The first thing you'll notice is the Bird's Nest. It's a place to keep "golden eggs" like money and notes from home. This zippered pouch helps keep these items safe on travels to school.

Next is our Class Handbook. It gives details about our class. It's also a handy resource to have available if any questions arise! We keep a copy of the Monthly Lunch Calendar and our Class Phone Tree right after the handbook.

The next section is to keep our homework organized! It contains reminders about Nightly Reading (and how IMPORTANT it is!!), our Nightly Reading Log, Comprehension Question Cards, and Book Pocket.

There are also zippered Hefty bags for our Number Cards (part of Math Investigations) and Spelling Ring. Our spiral Spelling Notebook stays here too until we hand it in each Friday for homework.

 Finally, the last section is for home-school communication! Our Agenda Books are perfect for daily correspondence with our class families. We write our parents a note each afternoon to tell one thing we learned or did during our school day. Sometimes we write a reminder note. Then we indicate our behavior by drawing a smiley face (or a straight or frowny face). There is no need for Mrs. Stamp or class parents to search for paper to write a note to each other, it can simply be jotted down in the agenda!

Our school also uses Purple Folders for daily papers and notices. This is located in the back of our EAGLE Notebook. One pocket is to keep at home and the other is for items to return to school. This is also a great place to keep our homework packet during the week.