Homework Folders
First grade is a good time to begin making homework a habit. I will send a home folder home each day and expect it back the following day. The folder will have page protectors within it that will contain their monthly newsletter/calendar, Speak Up calendar, and weekly spelling words. Please be sure to practice spelling words at least twice a week. Your child will need your guidance with some of these activities. Folders may also contain announcements that teachers need to send home with students. Please send the folder back to school each day, even when work isn’t completed, so that I have it for new assignments or information.
If you find the homework is too much for your family, please notify me so we can find a balance. If the homework is too easy, feel free to adapt it or make additions. Unfortunately, I will not have time during the day to individualize each folder.
Blue Book Bags
I will send blue book bags home on the first day of each week. The blue book bags contain one book per evening (typically 4) that should be appropriate for each student. Enjoy and record one book per night. (Think of them as “reading vitamins” – a little boost for their brain each evening.) Blue book bags need to be returned on Fridays (or the last day of each week) so that books can be rotated for the following week. I suggest your child reads the book to them-self first, then read aloud with you, and if the book is challenging partner read with your child. Reading about 20 minutes per evening is key to being a successful reader!
The book bags belong to Avon Elementary and need to be handled with care. Please only allow the reading log and books to go into the bags.The books that are sent home with students are my personal books. I expect that students treat these books with great care. I keep track of which books students take home each week and expect they are returned on time so that other students can enjoy them also. Thank you for taking good care of our classroom library!
**Please note that on 3-day weeks we will not send the Blue Book Bags home.
First grade is a good time to begin making homework a habit. I will send a home folder home each day and expect it back the following day. The folder will have page protectors within it that will contain their monthly newsletter/calendar, Speak Up calendar, and weekly spelling words. Please be sure to practice spelling words at least twice a week. Your child will need your guidance with some of these activities. Folders may also contain announcements that teachers need to send home with students. Please send the folder back to school each day, even when work isn’t completed, so that I have it for new assignments or information.
If you find the homework is too much for your family, please notify me so we can find a balance. If the homework is too easy, feel free to adapt it or make additions. Unfortunately, I will not have time during the day to individualize each folder.
Blue Book Bags
I will send blue book bags home on the first day of each week. The blue book bags contain one book per evening (typically 4) that should be appropriate for each student. Enjoy and record one book per night. (Think of them as “reading vitamins” – a little boost for their brain each evening.) Blue book bags need to be returned on Fridays (or the last day of each week) so that books can be rotated for the following week. I suggest your child reads the book to them-self first, then read aloud with you, and if the book is challenging partner read with your child. Reading about 20 minutes per evening is key to being a successful reader!
The book bags belong to Avon Elementary and need to be handled with care. Please only allow the reading log and books to go into the bags.The books that are sent home with students are my personal books. I expect that students treat these books with great care. I keep track of which books students take home each week and expect they are returned on time so that other students can enjoy them also. Thank you for taking good care of our classroom library!
**Please note that on 3-day weeks we will not send the Blue Book Bags home.