1. Parent
Curriculum
Night .

2. Instruction begins promptly at 8:00 AM.
If your child arrives after 8:00 AM they should report to the office to receive a tardy pass, (attendance has already been taken).
If you are planning a vacation while school is in session, please refer to the TCAPS student handbook, (coming home soon) for ideas regarding making up missed work.

3. Reading: Please make time for your child to read 20 minutes
daily. Record your child’s reading on their reading log. Take-home book bags will come home on Mondays and should be returned by Friday.
Math: Each student will receive a Student Math Handbook.
Your child will be bringing home about one math homework
page per week. Please play the math games with your child
as often as you can, to help them build number sense.
Word Study: We will introduce 5 new high frequency words
each week. A list of these words will come home each Monday. Please plan to study these words with your child. Students will take several sight word tests throughout the school year.

4. Reading Workshop Minilesson Independent Reading Partner Reading
Book Clubs
Conferencing
Guided Reading
Strategy Groups
Share

5. Writing Workshop Handwriting Minilesson Independent writing
Partner writing
Conferencing
Guided Writing
Share
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears strategies, (letters start at the top).
Please practice at home.
Good posture can help
improve penmanship.

6. Guided Practice/Activity
Investigations
Math Curriculum
Launch
Guided Practice/Activity
Discussion/Share
** Parent newsletters will be sent home at the beginning of each unit. These will give you an overview of what will be learned in each unit, (they do not need to be returned).

7. 3 Science Units Sorting by Properties: Magnets & Floating/Sinking
Weather & The Sun Warms The Earth
Animal Life (Life Cycle of Butterflies)

8. Social Studies Alive
Curriculum
My School
My Family
The World

9. Your child will need to bring these thing daily:
Backpack
Green Communication Folder
Healthy Snack
Water Bottle (optional)
Gym Shoes (can be left in locker)
Library Book (on library days)

10. Young People’s Theater
Bowling on Valentine’s Day
State Theater Movie
Spring Field Trip
and maybe more…
More information to come!

11. If you pick up your child please please pick up on the
8th street side (playground) and wait outside the fence.
Please refrain from playing on the playground until
the buses have left and everyone has been picked up.
Please do not wait for your child outside their
classroom or office.
Please write a NOTE if there is a change in your child’s
dismissal routine.

12. Behavior Clip Chart Your child will begin his/her day on Green
(Ready To Learn)
“Clip up” for making good choices
“Clip down” for not-so-good choices
Your child will color a Clip Chart Calendar.
Please review the calendar with your
child each day.