September 15, 2013

Weekly Greetings,

 I hope you all had a lovely weekend, and that you could truly enjoy the fall weather that was so crisp and  beautiful!

Last week was full of activity. We finally had all the Kindergarten students in class for the week, so I captured a photo of them completing their "K" puzzle.

Now, each grade has their puzzle laminated and displayed on the back of our classroom door stating that "We All Fit Together". All the students are starting to settle into an understanding of how we can all work together as a blend of grades.

I also snapped a full group photo that is in the library area on our "We Are Great Wall". If you have not yet seen it, I will post it here. (This photo is minus 1 student)

We were fortunate to have a visit from Mary Timm, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, to discuss trees with us on Wednesday afternoon. She had a beautiful tree book that she read to the students and she taught them a fun song about trees.

This week the 2nd graders will be testing on Wednesday and Thursday with a new program adopted by the district. They will start at 9:00am on Wednesday, so please make sure that they are here in time to eat and begin the test on time. The information provided will give us specific areas of strengths and weaknesses for each student, so that instruction can be adjusted to meet each individual need.

Please remember that every week I will continue to send homework home four nights a week. In addition, the 1st and 2nd grades will have new Spelling words each Monday to prepare for the test on Friday. Also, be sure to read the special letter that will be sent each Monday explaining the concepts covered for the week. Your child will do much better in class if you help them practice some of the concepts at home that will be introduced in our daily reading time each week. There will also be grade level readers for you to help them read throughout the week.

Have a great week!