I want to introduce you to your BEARS binder. This is a
very important part of my teaching because it is a means of communicating
with you! As you may have noticed, BEARS is an acronym for Becoming
Efficient and Responsible Students. Your child is required to take this
binder home every afternoon and is also responsible for bringing it back to
school in the mornings. I will be checking the contents of the binder each
morning. Here is how it is organized:
• Money and Excuses Pouch: please place any lunch money, field trip
money, or donation money into this pouch as well as absentee excuses.
• Daily Behavior chart and rules. This section will let you know how
your child’s day went. Please initial daily by the corresponding date.
• Parent communication/Agenda; this is a section for OUR
communication. Please check the corresponding date each day for important
reminders, notes, etc…
• Folder for homework: One side will house homework that needs to come
back to school and the other will contain the work that I have checked and
can stay at home.
• Reading/Spelling words: These will be the words to be practiced
each week and assessed on Fridays. This will be your child’s spelling and
reading grades so please practice nightly.
The BEARS binder is great way to keep us both organized and encourage
communication. It will also encourage responsibility in the students. I
have supplied all of the items in the BEARS binder at the beginning of this
school year. If any items are lost and damaged during the school year, it
will be the responsibility of the family to replace those items.
