Welcome!!!

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Hello- I am going to be your child's teacher this year. I am very excited for the school year and plan on doing many different activities. First I would like to have a meet and greet at the school. I will be at the school on Thursday night, the Thursday before school starts, I will be there at 4:30 until 8 or later. We can meet in the classroom where your child will spend the year. I can answer different questions and concerns that you may have. I will have my contact information available that night. I hope to see all of you there!!!! If you are unable to make it you can send me and email at bacody@pulto.dsu.edu

I am ready for a great year, Betsy Cody


Here are some tips on different ways to help your child succeed this year and the years to come:external image cartoon_bookworm_reading_a_book_0521-1001-2909-5150_SMU.jpg

  1. Talk with your child and listen to what they have to say
  2. Read to your child and let them read to you
  3. Make a daily routine and set aside an area for them to read quietly and do homework
  4. Allow them to explore and play
  5. Eat meals together
  6. Have an appropriate bedtime for your child
  7. Allow your child to have fun outside of school time but monitor and guide that time
  8. Be a role model for your child with good values and positive behavior
  9. Show your child that you have high expectations of achievement
  10. Learn more about child development and parenting skills
  11. Be strict with your child be do allow them to make their own choices
  12. Show your child that you to are interested in what is happening at school
  13. Make sure you are communicating with the teacher if you every have a problem
  14. Let your child know that they are special and we all have different cultures, and backgrounds




Volunteer, Volunteer, Volunteer!!!external image thank%20you%20clip-art.jpg
I will be looking for many different volunteers to help with different things in the classroom and out of the classroom.
In classroom some things that will need help is:
  • Make a Parent bulletin board
  • Make games for the room
  • Correct Papers
  • Organize cupboards
  • Help out with the activities that are being done in class
There are also many different task that you can do if you don't have time to come into the classroom:
  • Write a Parent newsletter
  • Make a Website for the classroom Parents
  • Write a Parent newsletter to send home
  • Make different games that can be used in the classroom
  • Collect box tops
  • Serve as the telephone Chairman for the class

As a Parent you can come into the room and read to the Children whenever you would like, Just send me an email or give me a call please!!