Expectations and

Challenges


Rewards for
Good Behavior:
1. Verbal praise
2. Buckaroos
3. Positive notes/calls home
4. Special rewards created by
classroom teacher such as
stickers, treats, prizes, free
Students who
Choose NOT to
Follow
Classroom
Expectations:
student receives
1-3 verbal
warnings, then:
1
st
consequence
turn card to
yellow, 5 minute
time out.

2
nd
consequence
turn card to red
and receive a 10-
minute time out.

3
rd
consequence
turn card to
Classroom
Expectations

1. Follow directions
first time
given
2. Keep hands &
feet to
yourself
3. Work quietly
4. Raise hand to
talk
4. Stay in your seat
5. WALK in line



Students should plan to
arrive to school between
7:45 and 7:50. The tardy
bell rings at 7:55.
Students are assigned
morning work to complete
at this time. Students
arriving after the tardy bell
must check into the office
and the student will be
counted tardy. Students
arriving before 7:45,
should go to the cafeteria
and wait for their teacher
to pick them up.
1
st
grade dismisses at
2:55
Breakfast and Lunch
Prices and Times
Breakfast$1.20
Reduced$.30
7:20-7:40
Lunch $1.90 Reduced
$.40
ice cream $.50
Accounts
Deposits may be made to
student lunch accounts
any day of the
In first grade, our discipline plan
is designed to provide the
optimum learning environment for
each child. We discuss school
and classroom expectations with
Range Students. We spend a big
part of the 1
st
six weeks on
classroom expectations and we
expect students to follow the rules
throughout the entire school year.
We need your support at home to
ensure students are successful in
and out of the classroom. We
strive for a calm, relaxed
atmosphere, giving the students
an opportunity to succeed and be
rewarded. We also encourage
students to develop their own
self-discipline, differentiating
between right and wrong choices,
and learning to talk things out
with other students if conflict
arises.
If students make a wrong choice a
consequence WILL be given and we
will encourage the student to make
better choices during daily challenges
next time the student is at a
crossroads of right or wrong. We
Grades
I will send home daily work. If it has a
numerical grade on it, that means it is going in
the grade book. If it has only a check mark or
nothing at all from me, this just means it was
practice for the students and I did not take an
official grade. This DOES NOT mean it isnt
important or that I did not look at the work.
Also, if something comes home incomplete
and I need it completed & returned, I will
make a note on the top of the paper.
Otherwise, you may help your child work on it
at home, as you please. We do a lot of verbal
learning and testing in class, which is where I
also get a lot of grades.
First-Sixth Six Weeks
Numerical grades are given.
The grade scale is as
follows:

90 100 grade A
80 89 grade B
70 79 grade C
Anything below a 70-grade F
Conduct Grades
...are taken daily. The grade scale
is as follows:

1
st
3rd Six Weeks:
Every Yellow -10
Every red -20
Every orange -30

4
th
6th Six Weeks:
Every Yellow -15
Every red -25
Every orange -35
At the beginning of the
year, especially, I give quite a few
The School Day

Supplies
Students must be prepared
with school supplies each
and every day!
Please note: if students do
NOT take care of school
supplies there will be a
consequence. The
consequence may be points
off conduct or student may
not be allowed to use the
school supply.

Please bring the following:

2 # 2 Pencils 1 2 Count

2 Large Pink Erasers
1 pack Pencil Top Erasers

4 Crayola Crayons 16 Count

2 School Work Scissors 5"
Blunt

18 Elmer's Glue Stick .21oz

4 Expo Chisel Tip Dry Erase
Marker

4 Yellow Chisel Tip
Highlighters

2 Writing Tablets 1/2" Ruled
TAKE HOME
Folders
Students will bring a
folder home daily. It will
contain notes from me,
graded weekly
assignments, homework, a
book for nightly reading,
and the daily conduct
report. It is your job to
initial your childs folder &
write the title of the book.
*If behavior sheet is not
initialed and/or the book
title not written in, the
student will receive -5 for
conduct and/or reading.
Students are
responsible for coloring
their behavior chart,
bringing their folder &
book home and returning
their folder & book to
school every school day.
If this is not done, the
student will receive -5 for
conduct and/or reading.
CONDUCT
Must be initialed and

Policies &
Procedure
s
Ms. Bolin portable 51 pbolin@mesquiteisd.org
972-882-
5180

1
st
grade Rocks