ria nicholas room 202 281-641-3023 [email protected]
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School Day• 8:00 – 3:15• If your child will be absent, call absent line 281-
641-3019 with symptoms. • Parent Note: Unless you send a note, the
absence will be unexcused after 2 days.• Lunch: 11:20-11:50• Conference Period: 2:10-3:00• 3:00 p.m. is the latest you may pick your child up “early”. (11:00 a.m. on Early Release Days.)
• 8:00 – 3:15• If your child will be absent, call absent line 281-
641-3019 with symptoms. • Parent Note: Unless you send a note, the
absence will be unexcused after 2 days.• Lunch: 11:20-11:50• Conference Period: 2:10-3:00• 3:00 p.m. is the latest you may pick your child up “early”. (11:00 a.m. on Early Release Days.)
No buses this year!There will be no bus service this year. However, there
will be 2 car rider lines. If you child is a car rider, please pick up one car rider sign accordingly:
If you live east of W. Lake Houston (the same side as the school), you will pick up your children in front of the school in the circle drive.
If you live west of W. Lake Houston (across W. Lake Houston from the school), you will pick up your children by the cafeteria where the buses use to go.
Phone Numbers
Please keep us updated on all phone
numbers. We need them in case
of emergency!!!!
Specials Schedule
My specials schedule will change throughout the year; however:
• Monday and Wednesday will always be our P.E. days. (Wear sneakers!)
Breakfast/Lunch
• Breakfast: $1.30• Lunch: $2.00
• Lunch Hotline: 281-641-5838
• We will be eating lunch on early release days!
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• Healthy – not sugary–No candy–No hot chips or Cheetos
• Easy to open
• Not sticky, messy, or spill-prone
WATER
Children may bring a water bottle for recess or P.E.
The bottle MUST have a sports top.No other drinks are allowed.
For safety reasons, ALL
visitors MUST sign in at the
office!
TRANSPORTATION
• Send a note with your child if they are leaving early or have a change in transportation.
• Write your child’s name on the Transportation Checklist.
• Label the Name Tags as directed on the Welcome Back page and leave here or return with you child on Monday.
Birthdays
• No food items.• Pencils,
stickers, erasers . . . for all students in class.
• No invitations.
HomeworkHomework packets will be
given on Mondays, to be completed at your child's own pace. Parents and students, please sign the Homework Sheet, and have your child turn in completed homework on Friday.
There will be no homework the first and last week of school or the week before a vacation.
Daily Folder• Your child will have a daily folder.• It will have a daily conduct sheet.
Please initial/sign each night.• Please remove completed work from
the folder.• Please make sure your child brings
the folder back to school every day.
Behavior
• Blue: Great Day• Green: Warning• Yellow: 2nd Warning/Loss of recess time• Orange: 3rd Warning/Behavior Ticket• Red: Office Referral
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• Activity Fee: $25 to school for purchase of classroom consumables
• Celebration Fee: $10 to PTO to fund classroom celebrations
• Field trip money will be charged separately.
Be sure to head to cafeteria for important PTO information!
Note:Friday August 26th will be an early release day.
Dismissal will start at 11:10 a.m.
Reading:
Decoding Fluency Comprehension
Decoding (“Accuracy”)
1) Look at text features: title, illustrations, captions for clues.
2) Get mouth ready for beginning sound.3) Look at chunks/parts of words.4) Think about what makes sense.5) Re-read.6) Read on; then go back.
(What to do when you get stuck on a word):
Decoding
Fluency
Comprehension
Fluency forms a bridge to comprehension.
Fluency
Comprehension:• Recognizing story elements: characters, setting, problem, solution
(fiction)• Appreciating & using text features: titles, maps, charts, graphs,
captions, etc. (non-fiction)• Distinguishing between fiction and non-fiction• Making connections to self, other texts, the world• Creating mental images• Asking relevant questions (I wonder . . . )• Making inferences
– Making predictions– Deriving the meaning of new words from context clues– Recognizing the author’s purpose– Uncovering non-explicit meaning in texts
• Synthesizing all of the above to understand a moral or lesson
Spelling Word Study• Pre-K to mid-1st
• Pretend writingEmergent• K to early 3rd
• Writing beginning/ending sounds• Working on digraphs, blends, short vowels
Letter Name
• 1st to mid-4th
• Working on long vowel patternsWithin Word
Pattern• 3rd to 8th
• Working on syllable junctures, accents, inflections, affixes
Syllables and Affixes
• 5th to 12th • Working on Latin and Greek derivatives
Derivational Relations
Word Study Goals
Assess Students for Instruction
Support at Their Level
De-emphasize the Spelling List
Reduces rote memorization
(and forgetting)
Emphasize Learning Patterns
and Rules
Promotes Independ
ent Writing
“Word Study Test”
• List of 5 words that reflect the rule/pattern• 10 new, grade level words to apply the rule/
pattern• 5 above-level words to apply the rule/ pattern• Dictation sentences:
– Sight words– Phonetics– Rule/Pattern words (past and current)– Grammar conventions
Writing
Focused TopicSupportin
g Details
Organization
Voice, Word Choice, Fluency
Spelling/ Grammar/
Usage Penmanship
Grammar
• Start sentence with capital letter
• Correct punctuation at end of sentence
• Complete sentences: subject and predicate
• Subject/verb agreement
MathAdding and Subtracting
Telling Time
Counting Coins
Graphing MeasuringFractions
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nt
Stud
ent
StudentsTeacher
Academic success is like a three-legged stool. It requires support from all three participants.
Success
• Homework help (Don’t do it for your child.)
• Fuel for thought:– Healthy breakfast– Healthy snack (not sugary, sticky, or messy)– Healthy lunch– Water
• School-proof clothing
What Parents Can Do To Help:
A note about the Directory
• If you decline adding your child to the directory, we cannot include them in class photos and the yearbook.
• Please direct any questions about this to the front office.
Box Tops
Thank you for remembering to clip Box Tops and send in
with your child!