Snacks
We have a 10-minute snack time every morning after our first recess! This snack should be a small amount of healthy food to keep your child energized for the day. We encourage that your child choose what to eat, but please avoid bringing a sugary treat. The snack should be pack separately from your child’s lunch for easy access. Water bottles are welcome! Each student’s water bottle must have a secure, spill-proof lid that fits in their backpack.
Homework
Required homework consists of nightly shared reading—10 minutes of 1:1 reading with Depth of Knowledge questioning to support fluency and comprehension, word lists to study for the weekly spelling test, and a packet of math pages reviewing the previous week’s classwork.
Homework is sent home on Mondays (in your child’s yellow folder) and is due back on Fridays. Their yellow folders can live in their backpacks!
Absences & Make-Up Work
At SMS, if your child is ill and will be absent, we ask that you email your child’s homeroom teacher (me!) and the school office (schooloffice@stmadsophie.org) each new day of the absence. You can also call the school office (425-747-6770 x 201) before 8:30AM and leave a message.
If you are going on a family trip, please inform myself and the office. You only need to do this once! If a student has an appointment, written notice is to be submitted to the office the morning of the appointment before the teacher may release the child. If your child is absent, I will meet with them upon their return to school to assign any make up work and cover any content that they have missed. Make-up work packets may be given depending on the length of the trip. We can discuss on an individual basis when you know when your student will be gone!
Photos at School
We love to highlight our students at SMS, and often those highlights come in the form of photos! I also love to take photos and I will often send highlights from activities throughout the month via photos. If you do not wish your child to be photographed for any reason, please make sure an annual letter to that effect is on file in the SMS office no later than October 1 each year. Please also let me know if you would not like your child to be photographed in our classroom so I can ensure your student is not photographed.
At-Home Learning Strategies
A helpful resource with tips for homework, plus fun ideas to keep your child learning and growing outside of school.
1st Grade Standards
See what 1st graders are working toward this year in reading, language, math, science, and social studies.