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• Foster a classroom environment where students are free to grow and learn
• Students are able to learn to work hard and to work together
• The individual is respected, met, and encouraged for growth
• A positive and productive work environment
• Students love to learn

Be safe, be respectful, be responsible, be kind

I believe in positive reinforcement and clear expectations.

I use positive paws (the school-wide system) to reinforce individual behavior.

We have a marble-jar to reinforce whole-class behavior. When the students are all doing something well, they earn a marble in their jar. When the jar is full, the students earn a party!

I use LOTS of positive feedback with students.

I use private conversations with students when I need to reinforce a behavior that students are not doing.

8:00-10:40 Language Arts

10:40-11:00 Recess

11:00-12:35 Math

12:35-1:20 Lunch

1:20-2:35 Intervention/Social Studies or Science

Specials: Physical Education

12:25 Wednesday Dismissal

• 1 hour of work each night
• Given a packet Monday, due Friday
• Includes:
  • 30 minutes of reading
  • Spelling
  • Spiral Math review page

Please make sure you sign the reading log.

Homework is not meant to be too hard to not be completed independently.

• Armstrong Redwoods
• Sonoma County Water Agency
• Water Treatment Plant
• Charles Schultz Museum and Snoopy Ice Arena
• Alcatraz

You must get fingerprints and TB test

• http://www.busd.org/volunteering.html
• The district pays for it!!
• It takes awhile so do it ahead of time….

• 3 movie nights
• serve food
• charge for entry
• help pay for Alcatraz
• students need to attend
• parents can help
• tell your family and friends

Wednesday folders go home every Wednesday. They will have a class newsletter and lots of other important information.

Scholastic book orders go home, too! They have inexpensive books and help me to earn points so I can add to our classroom library!