Week one of school has been a great success! I am thrilled to have each of your children in my/our class. We have a great bunch- really!
Thank you for being so prompt in returning all of your parent surveys and student information sheets. The kids are excited to have the money to pay rent on Monday morning. Some have already learned about the fines and cost of using the bathroom... :)
We will begin our regular curriculum for the year on Monday. We will be reading a story about the Scientific Method, learning about place value & how to read large numbers, working with the writing process to create a narrative account, and studying the Declaration of Independence. The students will be memorizing a section of the DofI to recite every day with the Pledge of Allegiance. It's a great conversation piece at the dinner table, so ask them about it!
Regular homework will begin next week as well. This week, each student was given their login information for Pearson Success Net- our digital/interactive math curriculum. They can access everything that I do in class on their own computer now. So if you need them to stay home for any reason, they can still work to stay caught up at home. They were all made aware that they are expected to complete homework and a mini-quiz for each section on a nightly basis- both of which are available online for them. Please allow them time to complete these assignments!
One last note: some kids are "short" on their Classroom Cash for August rent... I told them today that I will accept donations to our classroom and pay them $10 for each one. These are things above and beyond the original supply list. In case they ask you to contribute, the things we need most are Kleenex and hand sanitizer- these go like CRAZY in classrooms!
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Thank you for all you do. I'm excited to have this opportunity to work with each of you and your wonderful kids!
Thank you for being so prompt in returning all of your parent surveys and student information sheets. The kids are excited to have the money to pay rent on Monday morning. Some have already learned about the fines and cost of using the bathroom... :)
We will begin our regular curriculum for the year on Monday. We will be reading a story about the Scientific Method, learning about place value & how to read large numbers, working with the writing process to create a narrative account, and studying the Declaration of Independence. The students will be memorizing a section of the DofI to recite every day with the Pledge of Allegiance. It's a great conversation piece at the dinner table, so ask them about it!
Regular homework will begin next week as well. This week, each student was given their login information for Pearson Success Net- our digital/interactive math curriculum. They can access everything that I do in class on their own computer now. So if you need them to stay home for any reason, they can still work to stay caught up at home. They were all made aware that they are expected to complete homework and a mini-quiz for each section on a nightly basis- both of which are available online for them. Please allow them time to complete these assignments!
One last note: some kids are "short" on their Classroom Cash for August rent... I told them today that I will accept donations to our classroom and pay them $10 for each one. These are things above and beyond the original supply list. In case they ask you to contribute, the things we need most are Kleenex and hand sanitizer- these go like CRAZY in classrooms!
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Thank you for all you do. I'm excited to have this opportunity to work with each of you and your wonderful kids!
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