Week of December 19th

This is the last week before our winter break. Many kids are very excited about the upcoming holiday. Any encouragement and reminders for good behavior at school that you can give your child before they leave in the morning would be great. Thank you for your help :)

Reminder that we have no school starting Friday, December 23rd through Monday, January 2nd for our winter break. School starts again on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Due to the short week and wanting to be able to do some fun holiday activities, we will not be doing our regular reading curriculum, therefore there will be no spelling test this week.

Our Winter Celebration Party is on Thursday at 2:45. Parents are welcome to come if you would like. If you do decide to come, please let me know.

Important Dates for this Week:
Homework:5.5 on Monday and 5.6 on Tuesday
Library and Check-Out: Tuesday
Spanish: Tuesday

Week of December 12th

Reminder about sending money to school with students. If a child brings money to school it should be used for the school store, popcorn, book orders, or lunch accounts. Students should not bring money to school for any other reason.

We have been having problems with students buying things for friends or giving their money to other students. We have a rule that any money brought to school needs to stay in student backpacks and lockers and that it is not to be given away for any reason. If you send money to school with your child please make sure that they know exactly what it is to be used for. Also, please remind them that any change or unused money needs to stay in their backpack so it can go home and is not to be given away.

Thank you for your help with reminding students of this rule.

Important Dates for this Week:
Homework:5.1 on Tuesday, 5.2 on Wednesday, and 5.3 on Thursday
Library and Check-Out: Tuesday
Spanish: Monday and Thursday

Week of December 5th

A note about items bought at the school store. We have many fun items sold at the school store. Novelty pencils, erasers and grippers are the most popular items purchased by first graders. Many of these items are toys that also function as an eraser or pencil sharpener. We have a lot of students in our class who play with these things instead of using them for the intended purposes and I often have to take them away. These items are also being lost or misplaced and students think that they have been stolen. In order to keep the June Box from filling up quickly, and to keep students from getting upset when items are lost, I am going to stop letting students bring items from the school store into the classroom. Anything that is purchased at the school store will need to be put into backpacks and taken home to be used there. The only exception will be when a student truly needs to replace something from their school supplies. I have talked to our class about this new rule. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support as we implement this new rule in our classroom.

Important Dates for this Week:
Early Dismissal on Wednesday
Homework:4.10 on Monday and 4.11 on Wednesday
Library and Check-Out: Tuesday
Spanish: No Spanish this week due to the early dismissal