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to Miss Hessler's Wiki Page! This website will provide you with some information on what to expect this year in regards to your child's literacy instruction. Feel free to read the letter below as it contains a brief description of some of my classroom policies and procedures.

﻿ Dear Parents and/or Guardians, The first day of school is an exciting time for your child! By working together, we will make this year a positive and rewarding experience for your child! **Home-School Connection** I believe a good family and school partnership is important for student success. I welcome all parents and/or guardians as volunteers in our classroom, and look forward to working with all of you in the education of your child. While I understand it may not be possible for everyone to volunteer in the classroom during the school day, there are many ways to develop this important partnership at home including homework, communication with your child (and with me), and reading with your child daily. Throughout the year, I will communicate with you as much as possible. I will send home weekly newsletters covering important information about the upcoming week. I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions or concerns at any time. I will do my best to respond as quickly as possible.

**Classroom Management Plan** Our classroom must be an efficient environment where all students can learn and be successful. To ensure that each child has a positive learning experience, a classroom management plan has been developed. Through class discussions, the children and I will create a list of classroom expectations that outline the responsibilities that each child has in maintaining a positive classroom environment. In our classroom, we will keep track of behavior using a Behavior Rainbow, which is made up of the six colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). All students will begin the day in the middle of the rainbow, on yellow. If a classroom expectation is not followed and a student is in need of reminders, he/she will move down the rainbow to green, blue or purple. However, students will also have the opportunity to move up the rainbow to orange or red for demonstrating responsibility, kindness or exceptional behavior. At the end of the day, students will observe where they are on the rainbow and record the color on their monthly calendar. Every day, your child will bring home their monthly calendar with the color that they have received for the day. __Please review and initial the box and send the calendar back to school for the next day.__

The following explains each of the colors on our Behavior Rainbow: Red - Exceptional. Your child demonstrated outstanding responsibility and/or kindness throughout the day and is considered a model in our classroom. Orange - Excellent job. Your child demonstrated responsibility and/or kindness today. Yellow - All children begin here each day. Your child followed all classroom expectations and was ready to learn. Green - Good work. Child needed a reminder of classroom expectations, but all other areas of the day were good. Blue - Child needed 2 -3 reminders about classroom expectations and missed 5 minutes of Choice Time. <span style="color: #b309b3; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Purple - Child needed several reminders about classroom expectations and missed Choice Time. A note will be sent home about the behavior. <span style="color: #1c4fe9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">**Homework** <span style="color: #1c4fe9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">I believe that homework is a very important component of the school curriculum. Homework helps to reinforce the concepts that have been introduced in class, prepares students for future lessons, teaches responsibility, and helps students to develop good study habits. Each week your child will be responsible to complete homework assignments. The schedule that follows is tentative based on the needs of the students. It is expected that the students put forth their best effort on all homework assignments. I urge the students to do all the work on their own; however, it may be necessary to assist your child at times. Encouragement is expected to support your child in their effort to complete their homework.

<span style="color: #1c4fe9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">I am looking forward to a great year of working with your child! Thank you in advance for your concern and support throughout the year!

<span style="color: #1c4fe9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Sincerely, <span style="color: #1c4fe9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Miss Amy Hessler