TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR!

• Always praise your child with positive comments.
• Check your child's homework folder and planner daily for class notes, corrected work, school newsletters, etc.
• Develop a Homework Routine; sit near him/her in case help is needed.  Check for accuracy before signing  your child's planner.  It doesn't help your child to do their homework wrong so please take the time to help them.
• Read daily with your child.  Your child needs to develop fluency while reading so listening to them read orally for 20-30 minutes a day is imperative.  Reading to them is also beneficial so they hear good role models...read with expression!  Ask your child questions about the story such as who is the main character in the story, where does the story take place (setting), what is the story mostly about (main idea). Practice vocabulary words, spelling words, phonograms, and math facts on a regular basis.
• Ask your child specific questions about their day.
• Each step, although it may be small, is progress in the right direction.

 Our Class Schedule:

 7:30 —          School Begins!
 7:30-8:00 —   Morning Work
                       (worksheet/journals, AR/ Math Facts in a Flash/Library Checkout)
 8:00 —          Tardy Bell Rings!
 8:00-8:20 —   Announcements and Morning Stretch
 8:30-10:30 — Reading Block
10:45-11:30 — Specials
11:35-12:20 — Math
12:27 12:52—   Lunch! 
1:00-1:45—    Science/Social Studies/Writing
1:50-2:00 —    School Announcements
2:00-2:15 —    Dismissal!