Friday Note

FRIDAY NOTE (9/5/2014)

Reminder:  Grandparent’s Day is tomorrow from 10:00-11:30 a.m. Classrooms will be open for visitors during that time as students will be asked to escort their grandparents through the building.  Weather permitting, visitors may park in the open field west of the school as parking around the building may become limited.  Visitors should enter using the K-4 office entrance or the 5-8 office entrance.  The two-story building will not be open during this event. 

Events of the Week:  

This week we continued our theme of All About Me.  This week we focused on families.  Our Shared Reading for the week was Families are Different.  We discussed the importance of our families and discovered some similarities and differences that we have.  We realized that all families are different and special. Our sight word for this week was “a”.  This week we learned about the letters Rr and Ss.  Be sure to ask your child the sounds they make and the words they wrote in their Reading Journals.  In math, we continued to practice sorting and even learned how to make graphs.  Finally, we continued with the Name Game.  We’re learning more about our classmates every day.  What a fun way to make new friends!    

Important Dates:

o   Sept. 6:  Grandparents’ Day (10:00-11:30am)

o   Sept. 9-12:  Spirit Week

        Tuesday—Hat Day

        Wednesday—PJ Day

        Thursday—Favorite Team Day

        Friday—Blue & White Day

o   Sept. 10:  Food for America (We will get to see farm animals and equipment.  Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes.)

Snack Donations:

Please continue to send in snack donations. My goal is to offer the students a snack each day around 10:30am. This helps as they get so hungry before our late lunch. Thank you for your generosity!

Important Information and Reminders:

·        We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.   Please practice with your child at home on these.  These will be assessed on the grade card for first quarter.

·        If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please have them here by 7:45 a.m.

Our Character Word for September is Respect.

(Treat others how you want to be treated.)

Next Week:

·        We will continue our All About Me theme by focusing on our school, community, and country.  We will learn about the Clever School pledge, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the American flag.

·        In math we will learn about positional words (above, below, behind, left, right, etc.)

·        We will learn about the letters “Tt” and “Gg”.

·        Our sight word will be “the”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger