WELCOME to FIRST GRADE!

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WELCOME to FIRST GRADE!

• Mrs. Rudolphs Class

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About Mrs. Rudolph

• I am a seventh year teacher
• I am working on my Masters in
• Teacher Leadership and an
• endorsement in Gifted and
• Talented Education at WKU
• I have two daughters 7-year-old Kali 2-year-old
  Lillian
• A cat and two dogs
• I love my church, family, and
• teaching your children!

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MY GOALS

• To make learning fun and interesting.
• To create a safe positive learning environment.
• To help all students make new friends and respect
  everyones differences.
• To create strong leaders.

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CLASSROOM RULES

• Rule 1 Listen when your teacher is
  talking.
• Rule 2 Follow directions quickly.
• Rule 3 Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
• Rule 4 Raise your hand for permission to speak
  and leave your seat.
• Rule 5 Respect yourself, respect others, and
  respect your school.

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Our Class Clip Chart
Our class clip chart is a positive classroom
management system that encourages leadership
behaviors. It also allows for students to redeem
themselves after making a poor choice.
Students will begin each day on Ready To Learn,
then move their clip up or down the chart
depending on their choices.
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? Daily Rewards ?for positive behavior

• Praises
• Brag Notes (Bucket Fillers)
• Mystery Motivator Slips
• LEAD Slips

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Leadership NOTEBOOKS (SPACEBOOK)
This notebook, aka Leader Binder, will be used to
communicate behavior, assessment data as well as
other important documents. Please look through
the binder with your child weekly (Fridays). A
separate homework folder will come come daily.
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Our Daily Schedule

• 800 815 Morning Meeting
• 815 830 Morning Preparation
• 830 1000 Reading
• 1000 1100 Math
• 1100 1115 Math or Reading as needed
• 1115 1140 Lunch
• 1140 1205 Restroom/ Recess
• 1205 1230 Writing
• 1230 130 RTI/ Enrichment
• 130 220 Theme
• 220 300 Specials
• 300 315 Reflection
• 315 Dismissal

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SPECIAL CLASSES

• Please look at Specials Schedule to keep up with
  daily specials.
• On P.E. days please make sure your child wears
  tennis shoes and dresses appropriately. If they
  do not dress appropriately they will not be able
  to participate.
• If your child wears flip flops, they will not be
  able to play with playground equipment.

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Transportation

• Fill out how your child will be going home on the
  FIRST day of school.
• Fill out how they will go home MOST of the time
  in the afternoon.
• Communicate with your child how they will go
  home. If transportation changes, please contact
  the office (send a note or make a phone call).

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SUPPLIES See the list in
your childs envelope
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LUNCH

• Our scheduled lunch time is 1120-1145
• Lunch- 2.00 Breakfast- 1.15
• If you are planning to have lunch with your
  child, please meet us by the office and allow
  your child to walk back to their room
  independently.
• Checks Please make sure your childs lunch
  number is written on their check. Pay with ease
  at www.mealpayplus.com

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FORMS, FORMS, FORMS! PLEASE sign and return the
needed forms ASAP! Thanks!
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SPACE BOOK! These go home every night and
come back daily!
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HOMEWORK Please complete the homework
preference form. Assigned reading will begin in
a couple weeks and will come home on your
preferred nights.

• READ, READ, READ!!!
• Reading with your first grader is the most
  important thing you can do this year!

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Parent Volunteers

• If you can come in and volunteer during the
  school day, SIGN UP!
• If I can send things home with your child to be
  cut out, glued, etc. SIGN UP!
• If you can come in and volunteer with curriculum
  activities during the school day, please SIGN UP!
• Your help is always needed, welcomed, and
  appreciated!

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Room Parent (s)

• Takes care of ALL parties by communicating to
  parents and helps to organize supplies.
• Volunteers when possible.
• Any other help is appreciated!

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Before you leave remember to

• Complete the emergency card in your childs
  envelope and leave it with me.
• Fill out the first day transportation note and
  leave it with me.
• Stop by the gym for information on buses, PTO,
  car riders, ect.
• Get information on lunches in the cafeteria.

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QUESTIONS?

• Email
• Lana.rudolph_at_warren,kyschools.us

• Call
• Jody Richards Elementary 904-1901

• Website
• http//www.warrencountyschools.org/olc/teacher.asp
  x?s2030

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