Calling Tiger Leaders

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to be teaching and learning with your child this year. We had a great week last week, are learning a lot already and I am so thrilled to see our leaders ready to hop into another great year!

Reminders:

• Make sure that your child has an agenda and a blue folder come home every day. These both have important information for you on behavior and academics.
• Be sure that your child brings a healthy snack that is wrapped separately from lunch. This helps them to make sure they are eating the right nutritional balance for this time of morning (10 am). I am seeing a few students complaining of being still hungry and then returning to their backpacks for more from their lunch.
• Please remember that in the morning, students are to sit with their class, back to the wall, reading or browsing a book. We have a lot of students and this helps us to set a good model for the day and to maintain student safety during this time of the day.
• Please also remember that students who are parent pick ups (someone physically gets out of the car to come to the front of the school to get them), need to make their way to the first grade spot (located by the second double set of windows). Please wait for them to be seated, and then when they see you, they may get up to say goodbye. This time of day can be really hectic, and it is in the interest of safety that we would like to see them and say goodbye everyday. Mrs. Santiago and Ms. Heine are at this post, so students may say good bye to them.

This week is B week. We have Art on Tuesday and Thursday. PE on Wednesday and Friday.

Sept. 4 - Reading Rally starts (Students will be bringing home information on this home this Tuesday). Student rewards are given daily, so the sooner you get them in, the more prize opportunities our leaders have.

Sept. 4 - WatchDOG kickoff rally 6:30 P.M.

Sept. 7 - Grandparents' Lunch - It is beneficial to get here at lunch time (11:49 as there will be parking limitations and possible delays. We can't wait to see you)

Sept. 19 - Early Release day

Curriculum Notes:

Language Arts: 

• Writing process and introduction to Reading and Writing Workshop
• Learning about school and class procedures
• Leadership and the Seven Habits

Math: Place Value and counting/representing to 100

Science: What is Science?

Thanks to all the parents and students who have made the week great! I am especially grateful for the time and leadership opportunities that we have available to our class because of our families and communities. I am appreciative of the sweet notes and contributions that have allowed our class to purchase books, use post its to mark our places and writing patterns, picture frames for exemplary work, and playing cards for math games. I have been overwhelmed as your child's teacher at the generosity and kindness shared with our classroom community :) Thanks!