1. Mrs. Lisa Rezac 1st grade lrezac@acpsd.net
Welcome
Mrs. Lisa Rezac
1st grade

2. Homework Homework will be assigned on an as needed basis.
Reading is expected every night.

3. Specials Schedule Monday--Music Tuesday--Keyboarding Lab
Wednesday—P.E.
Thursday—Art
Friday--Library
Please pay close attention to your child’s P.E. and
Library days.

4. Behavior Rewards Red = Earns a Quarter Orange = Earns a Dime
Red – Invite a friend to lunch
Orange – Use of teachers
colored pencils or
crayons
Yellow – Take a bear to lunch
Green – Save 5 pennies to make
a Nickel and trade up
Blue – Note in agenda and ABE
Purple –Note in agenda and ABE
Pink – Note in agenda, phone
call to parent and ABE
Red = Earns a Quarter
Orange = Earns a Dime
Yellow = Earns a Nickel
Green = Earns a Penny
Blue = Loses a Penny
Purple = Loses a Nickel
Pink = Loses a Dime

5. You Can Do Better Stamp Money Marks !!!
Your child can earn a money mark during the day for doing what is expected of him/her.
Reward for a money mark is one penny for every mark they get.
Should your child move down the behavior chart I will write a note in his/her agenda.
Their agendas need to be signed every night and returned to school every day.

6. Agenda This year we are using agendas in first grade.
Your child will be responsible for
writing their daily assignments
in their agendas.
They will begin to write their
spelling, high frequency words,
and story vocabulary when we
begin our reading stories.

7. Weekly Overview Sheet Weekly Test Monday – Wednesday Composition/Handwriting Thursday Grammar and Spelling Friday Reading and Math Overview sheets will be posted weekly on my web page.

8. Grading Policy We only take grades on weekly test.
Reading and Math are numerical
Reading- Cold read, phonics, vocabulary, and reading skill.
ELA – Spelling/Grammar/Composition
Science/Health
Unit and Benchmark test x2
We do not round grades

9. Weekly Grade Sheet Unit Tests
Unit tests are not sent home.
If you would like to see your
child’s test please send me a
note and I will send it home
or you can set up an
appointment to come in and
go over it.

10. What is ELA? – Spelling 20% - Grammar 40% Composition 40%
ELA is given a MS – meeting standards
MPS – Making Progress Toward Standard
NMP – Not Making Progress

11. Spelling *We will begin with 10 words 6 that follow a spelling
pattern and 2 challenge words. There will be 2 unknown
words weekly which the teacher will choose. The unknown
words will follow the spelling pattern for the week.
Spelling words sent home on Friday in agendas. A spelling
pre-test will be given every Monday. If your child makes
a 100 on the pre-test they will be given the "Big C” list
which is a challenge spelling word list. This list will still use
the same spelling pattern but with more challenging words.
**SPELLING TEST IS GIVEN ON THURSDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED

12. Speller’s Choice Menu Spelling practice should be done at home daily
Your child will have
this sheet in their
blue daily folder to
help with spelling
practice.

13. Literacy Bags Literacy bags will come home daily.
Books inside are on your child’s independent reading level.
Have them read these books to you, their siblings, animals
etc.
There is a nightly reading log that will need to filled out and signed by you every night. This will remain in their blue daily folder.

14. Read Every Day
Your child will be required to read every night and fill out their reading
logs with your signatures.

15. Read to Succeed Law
Read to Succeed (R2S) is a South Carolina law based on federal reading initiatives (See Act 284, Chapter 155, Title 59). This law was created to address reading deficiencies in struggling students grades K-12, with heavy emphasis placed on students in grades K-3. According to the R2S law, beginning in the school year, any student who is not on grade level by the end of the third grade (as determined by the SC State Assessment) will be retained in third grade. For more information concerning the R2S law, please access the following link:

16. Math Our math series is McGraw-Hill My Math.
Daily lesson done in class.
Topic assessments are on McGraw-Hill series
Saxon math lesson side A done daily in class
Saxon assessments done every 5 to 10 lessons

17. Field Trips We are scheduled for 2 field trips this year.
1 trip to USCA Ruth Patrick Science Center and 1 to the Audubon Site this is a full day field trip.
Planetarium is our first field trip in November with the cost for trip being $6. We are allowed 2 parents for free then cost per parent is $3.
March field trip – Audubon Site and the cost for trip - $5 per student. We will be learning about soil.
Permission slips must be signed and returned. Without a signed permission slip your child cannot go on the field trip.

18. VOLUNTEER TRAINING.
If you are interested in volunteering for field trips or coming in to help in the classroom you must receive our volunteer training.
Mrs. McDaniel will do volunteer training during both sessions in her classroom B201 located at the front of the school.

19. School Web Page UNDER CONSTRUCTION
All important documents can be found on my school fusion page.
Overview sheet with all spelling, vocabulary and lightning words.
Weekly target skills

20. Things to Remember
Missed work – Call office if you want to pick up your child’s homework/classwork assignments if they are sick.
Missed assignment envelopes – complete missed assignments in envelope. Does not need to be the next day.
Planning time – 9:30 – 9:55

21. Reminders
Transportation: If your child will be going home a different way, I must have a note from home!!!
Money: Label any lunch money with your child’s name, my name, what it is for, and how much
Early Pick up: no later than 1:45
½ Day Wednesday: 1st Wednesday of each month starting next week at 12:15.
Lunches: Please be mindful of containers that are difficult to open or close, first graders tend to spill things. Absolutely no soft drink or glass containers.
If you come to eat with your child please remember not to bring in McDonalds etc.

22. Reminders
Birthday Treats: We are now implementing the national guidelines for “Smart Snacks at School. Parents can no longer send in sweet treats to celebrate birthdays at lunch. In lieu of these sweet treats goody bags may be sent in or mini cupcakes and will be distributed to the class at the end of the day. If you send in treat bags for your child’s birthday anything inside must be store bought. We are not allowed to give the children anything made at home.
Birthday Invitations: please do not send in invitations for a party to be passed out at school.
Lunch with your child: You are free to come have lunch with your child but you may not bring them food. Our lunch time begins at 10:30.

23. Ways you can contribute:
Volunteers: guest speakers, mystery readers, pull papers, etc.
Tutors
Band-aids
Tissue and Paper Towels
Baby Wipes
Markers/Twistables

24. Holiday Celebrations:
Any and all help is welcomed.
We have 2 classroom celebrations. We
have our winter break celebration and our
end of the year celebration.

25. Holiday Treats and Celebrations:
Halloween – No treat bags – It’s Spooky to be hungry
Thanksgiving – Holiday cookies/Healthy treat for
afternoon snack outside
Winter Celebration – Treat bag and classroom party
100th day of school – trail mix
Valentine’s Day – Pass out Valentines only
St. Patrick’s Day – Holiday cookies
End of Year Celebration – Treat bag and classroom party
Treat bag items – pencils, erasers,
crayons, glue sticks, etc…

26. PTO
Join PTO
Remember No School Monday, Sept. 5