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Welcome Families!. Meet the First Grade Team. Laura Martin [email protected] (817) 698-7248 Room 514 Christine Benson [email protected] (817) 698-7249 Room 513 Joanna Wilson [email protected] (817) 698-7247 Room 515. Meet the Specials Team. Visit their Websites - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Welcome Families!
Meet the First Grade Team
• Laura Martin– [email protected]– (817) 698-7248– Room 514
• Christine Benson– [email protected] – (817) 698-7249– Room 513
• Joanna Wilson– [email protected]– (817) 698-7247 – Room 515
Meet the Specials Team
Visit their Websites
Sarah Ascher, Art [email protected]
Stacie Breckley, PE [email protected]
Kayla Gentry, Music [email protected]
Cox Elementary Mission Statement
.Cox Elementary is committed to creating a culture of high achievement and performance for all learners, both
students and staff, while fostering positive relationships within our school community.
What is Love and Logic?Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows children to live with the consequences of their choices.
The Love and Logic process is as follows:
•Shared control: Gain control by giving away the control you don’t need.•Shared thinking and decision-making: Provide opportunities for the child to do the greatest amount of thinking and decision-making.•Equal shares of consequences with empathy: An absence of anger causes a child to think and learn from his/her mistakes.•Maintain the child’s self-concept: Increased self-concept leads to improved behavior and improved achievement.•To learn more about Love and Logic, please visit their website at:
www.loveandlogic.com.
Wayne A. Cox Elementary Cougars’ Plan for Success
• We will treat each other with respect.• If you have or create a problem, you will be asked to
solve it.
• If you have trouble solving the problem, or choose not to, we will do something.
• What we do will depend on each person and the unique situation.
Elementary Student Dress CodeAccording to the NISD 2013-14 Student Handbook and Code of Conduct, students are required to have safe shoes for physical education and recess every day. Sandals must have a strap on the heel; flip flops do not meet dress code. (Page 36)
Flip flops, open-toed shoes, platform shoes, crocks, and boots are unsafe for PE and recess.
Elementary dress and grooming guidelines can be found on pages 35-36 of the NISD Student Handbook and Code of Conduct.
Grades Online
A letter will be mailed home for each student with a Home Access Center (HAC) login and password. Progress reports and report cards for students in grades 1-5 are viewed online through the HAC, unless requested by the parent. If you have not received a HAC letter, please email us at: [email protected].
GradesThe grading system for NISD is as follows:
100 – 90 A Excellent Progress 89 – 80 B Above Average Progress 79 – 70 C Average Progress 69 – 0 F Unsatisfactory Progress
(Failing)
Other areas of study such as art, music, PE, work habits, social behavior, and student progress are marked as follows:
E = Performs consistently at excellent/above standard expectations
S = Performs consistently at standard expectations
N = Performs slightly below standard expectations
U = Performs consistently below standard expectations
TEA Website
TEA website: www.tea.state.tx.us - Select “T” from A-Z menu; - Select “Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills” - Scroll down to first grade
First Grade Schedule
Doors Open at 7:20
Tardy Bell: 7:45
Recess: 10:45-11:10
Lunch: 11:15-11:45
Specials/Conference: 11:55-12:50
Dismissal: 2:45
CommunicationStudent Handbook and Code of Conduct at
www.nisdtx.org/studenthandbook
Class websites at www.nisdtx.org -Select Cox Elementary>Staff>Teacher Name
Pay lunch account online: Parents>Menus/Food Services
Transportation changes must be emailed to the front office at [email protected] by 2:00 p.m.
Parent/Teacher fall conferences
Writers’ WorkshopTeacher directed opening mini-lessons to model, encourage, and guide children to become writers
Independent student writing related to topics of choice, retells, expository, nonfiction, and a variety of genres
Student goal setting and guidance through individual conferring and small group work
Students share work in response group and author’s chair
Student writing portfolios held at school
Readers’ Workshop Teacher directed opening with mini-lessons that teach strategies
for becoming a better reader
Independent reading, partner reading, and readers’ theater that include a variety of different genres and leveled books
Student goal setting and guidance through individual conferring and small group work
Readers’ Response Notebooks
Guided Reading Books
Social Studies Citizenship
FamiliesCommunities Laws and Rules
Historical FiguresTime Lines
Maps
ScienceStudents will explore:
•Food chains•Heat, light and sound•Plants•Force and motion•Weather•Living and Nonliving things•Magnetism•Rocks, soil, and water
Math Units Patterns
Two and three dimensional shapesCounting moneyTelling time (hour and half hour)Addition and Subtraction Measuring FractionsPlace valueGraphsProblem solving strategies
We love Math!
Make-Up Work
•Make-up work may be requested only if a child has been absent for more than two days. Parents may email the front office before 9:00 a.m. to request homework on the second day of an absence. The make-up work will then be available at the front desk at 3:20 p.m. on the second day.
•Work will not be sent home with siblings, neighbors, or friends.
Teachers often need to work with children when they return to school, so not all work will
be sent home.
Birthday Celebrations• Parents may provide a treat for a child’s birthday that will be served
during the last hour of the day. Please provide individual servings for the celebration (i.e., cupcakes, cookies, etc.).
• Napkins must be provided.• Treats are to be dropped off at the front office, or the student may
bring them to the classroom in the morning.• Parents are not to be in attendance at this time, and we do not take
pictures of this celebration.• Personal party invitations may not be handed out during the school
day. The child, however, may stand outside the classroom door as students are leaving for the day to pass out party invitations.
Special Events
Boosterthon Fun RunField TripsWinter PartyValentine’s PartyField Day (May)
Daily Folders
• Your child will take home a yellow daily folder every day.
• Important information, homework, and more will go home in this folder.
• If you have any notes for the teacher, please place these in the folder in the clear pouch (coming soon).
• Any notes regarding behavior will be noted on the calendar.
Getting Involved at Cox Elementary• Join the PTA
– Email: [email protected]
• Dads…Become a Watch DOGS Dad– Program kicks-off in October. Information will be forthcoming.
• Volunteer in the Library– Contact Ms. Savage at [email protected]
• Assist in the lunchroom – Email: [email protected]
• Assist the Room Parents
To check the status of your background check, please email [email protected].
Room Parents for First Grade-Mrs. Martin’s -Mrs. Wilson’sErin Bellows Mandy Knight Pate682-605-4254 [email protected]
-Miss Benson’sNichol [email protected]
Thank You for Your Partnership!
• Remember to check district, school, and teacher website for current information.
• Be sure to keep your email, phone, and address information updated with the front office at Cox Elementary.
It will be an extraordinary year at
Cox Elementary!
Questions or Concerns?
Meet the First Grade Team
• Laura Martin– [email protected]– (817) 698-7248– Room 514
• Christine Benson– [email protected] – (817) 698-7249– Room 513
• Joanna Wilson– [email protected]– (817) 698-7247 – Room 515
