Welcome to Mrs. Powell’s classroom! Legacy Elementary Welcome to Mrs. Powell’s classroom!

Meet the Teacher Mrs. Powell Room 4 36 years teaching K, 1st and Chapter One Reading Mom of 4 (3 girls and a son) Married for 30 years Originally from Ohio Love sports and Traveling Mrs. Powell Room 11 34 years teaching K, 1st and Chapter One Reading Mom of 4 (3 girls and a son) Married for 28 years Originally from Ohio Love sports Traveling

Homework No written homework in September. (It is important for us to spend this time practicing classroom rules and procedures, completing initial testing, and establishing relationships.) Monthly Reading Log- 10 to 15 minutes a day September Homework: All About Me Poster. How to tie your shoes. Your lunch number. Practice writing first and last name. Word Study will begin in October.

Lunch Time and Class Specials Monday: Library Tuesday: PE & Music Wednesday: Art Thursday: PE & Music Friday: PE Lunch 10:50-11:20 Monday: Music & Computer Lab Tuesday: PE & Library Wednesday: Music & PE Thursday: Art

Lunch Procedures Lunch money may be placed in Blue folder. Please put it in a baggie or envelope with your child’s name and lunch number. Lunches can be paid for online using www.payforlunch.com A $3.00 fee is added when using this service. Students must memorize their lunch numbers. They will be expected to enter their own numbers each day for lunch and to log in to school computers.

Snack Students are permitted to bring a small, healthy snack each day. Drinks should not be included with snacks since a water fountain is available in the room. Please be aware of any allergies in our classroom when packing lunches and snacks. Please DO NOT pack peanut products since many children have this particular allergy. Snacks may not be shared. Bringing snacks is voluntary. Students may choose not to bring one. Students snacks should be in a LABELED reusable container. NO juice boxes/sodas or snacks requiring utensils.

The Clinic Students who are sent to the clinic are children who are bleeding, vomiting or feel very warm and may have a temperature. It is county policy that any student who has a fever of 100.0 must be sent home. Students cannot return to school until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication. Please advise your child to cover their mouth when they cough and sneeze. Please consider keeping your child home if they are ill to avoid infecting other students and staff. All medication dispensed at school will need a doctor’s order. Please see the school nurse, Mrs.Cook, if you have questions.

Allergies… Due to student allergies, our first grade classroom will be a peanut-free zone this year. Please do not send peanut/tree nuts or peanut butter with your child for snack. We will be strictly enforcing the “no peanut rule” in our classroom. Safety of all of our students is our number one concern. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. 

Birthdays Invitations for birthday parties cannot be given out at school unless every child in the class is invited. We are a birthday treat free school.

Take Home Folder Students have a daily take home folder, it will be a Blue folder, that should be checked daily. Folders should be taken home each night and returned to school each day. Folders contain other important information resources such as specials schedule, sight words for the quarter, classroom rules and handwriting examples.

Grading: Students will complete a lot of hands on work in first grade. Not all work done in the classroom will come home in the form of a paper-pencil assignment or worksheet. Class work or homework that is checked by the teacher may often times be ungraded. It is a check for understanding. Work completed in centers is done independent of the teacher and may be done with the cooperation of other students. Not all center work will be graded. We do not do class rankings in first grade. All students will be supported and challenged to make progress .

PBIS Legacy is a PBIS school. Students are expected to BARK: Be Respectful, Act Responsibly, Respect Everyone, Kindness Counts Students/classes can earn Bark Bones for displaying positive behavior. Students redeem 10 bark bones in the office and will be acknowledged in the Bark Walk. Classroom incentives are offered for earning classroom Bark Bones.

Language Arts Components Shared Reading Word Work Read Aloud/Activity Guided Reading Centers Writing Workshop

Math Concepts The following concepts are important for students to practice in the first grade: Addition and subtraction facts/Number Sense Graphing Word Problems /Critical Thinking Skills Money Time Fractions

DRA/PALS DRA= Developmental Reading Assessment The benchmark goals for first grade are as follows: Beginning of year: 4 Middle of year: 10 End of year: 16 PALS= Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Given in the Fall and the Spring

Forms, volunteers, etc… Please make sure you write your email address and preferred contact information on the sheet. Please return emergency form information, allergy notifications, and dismissal forms as soon as possible to ensure the safety of your child. Conferences will be in late October and early November I will send home a sign-up sheet at the beginning of October. Volunteer sign-up sheets are also available. Wish list items are on the board in classroom for items that could be used in our classroom to support instruction. If you are able to donate any of the requested items, please take the corresponding sticky note home with you. We appreciate any and all donations and volunteering!

Thank you! I look forward to a FANTASTIC year with your child as he/she grows academically, personally, and socially. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns. I will respond promptly within 24 hours. Please be reminded that Email IS to be used for: Due Date questions Field Trip questions Request for a phone call or conference Thank you notes Email IS NOT to be used for: Discussions Discipline issues Confidential student information (conferences should be used to discuss student issues) Nothing of a "time-sensitive" nature (EX: Student needs to ride Thank you for your support! I appreciate it! 