Policies

** Discipline Plan **
 * Students in Miss Dickey’s First Grade are expected to behave appropriately in the classroom. In our classroom, we will have five basic rules to ensure a safe learning environment.

 ** Classroom Rules **  1. Listen and follow the teacher's directions the first time.  2. Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself.  3. Raise your hand to speak.  4. Stay in your assigned area.  5. Be respectful and use kind words. Green = Great Day!/Rewards will be earned  Yellow = Broke ONE rule/Note is sent home.  Blue = Broke TWO rules/Note is sent home and Time-out in another first grade classroom.  Red = Broke THREE rules/Phone call home  **Serious Problems = Visit to the Principal's Office**
 * To help children keep track of their behavior, we will use a behavior pocket chart. Each child will have a pocket with his/her name on it. Each pocket contains four colored strips: green, yellow , blue , and red. All students will the day with the green strip on top. If the student follows all the rules, the green strip will remain showing. However, every time a rule is broken, they will be told to move their green strip to the back of the stack, revealing the yellow , then the blue and finally the red , if need be. Please check your child’s agenda every day to help monitor their behavior. Their behavior chart will be marked using the following rules:

** Homework **
 * Homework folders go home on the first day of the week and are due on the last day.
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">A weekly homework calendar will be put in this folder.
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">A reading record is in your child's homework folder. Your child should read 15 minutes each night. Please sign the record daily telling the title of book(s) and how many minutes he/she has read.
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Spelling words can be found in the right margin of the homework calendar.
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Spelling tests are given the last day of the week.
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Homework should take about 20 minutes each night. If it takes your child longer to finish, please let me know. I will adjust homework as necessary.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">** Early Dismissal **
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If you plan to pick your child up early, please notify me ahead of time. This way I can prepare your child with the necessary work he/she will miss.
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If you pick up your child before 11:30 AM, it is considered an absence.
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Please go straight to the office when picking up your child. They will notify me personally.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">** Tardies/Absences **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Students are considered tardy if they arrive at school after the 8:30 AM bell.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Students arriving after 8:30 AM should check in at the office for a tardy slip before coming to class.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Students who are absent are required to bring a note from the parent or guardian (you may also send me an e-mail).
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If a note is not received, your child will receive an unexcused absence.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Sickness, family emergencies, and religious holidays are considered excused absences.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If you know that your child will be absent, please make me aware of this ahead of time. Then I can prepare your child with the necessary assignments and materials that will be missed. This will help keep your child connected with the pace of the class.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">In cases of extended absence, please arrange to come pick up daily assignments.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">** Lunch **
 * <span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Lunch money should be sent to school in a sealed enevelope with your child’s first and last name and id number written on the front.
 * <span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Click on the link below to see what is being served for breakfast and lunch.
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">** Field Trips **
 * <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">We usually have two field trips throughout the school year.
 * <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Our field trips are aligned with the first grade curriculum.
 * <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Parent chaperones will be needed for field trips.