Welcome! Website: www.steddyschool.org Email: rrivere@steddy.org Best way to get in touch with me—email me! You can also call me at school If I haven’t gotten back to you in 1 or 2 days, please get back in touch with me! Your email or phone message may have slipped my radar.

A few quick housekeeping items: Our crisis management plan is in effect if we need to use it. We will evacuate to a nearby school (Bridgedale or St. Martin’s) Please review your handbook for dropping off and picking up your children.

I won’t discuss too much about curriculum—you’re welcome to look at your child’s books and ask specific questions later.

They choose to act and should accept their consequences, We encourage responsibility We advocate self-control and responsibility for students’ work and their actions They choose to act and should accept their consequences, good or bad

That they gain ownership of their own lives. Our goal for your children: That they gain ownership of their own lives.

They are in charge of telling you anything I tell them at school They also write themselves notes on their homework sheet to remind themselves what they need to do-so please leave their homework sheet in their folder. They own their folder and everything in their bookbag. They should come to you and show you anything needing to be completed or signed.

We want them ready for fourth grade at the end of the year, where they will have to move around to different classrooms with different teachers for different subjects

So what do you do? You can sit with them while they look in their folder You can ask “What’s in your folder?” or “Is there anything you need to show me?” When you put something in their folder to give to me, tell them. Check my website together Check that homework and seatwork brought home is done Don’t go through their bookbag or folder when they are not around or sleeping! (I may have told them to keep something in there.) Trust what they say until proven wrong. You are welcome to call me to verify anything!

Will they all miraculously fall into this responsible routine NOW? Maybe not. but They ARE ready to start.

Third grade moves faster than second grade. They can handle it! It’s lots of work, but I’m there every step of the way. I pack with them for homework every afternoon. We go over everything before they study it or do something for homework. Nothing should be new to them. Please don’t go ahead in homework, especially Math and English. “Ms. Rivere never talked about…” “She never showed us…” I try to never let these be true statements!

Any seatwork that isn’t finished at school goes home that day. This is okay every once in awhile (especially in the beginning), but if it becomes chronic, we should talk!

This is not a punishment! If work goes home but isn’t completed for the next day: A reminder is sent home, a “Parent’s Notice.” This is not a punishment! You can sign it when your child shows it to you and the work is COMPLETE. Usually, a second chance is given (in the beginning) if the work is still not finished or the paper not signed, and then a retention is given as a consequence.

Homework sheets every Monday night Other signed papers: Homework sheets every Monday night Punishwork (due the next day, spelling definitions) We don’t send home a notice telling you, it’s your child’s job to do this D’s and F’s on tests and quizzes— corrections must be done for tests only

I walk the aisles watching for: Following class rules Materials out Finishing their work Correcting their work Right books out, on the correct page, ready Following directions Working together Looking for anyone needing assistance

If they are not doing what they need to be doing, I always warn them (usually more than once) before the name goes on the board I do what I can, but I may miss something— please check your child’s work when you are at home!

Thank you for coming! Questions? This will be on my website if you think you missed something!