sign and return the deficiency the following day. When he/she receives 5 deficiencies, an afterschool detention will be assigned.
This week in:
Math: patterns, number recognition, comparing numbers, formative assessments
Language Arts/Phonics: handwriting, consonant & vowel recognition, short vowels (cvc words), rhyming words/word families, sight words, formative assessments
IB planner: How the World Works: an inquiry into the impact of technological advances on society and the environment. Central Idea: weather affects our world
Science: Magnets and Force
Health & Social Studies: Rules (IB essential agreements), choices, honesty, friendship, routines and reasoning.
The IB profile: Students are: communicators, principled, thinking, caring, risk-takers, inquirers, knowledgeable, balanced, open-minded and reflective (please help reinforce this vocabulary at home. Once we get underway I will have a review of IB in the classroom to help you understand more so you can begin making your own connections).
The only rule in class, at school and at home is: To be the LEARNER PROFILE.
Important Info:
· School begins promptly at 8:45. Your child will be marked tardy at 8:50
· Car rider dismissal will begin at 3:30 and buses at 3:30 they arrive.
· Lunch – 2.15 per day
10.75 per week.
You may put money on your child’s lunch account and check the balance at
http://www.mylunchmoney.com
You can get the directions off the
sccpss website to set up your account. Please make sure your child has lunch money every day. Our lunch time is 11:05-11:35. You will need your child’s student number to put money on the account see below.
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Uniforms
The children must wear white or navy blue polo shirts and khaki or navy bottoms. More info is found on the Marshpoint website.
Remember:
· Shirts must be tucked in
· Wear a belt if bottoms have
· belt loops
· No cargo style pants/shorts
· Sweaters/jackets if worn in building must be navy or white (no hoodies)
· Write your child’s name on all clothing/lunchbox or belongings
Supplies
Please bring your school supplies to school as soon as possible if you have not already brought
them to school.
· Marshpoint paper - $7.00 It can be purchased at the school store. The store is open in the mornings.
· 4 composition notebooks (black bound not a spiral notebook)
· 3 pronged folders – yellow, red and blue
· Crayons, white glue, glue sticks, pencil top erasers, pencils, scissors (colored pencils if you choose)
We will need additional items for the classroom:
Liquid soap, germ-x, Kleenex, band aids, prizes for the treasure box, colored copy paper, paper plates, white paper bags, and plastic fork/spoons.
Thank you very much for your help!
Absences
If your child is absent from school, please send in a doctor’s excuse the first day back to school or send in a written note explaining the absence.
Check out the Marshpoint Website and my teacher page to find all kinds of useful information! I post newsletters and information to our classroom link each week if you misplace something.
www.marshpointelementary.com
We will have a quick snack every afternoon so please don’t forget a nutritious brain snack each day and water (no juice boxes or bags).
Looking forward to a WONDERFUL year of learning!! Have a GREAT 1st week in first grade!
Mrs. Davis