1. Welcome to First Grade Please have a seat at your child’s desk.
If you have corrected, signed and dated the Student Profile paper in a different color ink, you may leave it on the kidney shaped table.

2. Introduction Meet Mrs. Messinger 7th year at Arcola
Second year in first grade
Taught in Fairfax County
Live in Front Royal

3. Communication Remind (M-F 7AM-5:30PM) Arcola Website
– not urgent
Take home folder
Fall Conference
Phone calls and notes as necessary
Please communicate with your child as well

4. Housekeeping *Nurse Specials Schedule: on my webpage
Class celebrations (30 minutes each)
*three each year
*Fall Harvest Party, Winter/Holiday Party
End of year Party
Birthdays
No food, no goodie bags
invitations can only be distributed if all students are included
Field Trips
*One field trip- not certain where yet
Medication
*Nurse
Specials Schedule: on my webpage

5. Food Snacks should be separated from lunch.
Lunch begins at 12:00 each day.
*joining your child for lunch
*adding money to their account
Snacks should be separated from lunch.
Snack in backpack, not in lunchbox
Healthy snack guidelines on my Arcola webpage
NO nut products (3 nut allergies)

6. Homework Policy
*Reading is expected every night Reading…Silently/Read Aloud- 20 minutes
Optional Homework:
Word Study (Spelling)
Any website listed on Websites for Practice
Visit my Arcola webpage

7. Homework
Homework will be found in your child’s Take Home Folder as a reading log. It will begin the first week in October.
Reading logs will be due each week on Friday.
How can you help at home?
Asking questions while reading…
What is your favorite part?
What does this remind you of, or any connections you might have?
Tell me what happened in the story (Retelling with charters names, the setting and in order)

8. Word Study
Word Study is Loudoun County’s spelling program. Words are sorted into groups based upon their features.
gr br pl
green brush place
grape broom play
grade breakfast plate

9. Class Products Effort to go paperless Project Based Learning
Technology integration
Considering trying out Bring Your Own Technology this year (no Kindles)
More paper at the beginning of the year than the rest of the year

10. Wish List
Amazon Basics On Ear Headphones
Clorox/Lysol wipes

11. Star of the Week One student chosen each full week of school.
Notification of upcoming Star of the Week will go home the Friday before in their Take Home Folder.
The packet given is completely optional.
Students will be chosen in alphabetical order.

12. Expectations Be kind to others. Do your own work Try your best
Make good choices
Stay safe

13. Behavior Management Plan
Dragon Bites
Whole class effort
Reward given when jar is full
Gold tags
individual students
rewarded each week
Behavior communication sent home for persistent behaviors in Take Home Folder

14. Goals Develop self-control and self discipline
Develop good listening skills
Develop independent working skills
Develop responsible individuals
Develop social skills

15. Papers
On desk:
Emergency Information
Volunteer opportunities
Specials schedule
Remind sign-up
Papers can be turned in today, tomorrow, or anytime next week.

16. To Do List Ask questions
Bring school supplies and your child to Open House tomorrow from 10:30-11:30
Thanks for coming!