Hello Parents!
We are extremely fortunate to have an ActivBoard installed in our classroom.
The ActivBoard makes learning so much fun, and so much easier for the children
to understand lessons. I'm looking forward to an amazing year.
I would like to keep you informed about some of my classroom policies. All
papers collected over the course of the week are filed and sent home on
Friday. Any papers that are graded 76 or below can be redone for half credit
with the exception of obvious answers like true or false, or tests. These
corrected papers should be handed in the following Mon. It is not a good idea
to wait several weeks to pass by before doing this.
Completing homework on time is imperative, due to frustration levels that may
arise if the amount of work increases in size. I have established a system to
help my students organize themselves with their work. Each child has a
homework folder with an assignment sheet inside. The assignment sheet is
divided into subject areas with the day of the week listed above each column.
I specifically inform the class to record homework assignments as they are
written on the board. If a paper is not completed during class time, it must
be placed in the folder, finished at home, and returned to me the following
day. You may want to check on your child's folder occasionally. I plan to
utilize this system for the next month or so, until I feel the children can
handle the responsibility themselves. If an emergency situation develops such
as illness, or even if materials are accidentally forgotten at school, a note
signed by mom or dad will serve as a valid excuse, but the work must be
returned the following day.
Spelling test are given every Friday, unless a scheduling problem arises. The
list is either taken from the reading workbook or the spelling textbook.
Every Monday a pretest is given, those who receive 100 do not have to take the
final test on Friday. Those who misspell one or two words have to rewrite
them correctly on Friday.
Each month a library book is assigned. A specific book report format is
required for each reading genre. I usually schedule the last Wednesday of the
month as the book report due date unless some unexpected event interferes.
I use a ticket system as an incentive for fostering responsibility. Each
child receives 10 tickets at the beginning of the week, but may lose tickets
for various reasons such as a failure to pass in homework on time, forgetting
to write ones name on a paper, causing distractions during class, etc. After
25 tickets have been collected, the student may earn a "free homework" which
means an automatic 100. These "free" options must be approved by me first due
to the importance of the work in question.
I believe I have covered the important issues for now, but if you have a
question, feel free to use my school e-mail.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Campbell
