Homework

Writer's Notebooks are being collected and graded this week. Students should 
be writing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week except for 
the day they hand in their notebook for a total of 3 homework entries by the 
end of the week. Parents - please review and sign the Writing Rubric that 
will come home this week.  Your child's Writing notebook will be collected 
every other week.  On the alternate week, I will collect and grade students 
Reader's Notebook.  Please review and sign the Reading Rubric that will come 
home as well.   

Our Classroom Policy

1. Students will receive three verbal warnings for misbehaving in and out of 
the classroom.  After three warnings, they will miss recess for the day.  If 
the student continues to misbehave, a note will be sent home or a phone call 
will be made.
2. No homework – No Recess.  Each month the students will receive one Free 
Homework Pass.  It may be used for any day that month.  It is the student’s 
responsibility not to lose their pass.  
3. There are rewards too!  Our class is a “Team”.  When the whole class 
behaves exceptionally well, they will receive a class star.  It is a group 
effort and earned by everyone.  After five stars are achieved, the student’s 
will have the opportunity to vote on a celebration (i.e., ice cream party, 
movie party, pizza party)!  
4. Our class motto:  Be The Best You Can Be!

Homework

1. Homework is given every night except special occasions and Fridays.  
Please review all homework with your child.  If your child is having 
difficulty on something, please bring it to my attention immediately. You 
may 
write a note right on the assignment.  I will be sure to sit with your child 
so we can review it together. 
2. It should not take your child more than a half an hour to do his or her 
homework. 

Assessments

Assessments are given at the end of each unit (depending on the subject). No 
Assessment is given without proper notice to your child.  Not all 
Assessments 
will come home. Some will be placed in your child’s portfolio.  We will go 
through the whole portfolio together at conference time. 


Homework Pass

Each month the students will receive one Free Homework Pass.  It may be used 
for all homework for one day.  It is the student’s responsibility not to 
lose their pass.  They may save their passes,  however, no more than 2 passes 
may be used in one month’s time.

** Our class policy is:  No homework – No Recess.  So a good idea would 
be to save a pass in their homework folder to be used in an emergency.