Hello parents! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday! Mine was very busy as we were in Orlando for my daughter's cheerleading squad to compete in the Regional Pop Warner cheer championships. They won first place! This means that they will be moving on to the National Championship which will take place next week. I will be out of school next Monday so that I can attend.
Progress reports will be coming home by the end of this week. Our skills and strategies are getting more difficult as the year goes on, so please look over the tests and classwork your child brings home so that you can be aware if your child is struggling in any area. I am always available for conferences if you feel that there is a need.
Our secret words for the week are candy cane! I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Updates: Week of November 22nd
Good afternoon! I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! This is going to be a very short week at school, so there will be no homework this week. Please continue to read to your children daily and also have them read to you. The reading strategy we were working on last week was summarizing. Ask your child what they need to remember when giving a good summary and then have them summarize the book you are reading together.
Our resource schedule for this week is a bit different. We have no resources on Monday, and we will have art on Tuesday of this week. This is a make-up day from when we were out of school last Friday. Please remember that we are out of school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. You will be receiving email updates from myself and our room mom, Ms. Santos, about all of our upcoming holiday activities. We hope to give you plenty of notice so that if you would like to come in and help in the classroom, you will have adequate time to make arrangements.
Our secret word for this week is Thanksgiving! I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful holiday and a very happy Thanksgiving, for we all have MUCH to be thankful for! I am especially thankful that you allow me to share this time with your precious children. They are truly a gift!
Until next time!
Our resource schedule for this week is a bit different. We have no resources on Monday, and we will have art on Tuesday of this week. This is a make-up day from when we were out of school last Friday. Please remember that we are out of school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. You will be receiving email updates from myself and our room mom, Ms. Santos, about all of our upcoming holiday activities. We hope to give you plenty of notice so that if you would like to come in and help in the classroom, you will have adequate time to make arrangements.
Our secret word for this week is Thanksgiving! I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful holiday and a very happy Thanksgiving, for we all have MUCH to be thankful for! I am especially thankful that you allow me to share this time with your precious children. They are truly a gift!
Until next time!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Information for the week - 11/15-11/19
Good afternoon! I hope all of you enjoyed your long weekend! I know that I did. Homework went home today and it is due back on Friday. Next week is a short week, so there will be no homework. Please continue to work with your child on his/her spelling words and also the high frequency words that are on the homework every week. When I administered the High Frequency Word test for Theme 3, I noticed that there were many more students who struggled with reading the words than in the last theme. The word list that your child was tested on went home today with the words circled that he/she did not know. Please continue to work with your child on those words as they will continue to come up in our future stories.
Next Tuesday is the last day to turn in orders for Scholastic Books for this order. These books are below what the price is in the book stores and they make great gifts! Also, when you place an order, we get free books for our classroom. Remember, the books have to be ordered online at www.scholastic.com and if it is your first time ordering this year, you have to put in our class activation code which is H6M7M.
Please remember to sign or initial your child's planner every night. This is a way for me to ensure that you are looking at both your child's behavior for the day as well as any notes I may need to write to you individually.
Have a great evening and an excellent week! Oh yeah! The Secret Word for this week is Pilgrim!!
Until next time....
Next Tuesday is the last day to turn in orders for Scholastic Books for this order. These books are below what the price is in the book stores and they make great gifts! Also, when you place an order, we get free books for our classroom. Remember, the books have to be ordered online at www.scholastic.com and if it is your first time ordering this year, you have to put in our class activation code which is H6M7M.
Please remember to sign or initial your child's planner every night. This is a way for me to ensure that you are looking at both your child's behavior for the day as well as any notes I may need to write to you individually.
Have a great evening and an excellent week! Oh yeah! The Secret Word for this week is Pilgrim!!
Until next time....
Monday, November 8, 2010
Short week!
Good morning parents!
Please remember that we don't have school on Thursday (Veterans' Day) or Friday (Weather Day) this week. Since that is the case, we have no homework this week. Please continue to read to your child and have him/her read to you. Also, have them retell the story to you making sure to include details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. This will ensure that he/she is not just word-calling, but is understanding the story.
We had a GREAT time at the zoo! The kids were so well behaved and the weather was fabulous! I hope that if you haven't had the opportunity to join us yet on a field trip, you will try to come with us on one of the three remaining field trips. I am so blessed with a fantastic class this year. You are all doing a great job raising your children!
The secret word for this week is contractions which is what we are working on in skills block. Have your child tell you what a contraction is and how it is used.
Have a wonderful week and a great long weekend!
Please remember that we don't have school on Thursday (Veterans' Day) or Friday (Weather Day) this week. Since that is the case, we have no homework this week. Please continue to read to your child and have him/her read to you. Also, have them retell the story to you making sure to include details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. This will ensure that he/she is not just word-calling, but is understanding the story.
We had a GREAT time at the zoo! The kids were so well behaved and the weather was fabulous! I hope that if you haven't had the opportunity to join us yet on a field trip, you will try to come with us on one of the three remaining field trips. I am so blessed with a fantastic class this year. You are all doing a great job raising your children!
The secret word for this week is contractions which is what we are working on in skills block. Have your child tell you what a contraction is and how it is used.
Have a wonderful week and a great long weekend!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
ZOO TOMORROW!
Good afternoon, parents!
Just a quick reminder that we are going to the zoo tomorrow on our field trip. It looks like it might be kind of chilly, so I'm going to tell the children to bring a sweatshirt or a jacket. If it is warmer than expected, they can tie it around their waists. The children do NOT need spending money as we will not be going into the gift shop or riding the train. We have some wonderful volunteers going with us so it should be an excellent field trip!
Just a quick reminder that we are going to the zoo tomorrow on our field trip. It looks like it might be kind of chilly, so I'm going to tell the children to bring a sweatshirt or a jacket. If it is warmer than expected, they can tie it around their waists. The children do NOT need spending money as we will not be going into the gift shop or riding the train. We have some wonderful volunteers going with us so it should be an excellent field trip!
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