Monday, October 25, 2010

We have had a busy last few weeks!  We got to meet with our Kindergarten reading buddies and read with them.  Hopefully we will be able to do that once a month.  We also headed to the high school music concert last Friday.  It's nice to see students that went to our school in the high school band and choir.  I know many of the 4th graders are playing instruments now or will be in the future, so it's great for them to see some big kids playing "their" instrument too.  We are quickly approaching the end of the quarter.  I have been reminding the students everyday about any missing work that they have and sometimes having them stay in at recess to work on it.  I sent home graded work again today, so I hope you had the chance to look at it.  We will be having a Halloween party Friday afternoon in our classroom.  I will allow the students to change into their costumes after lunch and we will play a few games in the classroom and share some treats.  At about 2:15 we will head down to the Social Hall for a school costume parade.  Please feel free to send a treat to share with the class on Friday or a small dollar store prize for our games.  Happy Halloween!

UPCOMING EVENTS
    Friday, October 29 - Halloween party in the afternoon 

    Tuesday, November 2 - Last day of 1st quarter 

    Friday, November 5 - 1/2 day for students

Thursday, October 7, 2010

We had a very enjoyable Grandparent's Day yesterday!  I was so happy to see so many grandparents, relatives, and friends were able to make it.  I had the students interview their grandparent or relative, which turned out to be very interesting and fun.  The students shared their interviews with the class later in the day, and it was fun to get to know everyone's visitor a little better.  Hopefully your child shared some of the information they found out with you. 

Graded papers and progress reports went home on Monday.  If you have any questions or concerns about anything please let me know.  We are about mid-way through the quarter now and learning lots of new things everyday!  We will be starting Guided Reading groups in the next few weeks where your child will be grouped with other students at a similar reading level.  This gives them a chance to read books at their personal levels and allows me to work with them more closely on any struggles they might be having.

We are having an all school mass this Sunday at 10:00.  Please try to make it if you can.  Students will be in front leading the singing.  There is also a pancake and sausage breakfast going on from 8:00-12:30 in the social hall to raise money for our school.  Have a great day!

UPCOMING EVENTS
    Sun., October 7 - All School Mass 10:00

                               (KCs are also having a pancake & sausage breakfast from 8:00-12:30)    

    Wed., October 13 - No school for students   

    Fri., Oct. 15 - 1/2 day for students