Wednesday, September 18, 2013

September News!

Upcoming events:
Wednesday, September 25 - Library

Thursday, September 26th - trip to Klackle orchard  in Greenville - we will leave at 8:10 a.m.

Friday, October 4 - Johnny Appleseed events in the classroom

Thursday, October , 17 - Title 1 night

Monday, October 21 - delayed start


Field Trip: The children are very excited about the upcoming field trip. Please send the form and money to school by Monday, September 23.  The cost of the tour is $ 6.00 and this includes a small bag of apples, a pumpkin, a snack of cider and donuts, going to a hayride and playing on the playground. I have heard it is a wonderful place to visit!

Your child will have to bring his/her own lunch and drink (no glass bottles , please)

Also, we won’t return to school until 3:45 p.m.  Please have someone at school to pick up your child.

Reading News: The children are doing a great job with CAFE read-to-self time . It is very impressive to see the level they are reading at!   Another new exciting reading component this year is Raz Kidz . This is a program that children log on to, on the computer. They are sent to a "book room" which has a range of books that can be chosen . For example, if your child is reading a letter J , he / she may have the range of H - K to choose from. The children alternate between listening and reading stories found there. Later in the year , I'll add tasks for them - they will read and answer questions on the computer.   I'm expecting the kids to have a lot of growth in reading this year!

Mathematics: Your child should have brought home to his / her "beginning of year " test. That test covered basic knowledge of first quality. I've noticed that some of the questions that unvaccinated children in that test , now being done correctly in their notebooks. So far we have worked in the missing numbers , adding money (dollars and coins) , using a calculator and tell time.

September birthdays!


Happy birthday Logan and Ali!



Sunday, September 8, 2013

Welcome back to school!

We've had a great first week back at school.  The children have worked on learning each other's names, reviewing math and reading skills and illustrating their student of the week posters.  This week we'll tackle our actual schedule.  We'll get into reading and writing groups, start handwriting and spelling and have math rotations.

We have the following specials:
Music on Monday 
P.E. on Wednesday and Friday
Library every other Thursday

Upcoming Events:
Picture day:  Tuesday, Sept. 10
Delayed start:  Monday, Sept. 16
Field trip to Klackle Orchard:  Thursday, Sept. 26 (more info. will follow)