Just wanted to give a quick "Thanks" to all the volunteers who made it out for American Education Week right before break. Instead of just saying thanks or making cards, our class decided to do this:
American Education Week Thank You 2013-2014
P.S. Hope you all had an excellent Thanksgiving and enjoyed some quality time with your families!
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Quick Notes
Parents~
Let me start by saying "THANK YOU" sooooo much for those of you who made it out to our Fore Family Golf Night on Tuesday. It was a HUGE success, and it was just great to see most of our class just enjoying each other's company. Hopefully you found it worth your time (and $:) ). I'm so grateful to work at a school with such REAL and SUPPORTIVE families.
Tomorrow (Friday the 22nd) we will celebrate our 2nd class party of the year. For this one, we voted to wear PJs, eat Nachos, and play some whole-class games for a while. Sorry for the short notice, but we have a few kiddos who won't be around for those 2 days next week. I've got the food/games covered, if you could just make sure your child comes in PJs (if they choose).
We are currently in the middle of American Education Week and that has gone excellent so far. We have a few more presenters, and I'll update more on that once completed (but obviously a thanks to all who have made it or will make it later this week/next week).
Other than that, please keep checking with your child about their school days. The easiest way is still to check their planners and not just for homework. We'll be moving on to ALL X Facts up to 10x10 right after Thanksgiving break, so if you haven't started yet, get on it! Thanks for all the support and have a great Thanksgiving break with your families!
Let me start by saying "THANK YOU" sooooo much for those of you who made it out to our Fore Family Golf Night on Tuesday. It was a HUGE success, and it was just great to see most of our class just enjoying each other's company. Hopefully you found it worth your time (and $:) ). I'm so grateful to work at a school with such REAL and SUPPORTIVE families.
Tomorrow (Friday the 22nd) we will celebrate our 2nd class party of the year. For this one, we voted to wear PJs, eat Nachos, and play some whole-class games for a while. Sorry for the short notice, but we have a few kiddos who won't be around for those 2 days next week. I've got the food/games covered, if you could just make sure your child comes in PJs (if they choose).
We are currently in the middle of American Education Week and that has gone excellent so far. We have a few more presenters, and I'll update more on that once completed (but obviously a thanks to all who have made it or will make it later this week/next week).
Other than that, please keep checking with your child about their school days. The easiest way is still to check their planners and not just for homework. We'll be moving on to ALL X Facts up to 10x10 right after Thanksgiving break, so if you haven't started yet, get on it! Thanks for all the support and have a great Thanksgiving break with your families!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
A look ahead...
Here's a quick look ahead at some reminders and upcoming events:
1. Conferences!!! I'm very much looking forward to them over the next two days. Please come with any and all questions, and please don't forget that your child is invited as well! And please don't forget we have a 5-hour day on Thursday and Friday.
2. Indoor Mini-Golf Night! I just sent a note home today about a very cool opportunity for our class. Please find the note and give it some serious consideration. I really try hard to build a family environment within the classroom, and now's your chance to help out and be part of that as well!
3. As for our X timed tests, they are going well overall. Our class average started at about 55 and now our average is around 105!!! However, the last few weeks I know a lot of the students have leveled off and many have admitted it's because they haven't been doing as much with it at home. Please stay help them stay focused on these "easy" facts for the next 2 weeks. We will slowly transition into all the facts between Thanksgiving and Christmas break, so let's really lock down these first facts in the next 2 weeks.
4. Over the next few days, I will (hopefully) put a link to the right on my blog that will take you to book reviews written by this year's class. They have all published a review on a specific website, and I will post their link to it soon. It's a very time-consuming task, but it is a very fun tool as the students can read each other reviews and help find better books to read themselves.
1. Conferences!!! I'm very much looking forward to them over the next two days. Please come with any and all questions, and please don't forget that your child is invited as well! And please don't forget we have a 5-hour day on Thursday and Friday.
2. Indoor Mini-Golf Night! I just sent a note home today about a very cool opportunity for our class. Please find the note and give it some serious consideration. I really try hard to build a family environment within the classroom, and now's your chance to help out and be part of that as well!
3. As for our X timed tests, they are going well overall. Our class average started at about 55 and now our average is around 105!!! However, the last few weeks I know a lot of the students have leveled off and many have admitted it's because they haven't been doing as much with it at home. Please stay help them stay focused on these "easy" facts for the next 2 weeks. We will slowly transition into all the facts between Thanksgiving and Christmas break, so let's really lock down these first facts in the next 2 weeks.
4. Over the next few days, I will (hopefully) put a link to the right on my blog that will take you to book reviews written by this year's class. They have all published a review on a specific website, and I will post their link to it soon. It's a very time-consuming task, but it is a very fun tool as the students can read each other reviews and help find better books to read themselves.
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