Ms. Lacey's 1st Grade Classroom Information

Academics:

The First-grade standards we will address this year can be found at the Tennessee Department of Education website.

BEE Binders:

Students will not be issued an Agenda at the beginning of the year. This year we will use a calendar in your child’s Bee Binder to use as daily communication between home and school. The Bee Binder will have assignments, weekly spelling word notes from the teacher, and color coding for daily behavior. Please check your child's BEE Binder every night and initial on the correct day on the calendar

Attendance:

The school doors open at 7:00 a.m. Students are not allowed to be dropped off at school before this time.
School Bell Times: 7:40 a.m.- 2:40 p.m.
Students who are tardy will need to be checked in at the front office.
If your child is absent, please send in any doctor/dentist/excuse as a separate note in the Bee Binder.

Behavior/Clothespin Chart & Rules:

In the classroom, I will monitor behavior using a Clothespin Clip Chart. Each student will be assigned a clothespin, so he/she can visually monitor his/her behavior choices. Every morning, the clothespins will be placed at the middle of the chart on “Ready to Learn.” Throughout the day, appropriate actions, attitudes, and behaviors will allow a student to “CLIP UP.” However, inappropriate actions, attitudes, and behaviors will result in a student to “CLIP DOWN.”
Inappropriate actions will be recorded in the BEE Binder that will be used in the classroom.
If I have any concerns regarding behavior, I will include a specific note in the Bee Binder.
More detailed information about behavior will be under the link: Ms. Lacey's Discipline and Management Policy.

Birthdays:

Students are NOT allowed to bring in birthday food items. Students will be recognized on the morning announcements.
Birthday Invitations may be passed out in the classroom ONLY, providing there is an invitation for every child in our classroom.

Communication: Calls, Emails, Newsletters, and Notes:

Please feel free to call the office at (615) 893-3651 and leave me a message.
Please send all emails to laceyd@rcschools.net.
Our class newsletter will be sent home weekly. The newsletter will include important dates, reminders, weekly skills, and updates.
Please include any notes in the Bee Binder except for a change of transportation. Transportation changes need to be written on a separate piece of paper to be sent to the office. I will respond back in the Bee Binder.

Dress Code:

Students need to wear tennis shoes on P.E. day.
We play outside every day the weather permits. Please be mindful of sending jackets when needed.

Grades: Class-Work, Progress Reports, Report Cards, and Scale:

Graded work will be sent home in your child’s graded paper folder or Bee Binder. Progress Reports will be sent home during the mid-point of the nine weeks. Parents will need to sign Progress Reports and send them back the following day.
Report Cards will be sent home every nine weeks. Please sign and return the following day.

Grading for 1st grade students is based on the following scale:

M-Mastery: Meeting the grade level standard and consistently producing quality work independently. This indicates that a student demonstrated mastery of subject material.
O- On Track: Progressing toward the standard and producing required grade level work with some teacher direction and assistance. This indicates that a student is still developing the standards needed for independent and consistent mastery.
A- Approaching: Beginning to develop the standard but not yet able to produce required grade level work without teacher direction and assistance.
B-Basic: Limited ability to produce the grade level standard without significant teacher support and assistance. This indicates that a student needs significant teacher support and assistance and there is a concern for the child’s performance on this standard.

Homework:

It is the child’s responsibility to ensure that assignments, books, or materials are brought home when needed.
Each child will write down assignments in his/her Bee Binder and place any homework pages in his/her Bee Binder

Money:

Please send money in a sealed envelope. Please make sure the envelope is labeled with your child’s name, what the money is for, and how much is in the envelope.
Cash amounts need to be for exact amount ONLY.

Snack:

Students can bring a snack and water every day. Water bottles must be labeled with the child’s name. It must have a cap/top that closes. A note will be sent home regarding classroom food allergies.

Transportation:

Bus Riders: Bus riders will be dismissed to the buses from the classroom at dismissal.
Car Riders: Car Riders will be dismissed from the cafeteria. You will pick your child up in the car rider line.
*If there is a transportation change, your child must have a note, so we can honor the change. The note must be written on a separate piece of paper. It cannot be written on the calendar in the Bee Binder.