Communication
Your child will be given a red Gilbertsville Bear Folder on the first day of school. The left side of the folder is the “Return to School” side and the right side of the folder is the “Keep at Home” side. Please have your child bring his/her folder to school every day. The folder will come home with your child at the end of each school day. Please review the contents of the folder with your child every night and return any items that were placed on the “Return to School” side of the folder. The Behavior Calendar will always remain on the “Return to School” side of the folder. Your child’s reading homework ziploc bag and any other homework will need to be completed nightly and be returned daily. Please clean out the “Keep at Home” side of the folder every night. I view this folder as one of our daily means of communication between home and school.
Weekly First Grade News and Homework Sheet
Parents will receive a Weekly First Grade News and Homework Sheet through Seesaw on Sundays, outlining the learning going on, announcements and homework for that upcoming week. Be sure to read the weekly news and homework sheet thoroughly. It may contain such important information as:
1. Important dates
2. Dates when certain forms must be returned (like book orders)
3. Items to bring to school
4. Schedule changes
5. Notes from the teacher
Test Folders
Test folders will be coming home on Mondays or Tuesdays, if NO SCHOOL on Monday, (expect Mondays when there are no tests given the previous week). Inside the folder will be the tests/assessments your child took the past week. Please review the tests/assessments with your child. Please date, sign and, if necessary, add comments to the log on the front of the test folder and I will respond as soon as I can. You can also write down the areas your child may need extra practice and take a few days to review these skills with your child at home. Test folders, with the tests still in it, must be returned the next school day. The tests/assessments that are in your child’s folder will be filed in my classroom to reference at conference and report card times. At the end of each trimester, after viewing report cards, I send home all the tests/assessments.
Progress Reports
I assess student progress often and complete Progress Reports each mid-trimester to keep parents informed of their child’s academic and behavioral progress, not their grades. Please look for this Progress Report to come home at the halfway point of each trimester (3 times). When you receive it, please review it with your child, write any comments and return it to school the following day. I will keep the Progress Reports on file in the classroom.