Parents Night

First Grade, Mrs. Rose

August 28, 2014
7:00-8:00 p.m.
9/3/2014
Welcome to Our Garden!
Please sit at your childs table. Enjoy
the note from your child to you! Please
leave a short note for your child to
read(paper is on the desk).
Mrs. Rose/Family
Families
Room Mom: Mrs. Laura Roof; email-
<lroof@comcast.net>

Introductions
9/3/2014
Mission Statement
Cornerstone Christian Academy will
partner with parents to provide a
quality academic education
designed to develop students who
follow Christ, embrace Biblical
truth, and live lives that glorify
God.
Communication
Weekly: Friday email
srose@cornerstonecougars.net
mrsrosecca.weebly.com
The Cougar Connection
The Boomerang Folder
CCAs phone number is (770) 441-9222


Mission Service Trips &
Field Trips
We will visit Ivy Hall Assisted Living
several times this year. We might play
Bingo, have a wii tournament, participate
in a tea party, make crafts for others,
or sing holiday songs.
Field Trips: Cagles Dairy Farm and
Tellus Science Center-Magnets program
Our Schedule
Morning Work
Announcements, Pledges, Prayer
Bible
Phonics
Math
Writing
Lunch-11:45-12:15
Recess-12:15-12:45
Centers and Reading Groups
Social Studies/Science
Enrichments:
Mon.Writing @10:52-11:37; Music @ 2:11
Tues.-Spanish @ 2:11 (in room)
Wed./Fri.-P.E. @ 2:11
Thurs.-Art @ 2:11
Fri.-Library @ 11:17
Daily Folder & Weekly Folder
DAILY: The Boomerang folder will come home every day.
Please look inside it each day. There might be important
information from the school or about our
classroom. There will also be homework.
Homework/Behavior sheet: Please check your childs
behavior and initial each box after that part of the
homework is completed. Please return it to school each
morning
WEEKLY: The majority of your childs work will come home
in the Boomerang folder on Fridays. Please review the
work with your child and ask him/her questions about the
different pieces in the folder.
If your child forgets the folder, please do not bring it to
school.

Homework
Reading: Read 15 minutes each day
Phonics: Homework side of phonics worksheet
Spelling: Practice sight words each day
Ideas- spell out loud, write with markers, make
with magnetic letters, i-pad spelling practice, tap
on arm
Math: Practice math skills in a game, with an app,
with flashcards or on a worksheet.
Bible Verse: Memorize the weekly Bible verse
Please initial each box on the homework chart as
your child completes that part of his/her
homework.

Grading Policy
Daily work: =great, =followed
directions/neat, =with help/rushed/did
not follow directions; notes on papers as
needed
E: Excellent
G: Good
S: Satisfactory
N: Needs improvement

School & Classroom Rules
FOLLOW HOPE: Has respect for self, others, and
property; Obeys school rules; Pleases God with
words and actions; Exercises self-control
Classroom Behavior Chart:
Outstanding-treat!
Great Choices
Good Choices
Ready to Learn-We start here each a.m.!
Ooppss!
Consequence-appropriate to behavior
Time Out-phone call, note, email
Transportation
From the Family Handbook:
Lower school students will only be released to their
parents/guardians.
Students need a signed note from home to leave
campus with anyone other than their legal
guardians.
Please do not email your childs teacher with a
change of plans.
An email to their teacher may not be seen before
dismissal.
A last minute change of plans should be
communicated by a phone call to the school office.
Absence Procedures
From the Family Handbook:
A list of excused absences are in the
handbook.
If a student is ill, parents are to email or
call the receptionist by 8 a.m. on the
morning of the absence.
On the return date, a student is to bring
the doctors note confirming the absence
when applicable. The note is to be given to
the homeroom teacher.
Tardy Policy
From the Family Handbook:
A Cornerstone student learns to be
punctual. Occasional unexpected
circumstances may cause tardiness, but
habitual late arrival at school is not
permissible. Not only does it defeat the
learning of punctuality, it is disruptive
to your childs classmates
Snacks
From the Family handbook:
A snack time is provided during the day.
Nutritious snacks like fruits, vegetables,
crackers, breakfast cereal, pre-popped
popcorn, pretzels, and/or granola bars
along with water (no other drinks are
allowed during snack time) may be sent
from home each day for snack time.
NO NUTS in the classroom please!
Chewing gum is not permitted on school
grounds.

Dress Code
The uniform policy is in the handbook.
Please pay particular attention to the
shoes and belts.
School shoes should be safe for recess
and P.E.
Belts are required for boys every day.
Girls need belts if they have belt loops.
Medication
From the Family Handbook:
Students are not permitted to have medicine in their
possession at school by Georgia State Law.
Cornerstone Christian Academy is allowed to administer
Tylenol, Ibuprofen, and Benadryl
If students require medicine other than Tylenol,
Ibuprofen, or Benadryl to be administered while at school
or during a school-related activity, the medicine must be
accompanied by a doctors note with dosage instructions or
a labeled prescription with the students name on the
bottle.
An authorization form to administer medication must be
on file.
Meal Payment & Procedures
If you have not changed your childs
teacher, please do so.
Please let your child know if he/she is
buying lunch.
If you are bringing their lunch, please
write me a note or I will order a rush
lunch.
If a rush lunch is ordered, the charge will
be reflected on your monthly statement
from CCA.
Birthdays
May come Out-of-Uniform
Please deliver to the classroom/office in
the a.m. or send in with your child.
We will celebrate during snack time.
birthday for summer birthdays
No candles, balloons, etc.
Please precut if necessary.
Birthday invitations can be handed out at
school if everyone is invited or all the boys
or girls are invited.
Saxon Phonics and Spelling
Orton-Gillingham approach
Saxon curriculum
Please read the Dear Parents section on
each homework sheet!
We will practice 1-2 phonics skills each week
(as skills become more difficult). The
spelling test will be over words that follow
those specific rules (no lists until January).
Sight words do not follow any rules! They
must be practiced over and over.

Guided Reading Groups
Leveled Reading groups during centers/Individual
conferencing
The Daily Five: Read to self/others/listen to reading;
Writing, Word Work
The Daily Five: Promotes ownership of learning-book bins,
builds reading stamina, promotes vocabulary, writing,
phonics, comprehension and sight word skills growth;
transferable skills, authentic learning
Saxon books or Reading A-Z books will be for nightly
reading
Addition of Raz Kids! Passwords in tonights folder and in
your childs Daily Folder.
3-5 second rule

Writing
Writers Workshop:
1. Mini lesson on a writing strategy
2. Extended time to write
3. Conference individually with the teacher
We are encouraging the students to think
creatively and get their thoughts
down. Inventive spelling is acceptable until
they have learned the phonics rule. Then they
are expected to spell the word correctly.
Mrs. Angie Rodgers will come in each Monday
and teach writing all year.

Math
We use Everyday Math curriculum.
Use games and manipulatives as the
primary method of reviewing and
practicing math concepts.
Start to memorize math facts 0-9
Science & Social Studies
We will follow 1
st
Grade Georgia State
Standards.
Weekly Readers
Earth Science: Weather, Seasons
Physical Science: Sound, Shadows,
Magnets
Life Science: Living Things
Social Studies: Famous Americans,
American Folktales, Map Skills, Patriotic
Symbols

Bible
Positive Action Bible Curriculum
Focus: Enjoying Gods Gifts
Units: The World; Special Promises;
Worship; A Savior; Children; Friends;
Special Blessings
Memory Verses
9/3/2014
Q & A
QUESTIONS?

Thank you for preparing your child
to learn everyday!

Dont forget to leave the note for
you child .