Your child will receive a red vinyl pocket folder on the first day of school. This Red Folder will be used as our “Communication Folder.” Each time I have an important letter or form to send home to you, I will ask your child to place it inside his/her red folder. This folder will serve as a great method of communication, and will ensure that all important forms or documents don’t get lost in the transition from school to home or vice versa. Occasionally, you may find field trip forms, school order forms, memos from the office, and letters from me inside this folder. With that in mind, it is very important that you check your child’s communication folder daily for new information. Also, please make sure your child brings his/her communication folder to school each day so I can send home this information. If you have an important letter or document you’d like for me to see or keep, you can also place it inside this folder. I’ll be sure to ask for it the following morning. I routinely check each child’s communication folder every morning for messages or notes from home. It is important that we work together in order to ensure a successful school year for your child.

I will also be giving your child a homework sheet on Mondays. This sheet is to be kept on the back of the Communication Folder. That way it will be safe and not get lost during the week. On Fridays, you can remove the homework sheet from the back and throw it away. I'll be giving out a new homework sheet the following Monday.

Your child will need 6 Duo-Tang Pocket Folders With Prongs for class. Colors are listed below. Once you have purchased these folders with prongs, please label each folder accordingly. Don’t forget to write your child’s full name, grade, and our name on the bottom of each folder in case any folder gets lost. That way the folder can be returned.

Label the folders as following:

1. Math Folder (Blue)

Your child will receive extra practice math worksheets or packets to work on during math time, free time, and at home. I will ask your child to neatly store these worksheets inside their math folder. This way, when it comes time to study for a chapter test, your child may use these extra practice worksheets to study from.

2. Reading & language Arts Folder (Green)

This folder is extremely important. Please help me keep this folder organized by looking through it each night. This folder will store important papers, handouts, and writing tips that I will provide your child with throughout the school year. I tell the children that if they receive a paper with holes in it; it is an automatic sign to place this paper in the middle section of the folder with the prongs. Throughout the year, I always refer back to a specific handout that I gave them. It would be easier for the children to complete their work and use these hangouts as a guide if all the papers were kept in its appropriate place.

3. Content Folder ( Yellow)

This folder will be used to store any Science or Social Studies worksheets that we may working on in class and using during a thematic unit. I always refer back to our notes and I encourage the students to use this folder to organize their work.

4. Spanish Folder

This folder is for the Spanish teacher. The children will keep any Spanish related worksheets and their Spanish homework inside this folder. Remember that you child has Spanish homework once a week.

5. Music Folder

This folder is for the Music teacher. She often passes out the lyrics to songs that they are working on, and different handouts with music notes and music history facts. Your child can keep all their music papers neatly inside this folder.

6. Art Folder

This folder is for the Art teacher. She also gives the children worksheets on Art history and facts. They are to be placed inside this folder.

By labeling your child's folders you can help in keeping your child organized and neat throughout the school year.