1. Shadycrest Elementary
Tell a bit about yourself here!
Welcome to our 1st Grade
Open House
August 30, 2018

2. Now is your chance to round them up! What will you need help with?
Specials
Your child will rotate through PE, Music, Art, and Library each week
They will attend library, music, and art once a week and PE three times a week.
So that your child can come prepared with proper shoes or their library book, our class rotation will be as follows…
Our special’s rotation
Day 1- Music
Day 2-PE
Day 3-Library
DAY 4-PE
Day 5-Art
DAY 6-PE
Now is your chance to round them up! What will you need help with?

3. Rules Ms. Happy Teacher Second Grade Be Safe, Be Respectful,
Be Responsible
Rules
Show respect
Keep hands, feet, and objects to ourselves
Follow Directions
Walk slowly and quietly
Raise your hand
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

4. Ms. Happy Teacher Second Grade Positives: Consequences:
Tickets (golden French Fries)
to be used for Free “Fryday” Funtime
Bucket Fillers
Punches and Treasure Box
Consequences:
Conduct Marks- in Friday Folder
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

5. Homereaders Ms. Happy Teacher Second Grade
Will be sent home on Monday and read all week. Students will return the books on Friday and have the envelope signed.
Once your child has finished a sheet they will receive a special pencil.
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

6. Seesaw Ms. Happy Teacher Second Grade
Please use your child’s personal code to view pictures and videos of them learning. Your child will be creating digital projects and upload to seesaw..
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

7. We are a latex free school and class. No balloons please.
If your child has a band aid from home I will send them to the nurse to change it to a latex free band aid.
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

8. Please keep it over the weekend and return the next week.
Backpacks
Throughout the year your child will bring home a special backpack for homework. There are different activities to do in it. Your child can do as many or few as you like.
Please keep it over the weekend and return the next week.
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

9. Birthdays and Cupcakes
If you want to send cookies/cupcakes for your child’s birthday, they will need to be store bought. These will need to be labeled with child/teacher name and dropped off at the front reception. They will be served to the class during the last 15 minutes of the school day.
No balloons or party goods please. We are a balloon and latex glove free campus to protect our students with severe allergies.
How many kids are in the class? Do you welcome treats or do something else for the special day?
We ask that birthday party invitations not be sent to school to be distributed unless invitations are available for all the children in the class or all girls/all boys. Half Birthdays celebrated for our
summer birthdays
PTA will provide a small prize for students on their birthday.

10. Student Motivation Theme
Student Motivation Theme
Ms. Happy Teacher
Second Grade

11. Tell a bit about yourself here!
School Hours 8:00am-3:15pm
The front doors open at 7:15 AM. (Please refrain from dropping your child off before this time as there is no one on duty to supervise them.)
Breakfast is served from 7:20 – 7:45 AM
Staff on car duty starting at 7:30 AM
A student entering the building anytime after 8:00 AM will be counted tardy.
If tardy, parents are asked to escort students into the building and sign them in at the front reception desk.
Please limit tardies as they interrupt instructional time.
Tell a bit about yourself here!

12. What is important to you?
Absences
Texas has a compulsory attendance law which requires students to be in attendance the full instructional time class is offered unless a valid excuse is presented.
If your child has a doctor/dentist appointment and returns to school the same day, he/she will be counted present as long as an excuse from the doctor/dentist is provided.
If your child is absent, you need to send a note to the school within three days of when he/she returns or it will be counted as an unexcused absence.
Please include your child’s name, teacher’s name, date of absence, and the reason for the absence.
Excessive absences/tardies means that your child will be missing out on important instructional time. Three or more tardies or early check outs will also prevent perfect attendance awards.
Each day that your child is absent, you will receive a Blackboard Connect automated call to notify you. This has already been taking place at the JH and up levels, but will now happen in elementary also.
What is important to you?

13. Tell a bit about yourself here!
Illness
Tell a bit about yourself here!

14. How would you like parents to contact you? List email, phone, etc.
Student Safety
How would you like parents to contact you? List , phone, etc.
Anyone entering the building or picking up a child will need to present their Driver’s License to the front desk clerk. This is a district policy and is in place for the safety of the students and staff at Shadycrest.
Anyone other than the parent/guardian must be indicated on the emergency card in order to pick up your child.
This year we will have some 4th grade Owl Patrol students that will help us in assisting our lower level students during arrival and dismissal periods. For their safety, while out at car rider duty we will ask these students not to step off the curb.

15. Tell a bit about yourself here!
Parent Communication
Weekly Newsletters:
I will send you a weekly discussing an activity or concept we are covering. I will also attach a “Peek of the Week” that will highlight the skills we will be covering during the week and any other important reminders. Please let me know if you do not have , so I can send you a paper copy.
Friday Folders:
Conduct folders are sent home weekly to inform you of conduct and work habit grades as well as inform you of minor redirections noted throughout the week. Anything serious will be discussed personally at the time of the incident or through parent conferences.
Phone Calls/ s:
If you leave a phone message for a teacher or send them an , they will respond within 24 hours
Emergency Communication Procedures:
Blackboard Connect is a call notification system that will be utilized to provide information and inform you of emergency situations. Please keep your emergency contact numbers updated so the system can contact you about any situations. This system will also be used sparingly to notify you of upcoming campus events.
Tell a bit about yourself here!

16. List them all or just those extras you would like students to have.
Classroom Rules
**BE SAFE
**BE RESPECTFUL
**BE RESPONSIBLE
List them all or just those extras you would like students to have.

17. Homework Expectations:
Grade Level Info
Conference Time:
9:45-10:30 (No conferences on Tuesday during conference or Wednesday afternoon due to meetings). Monday – Friday
Please call for an appointment (281)
Homework Expectations:
Students will have daily readers beginning in
October, more information will be sent home
at a later date.
Discipline Plan:
Conduct and Work Habit
E, S, N, U
What is the morning routine like?

18. Grade Level Info
Progress Reports:
Progress reports will be sent home two times in between each report card.
Report Cards:
Students will receive: AI (applies independently), SD (steadily developing), and NS (needs support).
For conduct and work habits students can receive E,S,N or U,
For Music, PE, and Art, students will receive a grade of S, N, or U.
How do you encourage and reward positive behavior? You can tell about your plan here.

19. Skyward Access Continues
Paying for field trip
List your rules and expectations here.
Login in to Skyward
Select Fee Management
Make a payment

20. Money Collections
Checks should have driver’s license and phone number on them.
As teachers we are not to collect and hold money in our classrooms overnight. Therefore, it is safest to send picture money, PTA fundraiser money, etc. to school as close as possible to the collection date and not too far in advance.
Please also place it in a sealed envelope in your child’s backpack with your child’s name, phone number and what the money is for. Students can then take the money to the PTA, café, etc.

21. How is learning measured? When can parents expect tests?
Promotion Requirement
How is learning measured? When can parents expect tests?
Promotion from grade 1 to the next grade level shall be based on proficiency in reading, language arts, and mathematics, as demonstrated by earning a grade of at least Steadily Developing (SD) for a majority of the grades in each of those subjects on the final report card of grade 1.

22. What is your grading scale?
TEKS Expectations to Know
What is your grading scale?
For information on the general grade level skills your child will cover this year, please visit the following website:
(then click on grade level) .

23. Dress Code Information
Pearland ISD has established a standardized dress code for students. Please be advised that at each occurrence of dress code violation, the students will be issued a consequence.
A copy of the dress code is available in the Pearland ISD Student Code of Conduct handbook as well as on the district website. Additional copies can also be obtained from the front office as needed.
Common Violations: cargo shorts, white pants, ripped jeans, light up shoes, etc…
Please label sweaters, hoodies and jackets.
Shadycrest spirit shirts as well as district spirit shirts from our feeder campuses (Alexander, East, Pearland High School, Turner) can be worn daily. College shirts may be worn on Fridays only.
We appreciate you working with us to ensure your child is in compliance.

24. Dress Code Information
Shadycrest spirit shirts
Feeder spirit shirts (Alexander MS, Junior High East, Pearland HS)
College shirts (anyday)
Stripes and plaid with a collar
Please label your child’s jacket 

25. Shadycrest Spirit Shirts or Feeder School Spirit Shirts
Dress Code Examples
Shadycrest Spirit Shirts or Feeder School Spirit Shirts
Are there things parents can do to help a child who is struggling?

26. Jeans and Appropriate Length Shorts
Dress Code Examples
Jeans and Appropriate Length Shorts
Tell about your procedures here.

27. Cargo shorts with expandable pockets
Dress Code Examples
List or give a link to a website(s) where this information can be found.
Athletic Shorts
Cargo shorts with expandable pockets

28. Striped Shirt without collar Striped Shirt with Collar
Dress Code Examples
Striped Shirt without collar
Let parents know how they can expect to be informed.
Striped Shirt with Collar

29. No Backless or Light up Shoes
Dress Code Examples
List special education, counseling, tutors, paraprofessionals and other support staff here.
No Backless or Light up Shoes
No Backless Shoes

30. Dining Room Information
Describe recess, brain breaks, special celebrations, field trips, field day and other memorable events.
Children need healthy meals to learn. Pearland ISD offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast costs $1.40 and lunch costs $2.50.
Your children may qualify for free or significantly reduced priced meals. Applications are available online. Paper copies of this application can also be obtained upon request. Please note that you must re-apply for this each year and that you will need to cover the cost of meals until the application is approved.

31. Lunch Time
You are welcome to eat with your child on the stage or outside at the picnic tables. If you choose to take your child outside, you will need to check them out and then back in at the front desk. We kindly ask that your child not bring a friend outside or to the stage. When lunch is over, we ask that you refrain from walking down the hall with the class.
To ensure the safety and privacy of students, when eating with your child we ask that you refrain from the following:
Sharing food with other students
Allowing electronic devices to be played with by other students
Taking pictures or videos of other students
List the special and the day/time so parents know when to send back that library book!

32. Lunch Time
Information on how to access student lunch accounts is located on the Pearland Food Service website. There is a link for Parent Online meal payments. Restrictions can also be set to limit snacks or indicate allergies, etc… There is no fee for this service.
Store bought cupcakes will be allowed for student birthdays and ½birthday celebrations. Please drop them off at the front desk with your child’s name and their teacher’s name. The teacher will distribute treats to the students the last fifteen minutes of the instructional day. **(No favors, paper products, or balloons please.)
What extra items would you really appreciate? Let parents know how you will ask for them.

33. Dining Room Procedures
What do you allow/not allow?
A positive incentive plan is set up in the cafeteria to promote good behavior. We recognize that their social time at school is limited. While we want all children to be able to enjoy talking to their friends at lunch, we need the volume to be reasonable for student safety. A variety of different incentives are set in place to reward safe lunchtime conversation.
In order to prevent the entire class from being penalized in anyway for the actions of a few, students will be redirected individually. Students are given an individual warning and then if they choose not to redirect, they will be asked to move to an assigned seat at the end of the table. If a student continues to not comply they will be moved to an isolated desk. Further non-compliance results in lunch detention in the office and parent contact.

34. Describe what your reading block looks like.
School Dismissal – Bus Riders
Describe what your reading block looks like.
Students are not allowed to ride the bus home with other students at any time.
Concerns regarding transportation or changes to the bus registration paperwork should be directed to the transportation department directly at

35. School Dismissal – Cafeteria Walk Up
If you are going to walk up to pick up your child, your child needs to be designated as a cafeteria walk up. These students will be dismissed out of the cafeteria. Please do not block driveways while parking.
IDs are not checked for adults picking up students designated as cafeteria walk-up. If you prefer the enhanced security you will want to designate your child as a car rider.
For safety reasons, please do not park in the school parking lots and walk in if your child is designated cafeteria walk up.

36. School Dismissal – Car Riders
Car riders are picked up at the front of the building. For safety reasons, we ask that parents do not walk up to pick up students designated as car riders.
Please make certain that a dashboard placard is visible with student name and grade level.
Students will be called to a column with a teacher on duty to be waiting for you to pull around. Without a placard, we will ask that you pull to the front for us to check driver’s license and ensure the driver is an approved emergency contact.
Feel free to have multiple Shadycrest dashboard placards if you have different individuals picking up your child. Students need to load on the right side of the vehicle.
If your child needs help buckling their seat belt, please pull out of line and into a parking spot to buckle students in.
Your child’s safety is our #1 priority!
Although slow in the beginning of the year, this process will improve drastically as we get into a routine. Your cooperation and patience with beginning of the year dismissal is appreciated.

37. School Dismissal – Walkers
Only students living in the neighborhood can be designated as walkers.
If you do not live in the neighborhood your child will need to be a car rider or cafeteria walk up.
Kindergarten students will not be allowed to walk home without a parent or designated adult. If you have a kindergarten students that you want to walk home, they must be designated as a cafeteria walk-up.

38. Drills
Fire: A fire drill is required each month of the school year. Students are expected to exit the building quietly with their class through the nearest exit. Teachers use class rosters to make sure we have accounted for all students. Once everyone is clear, two bells signal reentry into the building.
Tornado: Tornado drills occur one time a year. During these drill, classes with windows relocate to an interior room with no windows and review duck and cover with their students.
Lockdown: We are required to have 2 lockdown drills each year. During a lockdown drill, teachers turn out the lights, lock their doors, and hide their class from view. These drills occur so that students and teachers are better prepared in the unlikely event that there is an intruder in the building.

39. Response to Intervention (RtI)
Any time a teacher has a concern or needs additional ideas on how to support a student in the classroom, the teacher can schedule an RtI meeting with a group of colleagues.
This committee addresses instructional, behavioral or social/emotional needs. Parents are invited to be a part of this process and are also given paperwork to complete so that your input is involved.

40. B.Y.O.D – Bring Your Own Device
Teachers will send a Skyward Family Access to let parents know when they will be having a BYOD day.
When students come in to class on a BYOD day, the teacher will collect the labeled devices in a plastic tub and distribute them to the correct student when it is time for the BYOD part of the lesson.
When teachers leave the room for any reason on a BYOD day, they will lock their classroom doors.

41. B.Y.O.D – Guidelines
Students do not need a device to participate in the lesson.
Device and protective case should be clearly labeled with the child’s full name. (use a label maker, masking tape, etc.. to label the devices)
Device should be charged prior to bringing it to school.
A protective case that the students can’t remove easily is highly recommended for the device.
Devices are only allowed on BYOD days.
Devices will be used for teacher led instruction only.
Students are responsible for their personal property.
The school cannot be responsible for lost/stolen/damaged personal property.
Students may not physically share devices.
Students must be able to operate their device, including knowing how to connect to Wi-Fi. (PARENTS: make sure that Wi-Fi is enabled on the device)
If an app will be used in a lesson, it must be downloaded prior to bringing the device to school. (PARENTS: Make sure that the app works and that there is enough storage on the device before sending it to school)
It is recommended that the device be Wi-Fi capable, have a camera, and be able to open PDF files. (Devices that have worked well: iphone, iPad, etc…; Devices that have had difficulties: Kindle)

42. District GRIT Initiative (Gumption, Resiliency, Integrity, Tenacity)
Grit is working strenuously and passionately toward challenges or goals, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress.
This year we will be focusing on educating students about the brain and having a growth mindset.
Be on the lookout for displays throughout the building and blurbs in the campus newsletters that focus on GRIT and having a growth mindset!

43. Volunteering
We love parent volunteers! Volunteering can mean joining the PTA and assisting with a carnival booth shift on a Saturday, helping coordinate our classroom parties, assisting regularly in the cafeteria or library, taking off a day of work to attend the field trip, or cutting out things at home for a class project. This year our PTA is continuing the ‘Watch Dog’ (Dads Of Great Students) program to encourage Dad’s to take a stand in supporting the school. There is not a standard mold for a volunteer here at Shadycrest. If you want to help—we want you!
If you are interested in volunteering, please let us or the PTA know. Volunteers should also complete a criminal background check online.
Tonight we also have a sign up sheet for you to be able to give your contact info to the room mom.

44. Additional
Questions?

45. Thank you!
We look forward to teaching your child and working together to make this a truly successful year!