Take Home/Homework Folder The red plastic take home folder will be coming home every night will be sent back to school each morning. I know that your lives are busy, but by checking the folder every day and looking over the papers inside, you will be teaching your child that school is important and that their work is valuable. This folder contains a Keep at Home pocket and a Reading Log and Homework pocket. The Keep at Home side is usually for informational notices and reminders. The Reading Log and Homework side is where homework or other things that need to be signed will go. I will not be checking these folders for notes, field trip money, etc. So especially let your child know when there is something to be turned in that day.
Newsletters/Website I will be sending home a weekly newsletter each Monday with the students homework packet. Please check for it weekly for reminders and dates. To help keep you informed of what is happening in our classroom, I have created a class website. Please check it out at msnewsonsclass.weebly.com.
Homework The most important thing your child can do to further his/her development is to read. Reading will make up the majority of your childs homework. I am asking that your child be engaged in reading for at least 20 minutes every night. They may read books of their choice to you or to themselves. After they finish reading, some great ways to talk about the book is discussing the character roles, reviewing beginning, middle, and end, asking your child to retell you the story, or see if they have any connections from this book to others they have read. All of these activities will further their comprehension and help them truly understand the text. Also, our reading program has an online component to it. I will send home information about it as it becomes available. Students will also complete a reading log each night after they finish reading. Students should write the title of their book and how many minutes they read. These reading logs will be turned in monthly. Homework will be sent home on Monday and is to be turned in on Friday. In second grade the students will complete a math and reading page each night along with a spelling activity. The spelling activities and weekly lists can be found in their spelling notebook. There will be an occasional project that the student is to complete. Information will come about that as assigned. Please let your child do the project.
Make-up Work If a student is absent, the make-up assignments will be sent home when the child returns from school. Sufficient time will be allowed for completion. If the work is not returned by the given due date, the student will not receive credit.
Specials Schedule
Day 1 Spanish Day 2 P.E. Day 3 STEM Day 4 Music Day 5 P.E.
Grading Students attending Somerset Academy at Losee in kindergarten through 5 th grade will be assessed on standards or learning goals. Teachers will use a rubric to identify the level of mastery or proficiency relating to these learning goals. At the end of each quarter, student performance data will be represented on report cards using the following terms: Exceeds, Meets, Approaches, Emergent, and No Evidence shown. Each term is defined in the school-wide assessment below:
Recess Students may have a healthy snack everyday around 10:30. Parents are responsible for providing their child with a healthy snack daily. Please send snacks that dont require utensils. Examples of a healthy snack are: granola bars, Gold Fish, crackers, fruit, vegetables, etc.
Volunteering in the Classroom There is a sheet included in this folder for you to fill out if youd like to volunteer. This is due Friday, August 29 th . Ill send additional information to only these who fill them out. Please note that I will not be taking volunteers in my classroom for the first few weeks of school. A volunteer calendar will be posted online at signupgenis.com and I will send out a calendar monthly. Also please remember if you cant volunteer in the classroom, there will be several opportunities to do volunteer work at home. Standard:
4 EXCEEDS: In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth knowledge and applications that go beyond what was taught. Higher order thinking is evident. 3 MEETS: Learning evidence was complete with no major errors or omissions in the evidence regarding any of the information and/or processes that were explicitly taught. 2 APPROACHES: Learning evidence was partially completed and/or during the learning process, multiple errors were made. Student needed significant scaffolding in order to complete the task. 1 EMERGENT: Minimal learning evidence was shown. Minimal effort was made by student. Student was unable to complete independently. 0 No evidence shown. Further, please remember that parents are not to be in the classroom unless you have been scheduled on the volunteer calendar. I will always assume you are coming, but if cant, just send me an email. No Problem!
Holiday Celebrations Throughout the year, we will have a few classroom celebrations. The tentative dates for those are Wednesday, October 29 (Halloween), Wednesday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Feast), and Thursday, February 12 (Valentines). The way I have handled these in the past is to have a room mom head up and organize each of the holiday parties with other parents helping them out. I mainly serve as the middleman to get parents in contact with one another. If you would like to be our room parent, please email me and let me know!
Birthdays I am asking that no food treats be brought in during the school year. Near the end of school we will be having an unbirthday celebration so that the students who have summer birthdays or birthdays that are not on a school day are able to celebrate too. More information will be provided later about this. Instead of a treat, on their real birthday a student may bring in their favorite book to have read to the class.
Contact Information for Ms. Newson The best way to reach me is through email: Lindsey.Newson@somersetnv.org Please note that I will be responding to email typically from 7:45 am-4:00 pm (Monday-Friday). I will read email outside of these hours, but I cannot guarantee a response. During the school day, I will be checking email during my planning time which is 12:30-1:15 and after school. Thank you in advance for your understanding. If youd like to set up a conference to discuss any issues or concerns, please call the school or send me at note or email.
As always, please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns about anything. I look forward to working with you to make it a fantastic school year for you and your child.