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Reminders
- Sign up for our classroom texting service! You'll never miss an update/reminder again! (See Above!)
- Please update your Info Snap and pay all school fees. Students will not be allowed to take their iPads home if fees are not paid. This email was sent out to parents via Forest Glen this summer.
- iPads will distributed NEXT Monday and will go home sometime that week if the TIS fee has been paid.
- Please send in a baby picture of your child (Labeled in an envelope)
- If you haven't sent us your "In a million words or less" letter about your child, please do by Friday!
- Agendas are coming home today! You do not need to sign them each night. We're going to be using these to help foster the accountability and independence of classroom tasks. (Students are expected to use them FOR NOW....but many will not be for long!)
SPECIALS SCHEDULE (NOTE-Kentop's library and PE swapped days)
Kentop
Monday: Phy Ed
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Library and Music
Thursday: Phy Ed
Friday: Phy Ed and Music
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Music and PE
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Music
Friday: PE and Library
Madison!
Our 4th grade class field trip to Madison is set for Friday, October 12th. We will be taking coach busses down there and the students will need to be to school by 6:45 am and picked up later in the day after the busses leave (approximately 4:30 pm). If you are interested in chaperoning and riding the bus you MUST be on the approved chaperone list. If you are not sure if you are on this, or are new and need to do the paperwork to be approved please click here to follow the steps on how to fill out the paperwork BY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH.
The district needs about 3 weeks to process this so please do this ASAP!
Classroom Expectations
As teachers, we have gone through Tribes, Advanced Tribes and Conscious Discipline training. All of these ideas embrace our K-4 Discipline plan. Basically the two plans consist of creating a sense of community and “family” in the classroom so everyone feels cared for and safe. It also deals with teaching the students to problem solve and think for themselves. It teaches them to know how to solve certain situations that they are presented with on their own, or with a friend, instead of always relying on an adult. It also focuses on the importance that all students learn differently and allowing many different options for students to learn. Through going through the training ourselves, we came away feeling really loved and cared about by our “teachers” and this is what we want for our students to feel from us also!
Here are the 4 tribe rules that we will follow in class:
- Attentive Listening
- This means that all of the students will listen to me, and I will show them the same respect when listening to them.
- Appreciations-No Put-Downs
- We are going to try to more often tell people what we appreciate about them. We do not make fun of others because it makes us feel bad and this doesn’t show how much we appreciate them.
- The Right To Pass
- We all become better students by participating in the classroom activities but sometimes students just don’t feel comfortable sharing certain things. With this Tribes classroom, you then have the right to pass and not use your voice to participate, but you still must be participating with your ears, eyes and heart.
- Mutual Respect
PBIS
PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Intervention Support. Through the use of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), Forest Glen is committed to providing all students with the opportunity to succeed in a safe and positive school environment. All staff and students follow the behavior expectations to be safe, be respectful, and be responsible.
Students are taught the expectations through lesson plans called “Cool Tools.” When students demonstrate positive behavior they are recognized with “Timbertail Tokens” which they can exchange for activities each month. When students struggle with following the expectations they have opportunities for continued practice and intervention through a referral process.
Snacks and Water
Please send a healthy snack to school with your student everyday!
Also, water bottles are allowed in class as long as they have a secure cover, and only water is in them. Water helps the brain think and research has been proven that drinking water during learning, aides in the learning process.