First Grade 2017-2018 School Year

Hello Neuse families!

If you are here from the school website, welcome to my first grade classroom! Please take a minute to look around and acquaint yourself with how I run my classroom. If you notice, I stopped posting in January. My families and I decided that it was easier to email information for the rest of the year instead of putting it on the blog. This year, I will be blogging every week AND also sending weekly emails to let you know of any updates happening in my classroom. I will also begin posting pictures and activities throughout the year to show what we are doing in our classroom. In the beginning of the year packet, I will be sending home a photo release for my blog. Please remember that I will NOT post names with these pictures.

Supply lists have been posted online. You may click on the Supply List tab up on top of the blog for information. I added a few items that are specific to my classroom. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me!

I am SO excited for this coming new year and I can't wait to meet you and your child! The first day of school will be August 14, 2017. Meet the teacher night will be held August 10, 2017. As we get closer to the date I will also post the time. This night is a chance for you and your child to come and orient yourself with my classroom and to fill out any paperwork that I have. This is also a GREAT time to bring in all of your school supplies. I recommend to bring them in a box or paper bag with your child's name on the outside. We use community supplies in my classroom so names are not necessary on the items. Any items that are specific for Specials, place items in separate bags and deliver them to each specific classroom. If they are left in our classroom, they tend to be mixed in with our supplies. Especially if they are not labeled with the teachers name.  Thank you and I look forward to meeting your student!

Welcome Back!!

Welcome to 2017!! It’s going to be a fabulous year!!
I was so excited to see all my precious kiddos on Wednesday! They are all so amazing and THANK YOU all for being such amazing parents! You are their first teacher and together WE GOT THIS! Our first few days back have been an energizing experience to say the least! With the two extra snow days and Christmas break, I think we were all ready to get back. We will spend the rest of the week getting reacquainted with our routines and procedures. I will mark in their behavior chart this week, but I will be using it more as a tool to correct behavior. Beginning next week, I will be sending home behavior notes for any student on warning or below.  I will also send notes for any student who ends the week on outstanding. Please keep an eye out for these notes, they need to be signed and returned.
Now that January is finally here its time to refocus and LEARN, LEARN, LEARN! We are going to keep pushing the students and expectations will be higher as the students work towards the end of the year.  However, before we get back into the full swing of things, we have quite a few assessments that will require completion. mClass will finally be open for us to begin on January 14. This is a long process, so I am hoping to get it out of the way such that we can get back into first grade curriculum.  Once the assessments are complete, I will be sending out a sign up genius for parent/teacher conferences. This would be a time to meet for any areas of concern that you or I may have.

Monday folders were sent out yesterday to clear out their mailboxes. Please make sure these are cleared out the next day and sign the sheet stating that the worksheets were reviewed. You may start to notice some worksheets with a red and green dot coming home soon. The red dot states that they got the answer wrong. The green dot means that the answer was corrected after reteaching. If you have any questions about this please feel free to email me.

I had three students turn in their 100 books chain!!! I am so excited. These were sent out in the beginning of the year, so I am hoping to get some more coming in. Please make sure to have your student read to you everyday! It is so important for them and it will make a HUGE difference with their reading comprehension.

Items needed for the classroom:

Please strongly consider helping your students succeed in class by providing these desperately needed supplies.  Every item provided goes directly towards the success of your child.

- Copy paper

- Colored paper

- Construction paper

- glue sticks

* Thank you so much for turning in your notebooks, crayons, and glue for the new year. Those of you who were not able to turn these in, I made sure your student had a fresh new box of crayons and notebook.

Important Dates

Jan 13 - Report Cards go home

Jan 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No School

Jan 20 - 2nd Quarter Awards 10:30AM

Mrs. Atkisson