Welcome Parents!

Welcome

Parents!Ms. Lesley White

1st grade

Please sign in before you leave!

f• This will be my 7th year to teach 1st grade at

MES.• I am from Huntingdon.• I graduated from Huntingdon in 2004 and UTM

in 2008.• My husband, Clark, and I have been married for

nearly 5 years. We have an almost 11 month old son named Tanner and a cat named Vega.

• I enjoy reading, decorating cakes, traveling, baking, and watching sports.

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

A typical 1st grade day• Morning Work

• Reading/Grammar/Spelling

• Reading Centers • Lunch (10:35-11:00) • Math• Math Centers• Rotation• Free Play• Writing• Snack/Pack up • Dismissal

School begins at

7:45. Students will be

tardy after 7:55.

Free breakfast is served daily from 7:15-7:45.

Please watch for….

• Weekly newsletters sent home on Fridays with spelling words, stories, vocabulary words, and other information for the next week.

• Behavior Calendar sent home each day.• Homework any day Monday-Thursday.• Progress Reports the 3rd week of each 6

weeks• Report Cards every 6 weeks

Example of the Weekly

Newsletter:

Behavior Calendar

• It will be sent home in a sheet protector found in their Home Folder each day. Please check daily to see if your child moved their clip up or down.•The circle will be colored to show where their clip was at the end of the day. If there is a number in the circle, it will tell you what action caused their clip to go down. I will write a brief explanation if needed in the box.•Please write your initials in each day’s box to let me know you have seen it!

Homework• Homework will be sent home possibly any

night Monday-Thursday.• Their Reading book will come home every

night, except Friday, for them to read the stories. They will also need to practice spelling words each night.

• Any homework will be stamped HOMEWORK, and I will check for it to be returned each morning.

GRADESFirst graders will receive grades

in:• Reading: Oral Reading and

Vocabulary/Comprehension Tests on Friday

• Math: Chapter Tests (there will be two grades each time)

• Spelling: Tests every Friday• Conduct: S, N, and U are given

based on # of color changes per 6 weeks. **An N or U will keep them from being on the Honor of Merit Roll for that 6 weeks.

• In order to meet state standards, both reading and math must be passed in order to be promoted to 2nd grade.

Grading Scale

93-100 A85-92 B75-84 C70-74 DBelow 70 F

S satisfactoryN needs improvementU unsatisfactory

Classroom fees/Supplies• There is a $5 classroom fee for the

notebook paper and a writing dictionary we will use throughout the year.

-You can pay with cash or write a check to McKenzie Elementary School and put it in the envelope I have given you.

• You have a detailed supply list in your folder.

• Please remember a soft pencil bag (not a box), wooden pencils (no mechanical pencils please), and folders with the fasteners in them, if possible.

Our Rotation Schedule

Monday – ComputerTuesday – P.E.

Wednesday – MusicThursday – Library

Friday – P.E.

Lunch

• Our lunch is from 10:35-11:00.• You may come eat lunch with your child. You can

eat at the back table with your child only (no friend). Sign in at the office and meet us by the cafeteria door.

Snack*You may also send a snack with your child for them

to eat at the end of the day.

Change of Destination

• Please send a written note if your child will have a change of destination.

• If there is an emergency, call the office and notify them.

• If I do not receive a note (or a fax in the office), they will go home their normal way.

Car Riders• There is a sign in your child’s folder with their

name on it. Please put it your car and make sure it is visible for the teachers to see when you pick up your child. **This one is temporary; we will send a new permanent one on green paper the 2nd week of school.

• You must have the sign with you in the vehicle for us to let your child come to you. If there isn’t a sign, you will have to come inside

to sign them out.

Birthdays

• If you want to send invitations for a party outside of school, please make sure there is one for every student.

• Due to many children having food allergies, we are discouraging sending snacks for birthdays. Thanks for understanding!

• All student medication must be brought to school by an adult. You may talk with our school nurse with any medication concerns.

• We will be performing safety drills during the first few weeks of school ~ fire, tornado, earthquake, and intruder

• If you would like to volunteer at school, please pick up a “Volunteer Packet” from the PTO table at the front of the school.

• If you are interested in after-school YMCA, Ms. Cathy has information by the front door.

Additional misc. info

BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT….

I need these 2 things:

1. Transportation sheet about the first day of school and days after.

2. Information sheet

You may look over the otherpapers in your folder and sendthem to school with your child onMonday or a.s.a.p.

THANK YOU!!

• Thank you so much for coming tonight! I am looking forward to a great year with your child. Please do not hesitate to call, write a note, or email.

• Contact info: [email protected]• School number: 352-5272• Any questions???