Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Weekly Newsletter for the week of January 4-10, 2010

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas break! The kids were so excited to be back yesterday and I loved hearing all about what Santa brought them:)

Please send glue sticks and dry erase markers to school with your child as soon as you can. All of my "extra supply" has been used up. Thank you


We are reading Farfallina and Marcel in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is plot. Our Amazing Words are: goose, gosling, caterpillar, butterfly, reflection and cocoon.

We will have our Spelling test on Friday.
This week the words are: fan, fib, fin, if

Focus Letter Letters to review
Ff Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss, Pp, Cc, Ii, Nn, Bb, Rr, Dd, Kk

High Frequency Words
see look
I am the little to a have is we my like he for me with she

In Math we will begin Chapter 8. We will use story details to solve problems related to measurement, identify longer and shorter, use nonstandard units to estimate and measure length, and know the tools used to measure.

Announcements
Please continue to save Box Tops, Best Choice, Tyson and Campbell's labels for our school.

Don't forget that the school store is open every Friday morning if your child wishes to purchase something before school starts. I've seen lots of cool stuff!

Thursday, January 14 Out at 11 Parent Teacher Conferences 1-6
Friday, January 15 NO SCHOOL Staff Development
Monday, January 18 NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King, Jr Day

HOMEWORK Please help your child complete their homework each night and return the next day. Make sure their NAME is on their paper.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Weekly Newsletter for the week of November 30 - December 4, 2009

We are reading Little Panda in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is main idea. Our Amazing Words are: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious and explore.

We will have our Spelling test on Friday. This week the words are: bit, bat, tan, nap. At this time, we will stop having dictation sentences on our test.
Focus Letter Letters to review
Nn, Bb Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss, Pp, Cc, Ii

High Frequency Words
I am the little to a have is we my like he for me with she

In Math we will continue with Chapter 7. We will compare and contrast numbers to 20 and count/write/identify/represent numbers 11-20.

Announcements
Please continue to save Box Tops, Best Choice, Tyson and Campbell's labels for our school.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I am thankful for the terrific break I had with friends and family:)
Don't forget that the school store is open every Friday morning if your child wishes to purchase something before school starts. I've seen lots of cool stuff!
Saturday, December 5 Pictures with Santa in the Elementary Cafeteria from 10:00-12:00. All profit will go to the American Cancer Society and the Research for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

HOMEWORK Please help your child complete their homework each night and return the next day. Make sure their NAME is on their paper.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A few notes....

Sorry I didn't get the newsletter put online last week. I was out 3 days and I had a child sick with the flu:(

Thanks to everyone so far that has donated canned food for the Can Drive!! Extra kudos to Tanner's mom for hooking us up with 252 cans today!!!! Wowzers, thanks so much:) Don't think we have won yet because the buzz is going around how our class is in the lead. We have some real competitive folks here at BES and the challenge is ON! Keep those cans coming and help to support a great cause.

Also, mark your calendars on Saturday, December 5, 2009. I will be having Santa as a special guest in the school cafeteria. Bring your child to get their picture made with Santa and purchase a package for yet another worthy cause! ALL proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society and the RJDF (Research for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation) I can not wait to see all of the faces of your children light up when they see Santa and get to sit on his lap to tell him what they want for Christmas. It's that time of the year for giving, and I am extremely excited to be using my talents to give back to such great causes that mean so much to me. My mother in law is a Breast Cancer survivor and has recently been diagnosed with Leukemia. I am honoring her for the donation to the ACS. Our little friend Maggie is almost 4 years old. This summer, Maggie was diagnosed with Type I Juvenile Diabetes. Maggie is a triplet and is the same age as my daughter. It is in her honor that half the proceeds will be made to RJDF.