1. Ms. Gutierrez 1st Grade Class
Welcome Parents!
Ms. Gutierrez 1st Grade Class
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2. School Hours:
*Before Care: 7:00 am – 8:15 am (must register prior to first day of school).
*Students not enrolled in before care can enter school at 7:50am for breakfast and 8:15am for teacher pickup
*Dismissal is at 3:00pm
*First Day of School: Dimissal will be in the classroom at 3:00 PM.
*After Care 3:00pm – 6:30pm (must register prior to first day of school).
*Students cannot be left alone if they are not registered in before/after care.

3. Parent Volunteer Forms
*Available on the school website
Parent Portal Access Instructions
*Instructions are on the school website.
*Sign-Up for iMater Parent s on the website.

4. Absences and Tardies
*Make sure your child is in class on time on a daily basis.
*Students need to be in their seats by 8:30am.
*Make sure when your child is absent, you send a note to excuse his/her absence.
*5 consecutive absences REQUIRE a doctors note to be considered excused.
*Students with an unexcused absence will not be allowed to make up work.

5. Classroom Procedures/Schedule:
*Morning Journal
*Math
*Science
*Lunch 10:30-11:00 am
*Reading
*Writing
*P.E.
*Social Studies
*Dismissal 3:00pm
SPECIALS:
*Students will have Art, PE, Music and Spanish on a
weekly basis. Students will also have Recess daily.
**Please have the necessary classroom supplies by Monday, August 28th.

6. Curriculum: Common Core
Reading/Writing
*Students retell stories, including key details,
understanding the moral/lesson of the story.
*Students ask and answer questions about
key details in the text.
*Character/Setting/Events
*Students use illustrations and details in a text to describe key ideas.
*Students name a topic and supply facts about the topic.
*Students provide some sense of closure.
*Spelling/High-Frequency Words/Vocabulary
*Reading/Language Arts interactive notebook
*Weekly Assessments (starting January, students will be responsible for reading the stories on their own.

7. *Math interactive notebook
Math Curriculum:
*Addition
*Subtraction
*Word Problems
*Doubles Plus One
*Doubles Minus One
*Place Value
*Money
*Patterns
*Time
*Geometric Shapes
*Measurements
*Math interactive notebook

8. Science Curriculum: Social Studies Curriculum
*Students will be conducting science experiments
in our science lab once every two weeks.
*Science Interactive Notebook
*Scientific Process
*Animals/Plants
*Sun/Earth
*Water Cycle
Social Studies
Curriculum
*Social Studies Interactive notebook
*Social Studies Weekly

9. Home Learning: *Homework will be given on a daily basis.
*Students are responsible for copying their homework in their Agenda on a daily basis.
*Students NEED to practice Spelling/Sight/Vocabulary Words on a DAILY basis!
*i-Ready: Students will be require to complete atleast 45 minutes of Math and 45 minutes of Reading.
**Please check the homework on the school site on a weekly basis for important information.

10. Behavior Policies *Behavior Chart *Reward System *Sad Grams
*Consequences
*Unacceptable behavior will result in loss of privileges (field trips, class parties, recess time, etc.)
*Check your child’s agenda daily for any teacher notes sent home.

11. Dress Code: Girls Khaki Bermuda Shorts or Khaki Pants
White or Navy Blue Polo with logo
Solid Navy Blue sweater
All black sneakers or black converse sneakers
White or black socks
Boys
Black belt

12. Dress Code for cold days:
Students may wear a long sleeve shirt that
matches the color of the uniform shirt
that they are wearing that day.
Ex: white long sleeve shirt with white uniform shirt
Sweaters MUST be solid, navy blue
*Students are NOT allowed to wear boots or Uggs
on cold days, ONLY on Fridays, for Jean Day.

13. Jean Day Do’s Don’ts School spirit shirt NO Jean Shorts/Skirts
or uniform polo NO Jeans with rips
BLUE jeans only NO Jeans that fit too big or low
Any color sneakers NO open toe shoes or Crocs
*ALL jeans MUST be ankle length
Cost: $1.00
*NOT all Friday’s will be Jean Day, a announcement
will be made prior to Jean Day.

14. for ALL students and chaperones attending school field trips!
School Spirit Shirts
are MANDATORY
for ALL students and chaperones attending
school field trips!
*First grade uses the Aqua colored shirt
*Shirts are available for purchase for $10

15. Birthday Party Schedule
Wednesday, September 20
Wednesday, October 18
Wednesday, November 15
Wednesday, December 20
Wednesday, January 17
Wednesday, February 14
Wednesday, March 14
Wednesday, April 18
Wednesday, May 16
Wednesday, June 6
*If you would like to be a part of the birthday celebration, you MUST be cleared prior to the date.
*Only ONE parent/guardian is allowed to participate.

16. SAT Dates *April 4th-April 8th
*Please make note of these days so that your child is in school and on time.

17. Parent Volunteer Hours
30 hours per student
All donation items MUST have a
receipt attached to it with students
name!
*Class donations from the wish list
*Field Trip Chaperone
*Helping out around the school (please
make sure you are cleared to assist in
school activities)
*Gift Cards for class use

18. Thank You! “A teacher takes a Hand, Opens a Mind,
And touches a Heart!”
Thank You!