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What
is the M.O.N.K.E.Y. Binder?
The
MONKEY Binder is
a special notebook that your child will carry to and from school everyday this
year.
MONKEY
is an acronym for: My Organization Notebook Keeps Everything
Yearlong.
The MONKEY Binder will help your
child stay organized and keep you in touch with our classroom.
MONKEY
Binder Rules
Take care of your MONKEY
Binder; it will be used all year!
Clean out the "Classwork" pocket every evening.
Take your MONKEY Binder home everyday and bring it back each
morning.
Keep your MONKEY
Binder clean - do not eat or drink in front it!
Show your MONKEY Binder to your parents everyday - they
will be so proud of your new responsibility!
MONKEY
Binder Don'ts
Don't
make any marks or drawings in or on your MONKEY Binder.
Don't
leave your MONKEY Binder at home, in the car or at
daycare
Don't
let anyone borrow your MONKEY Binder or tear pages out of it.
Don't
put any papers in your MONKEY Binder that do not
belong.
What's in a M.O.N.K.E.Y.
Binder?
MONKEY
Binder Overview:
My
Organization Notebook Keeps Everything Yearlong
Front binder pocket:
This is wear you will put your daily homework. Please review your
child’s homework for neatness and
completeness before it is turned in.
3 plastic clear sleeves:
Here you will find lunch calendar, class roster, daily schedule,
and weekly spelling words.
Wednesday Folder:
Your child's graded work will come home in this folder every Monday. This work
should be taken out, reviewed with your child, and kept at home. In this
folder, I will also keep a behavior log, and note any missing assignments.
This should help eliminate any questions about how your child is doing
academically. Each Wednesday you should sign this log when you remove the
papers so I know that they were received by a parent/guardian and you are
aware of your child’s progress.
Zipper
pouch: This
is where you should put all money to be brought to school (field trips, lunch,
book orders) so it doesn't get "lost" in the bottom of the backpack. This is
also a good place to put doctor's notes for excused absences.
Lined notebook paper:
This section will serve as our
family/teacher communication log. This will be for notes between you and me.
Please stress to your children that this is ONLY for the teacher and
parents to write in. Check this section daily and I will try to do the same. Please
ask your child to let me know when there is a note from you in the log.
I will not have time to check each communication log for notes each day.
There will be a special basket in the classroom for your child to place
his/her S.T.A.R. Binder in if it has a note for the teacher. I ask that you
leave any notes that we may write in the notebook so that we can look back and
remember any communications we may have had. I will initial all notes I read
from you and ask that you do the same. That way, we know our notes have been
read, even when no response is necessary.
Back
binder pocket:
In the back pocket of the binder
you will find important papers from the school and/or PTA. Please remove and
read all of these papers promptly; they will keep you in touch with important
news and events that are happening at Stanton Elementary.
Planner:
Daily homework will be written
here. We write our assignments together. It will be checked daily. Parents,
please sign when your child is completed with his/her homework assignments.
(Second graders will have a homework log, same rules apply)
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