Welcome to
1st Grade!
Please help your child
organize school supplies.
Thank you!
Blue Desktop Pencil
Tray:
Place these items on the
tray.
1. 1 Pencil
2. Eraser
3. Highlighter
Supply Case: Place the
following items in your
supply case and place the
supply case on the top
shelf in your desk.
1. Twistable Crayons
take the tape off the
packet and keep crayons
in the packet.
2. 1 Dry Erase Marker
3. 1 Glue Stick
4. Markers keep markers
in the box.
5. 2 Pencils
6. Scissors discard
packaging so scissors
are ready to use.
Thank you!
LOCKER:
Place the following items
on the top shelf of your
locker.
1. Ziploc Bags, Kleenex,
Paper Towels
2. Art shirt If you have
an art shirt, hang it on a
hook in locker.
Baggie for Extra
Supplies is for the
following items. Place the
baggie on the top shelf in
your locker.
1. 3 Dry Erase Markers
discard packaging (if
applicable)
2. 4 Glue Sticks discard
packaging (if
applicable)
3. Box of pencils
remainder of pencils
should stay in the box
4. Crayola Crayons- leave
in box
Baggie for Headphones:
Discard packaging and place
headphones inside baggie.
 Place baggie on the top
shelf in your desk.

Classroom Sink: Paint Set In Desk: Poetry Binder &

& Liquid Glue 3 Composition Notebooks

Meet the Teacher

Welcome
Welcome to first grade!
Together, we will help
your child learn and
achieve to his/her
potential. Our first
Thank you!|
grade team has planned a
year filled with exciting
learning experiences and I
look forward to working
with you and your family!
Miss Chilcott
Education. In 2017, I
About Me
This year I begin my
5th year teaching at
BBHCSD. I am
entering my second
year teaching 1st
grade and was a
kindergarten teacher
for 3 years prior. I
graduated from Kent
State with a
bachelors degree in
Early Childhood
earned my masters
degree from Baldwin
Wallace in Literacy
 Communication
Classroom Website:
http://misschilcott.weebly.com

* A newsletter will be sent

home in your childs red home
folder at the beginning of
every week.
* I will update my classroom
website often so you have Contact Me
access to the weekly home Email:
sheet, student pictures and chilcottc@bbhcs
information about what were
learning in first grade.
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* I check email often, so Classroom
please feel free to contact me Voicemail:
at any time. 440.740.4352
* You may call and leave a School Office:
voicemail on the classroom 440.740.4300
phone during the school day.
PBIS please
In case of an emergency,
Positive
contact the school main office.Behavior Intervention and
Supports
Our classroom will be filled with
respect and kindness for all,
polite language, and patience with
others. The children will be
encouraged to develop self-control
and a good work ethic. Effort and
appropriate behavior will be
rewarded with positive praise to
encourage children to make
appropriate behavior choices.

All students at Highland Drive participate in Positive

Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), our school-
wide approach for supporting positive behavior for all
students. Behaviors are recorded on monthly individual
PBIS calendars, which are kept in the childrens red
home folders. Children who earn a clean calendar are
rewarded with a school-wide celebration at the end of
each month. The rules are listed on the calendar;
please help your child by reinforcing appropriate
behavior expectations at home as well.

Class Times, Attendance, Dismissal

Please contact our building office at 440.740.4300 by
9am if your child will be absent. If you plan to pick
your child up at the end of the school day, please send
a note with your child stating this. All children must
be signed out in the office prior to their
release from the classroom. Our school day
hours are 9:25am -3:40pm.

Red Home Folder Praise the

Please make sure your child has his/her red process, not the
home folder at school every day. Be sure product, the
to check the folder daily as this is one effort, not the
way we communicate with one another. All intelligence.
notes, including office mail, PSO, kid
mail, classroom mail and homework should Carol Dweck
be placed in this folder.

Newsletter/Homework Sheet
This will be sent home at the beginning of every week
in the front of your childs red folder. An electronic
copy will also be posted on the class website.
Parent Teacher Conferences
We will have one scheduled conference during the school
year. Highland Drive has two evening conference
options Thursday, October 12 or October 19, 2017.
Well sign up for conferences through SignUp Genius and
youll be notified via email in October with details
about signing up.

Open House
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 5:30
Junior Teacher
Our Junior Teacher has many jobs: teacher-helper,
office mail, leading the class in the calendar, day
count, Phonics Dance, and of course leading the class
to and from specials. (S)he has a variety of privileges
as well! Hopefully one of your childs favorite
privileges as the Junior Teacher will be the
opportunity to share something from home on his/her
scheduled Junior Teacher day. The Junior Teacher
schedule goes in alphabetical order of student first
names; your child will know when his/her Junior Teacher
day is approaching.

Featured Firstie
Every week, one student will be selected to be the
classroom Featured Firstie. Information about this
special week will be sent home the week
before your child is scheduled to be our
Featured Firstie.

Specials Schedule Test scores and

The specials schedule is located on the measures of
front of your childs red home folder and achievement tell
on the weekly newsletter. The children you where a
attend: Art 60 minutes; Music 40 student is, but they
minutes 2 sessions; Physical Education dont tell you where
(PE) 40 minutes 2 sessions; Media a student could
(Library) 20 minutes (The children must end up.
have tennis shoes for PE and library - Carol Dweck
books need to be returned every week in
order to check out new books.)

Field Trip
Our room parent will help coordinate parent volunteers
for our spring field trip. Details about the field
trip will be shared with you as soon as the information
is available.
Homework
Homework will be given Monday through Thursday. The
weekly newsletter will list all assignments.

School Lunch
The lunch menu is available on the district website.
You can find it under the heading Parents & Students.
You may pay online or send lunch money to school with
your child in his/her red home folder. Please mark the
envelope lunch money and include your childs first
and last name along with the payment.

Snacks
We have snack-time every day. Please provide a healthy
snack, and water bottle for your child. Also, please
keep in mind our classrooms are not air-conditioned
and the children need frequent water breaks.

Allergies
I have not been notified of student allergies yet. I
will update you with this information ASAP. Please do
not send snacks with any nuts, peanut butter, etc.
until further information is given on class allergies.

Birthdays
Your child may bring a treat to share with his/her
classmates. You may send the treat to school with your
child, drop it off at the office or bring the treat to
the classroom. At this time, we have 19 students. I
will provide allergy information for your consideration
in the very near future.

Class Celebrations
Our room parent(s) will coordinate four class parties.
Your support and contributions are greatly appreciated!
Detailed information about all gatherings will be
shared with you closer to the scheduled events:
1. Halloween Tues,, Oct. 31st Parade & Party!
2. Holiday Mon,, Dec. 18th
3. Valentines Day Wed,, Feb. 14th
4. End-of-Year Thurs,, May 31st
 Talk about your childs school day. Avoid the
question What did you do in school today?
because we all know the answer to that question
is nothing! Instead, have your child tell you
about a specific subject (phonics, reading
workshop, writing workshop, centers, math,
science, health, social studies, media, art,
phys. ed. and music.) Ask about our Hunks and
Chunks and have your child chant a few rhymes!
Have your child tell you about the Junior
Teacher; what did (s)he bring from home to share?

Check the red Home Folder daily.

Read the weekly newsletter at the beginning of

the week.

Read to, with or listen to your child as (s)he

reads aloud daily.

Talk about books with your child. Ask what

(s)hes reading in school.

Have a designated homework space and have all the

necessary supplies available, including pencils,
erasers and markers.

Keep reading and writing materials available for

your child.

Set a specific homework time and if your family

schedule permits, allow for a break time between
school and homework.
 Contact me as soon as a concern or question
arises.

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Develop Great Reading Habits at Home

Provide a variety of
reading materials in
your home:
nonfiction, fiction,
picture and chapter
books, comic books,
and magazines.
Find a comfy, cozy spot Make reading an
and read together. integral part of
joyful family time
(not a chore):
o Visit a library.
o Play board
READING games.
COMPREHENSION: o Read cereal
boxes, recipes
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encourage your signs.
child to make o Read bedtime
predictions about stories.
what will happen in o Read books
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Discover new and
intriguing words.
When finished,
retell the story in
the correct order
and make
connections to
yourself or another
book.
 Tell Me About Your
Child
Would you please take some time to tell me about your child? This information
helps me as I strive to support your childs academic, social and emotional needs in
the best manner possible.
Students Name: __________ Your Name: ________________

Family Email_______________ Phone Number: ___________

Siblings (Names and Ages):

________________________________________

What are your childs strengths?

_______________________________________________________

What about weaknesses?

_______________________________________________________

5 Words to describe your child:

1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________

5. ___________ 5. ___________

If there is anything else you want me to know about your child, please use the
back of the paper.

Return to Miss Chilcott

Thank you!