Grades: Grades are a measure of a child’s understanding. I try to explain to my first graders that a poor grade means they did not understand the material being taught. It tells me that I need to go back and help them with that particular skill. I do my best to always give the benefit of the doubt when I grade papers. If I make an error or you do not understand a particular grade your child received, please call it to my attention. I take at least one grade per subject each week. Graded papers will come home each Wednesday unless I state otherwise.
Discipline: I will be following the school wide discipline program. Each child will have a clothespin in which they will have to “move” if a rule is broken. Most of you are familiar with this as the same method was used in Kindergarten. The consequences are as follows: Green=Warning, Yellow=Sad Note,Library: Our library day is Friday. Please help your child remember to return his book.
Book Club: I send off a book order once a month to Scholastic Book Club. Through participation in the club, we earn free books, tapes, computer programs and other things for our classroom. Choosing books of their own is a great incentive to read for fun. The more a child reads, the better reader he/she becomes. I will be sending home our first order form in the next week or two. Checks should always be made payable to Doyle Elementary.