Thank You

I just wanted to thank all of the parents and guardians who came to help with the holiday party. I would never be able to thank you enough for all of your kindness and support. The kids had a blast! Have a wonderful holiday, everyone!

Merry Christmas!!

Break

Happy Tuesday! I just wanted to write a quick post about break while I wait on the kids to get here.
I wanted you all to know that I will be sending home their reading logs. Whatever they read or read with help, mark it down. If you run out of room, use the back. Also, over break, work with them on writing their last names. I will be working with them on reading and writing each others last names after break. Sooner or later they will be writing their first and last names on their work. If you would like me to send anything else home, please let me know. I can put something together if you'd like me to. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!!!

My Wonders

At the end of the school day today, all I wanted to do was hug each and every one of my students. I wish that we hadn't been in such a rush to get to the buses because I definitely would've. I also would've read the book "You Are My Wonders" that I read at the beginning of the school year. Since we were in such a rush, I just told the whole class that I loved them and that I was so happy that they were in my class. Hug your kids extra tight tonight! 

Tall and Fall Letters

Your kids may be singing the ABCs and dancing around like a crazy person tonight haha. We listened to Alphabet Train today while doing motions for tall (lower case letters that touch the top line) and fall letters (letters that fall below the bottom line) and letters that only touch the middle line. Take some time to talk to your child about what letters are tall, which letters fall, and which letters only touch the middle line.
We have also been talking about symmetry. Prompt your child to look around the house for things that have symmetry. 

Next Thursday is our Holiday Party. You are more than welcome to come. Please do not be any earlier than 2:15 (unless you are volunteering and have talked to Barbara Johns). 

As always, feel free to email me or call me at school with any questions or concerns :)

Volunteer Spot

I know that I have shared this information before, but I have had some recent questions about read aloud. One of the parents told me that whoever is running read aloud scheduling for the rest of the school told her that we don't have read aloud. That is not true. We do have read aloud and I have been scheduling people every Wednesday since the beginning of school. I just do it myself instead of having someone else do it for me.  The only problem that I have seen recently is that no one was signing up. I will be sending home a note as a reminder that I do keep a blog instead of sending lots of notes home to cut down on my copy allotment and save paper, but if you know other parents from our classroom, please let them know! There have only been about 5 people on the blog for the past month.


We’re using VolunteerSpot (the leading online sign up and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming activity. Please sign up - here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

1.Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot:

http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/12329980400104

2.Enter your email address. (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot.)

4.Sign Up!  Choose your spots. VolunteerSpot will send you automated confirmation and reminder messages.  Easy!

Note: VolunteerSpot does NOT share your email address with anyone or send spam emails. If you prefer not to enter your address – please contact me and I can sign you up manually

Reading Logs

I just wanted to clear up some confusion about the reading logs.... The students have been bringing home small b&w paper books. Those are to be written on the reading log, signed, and returned to school the next day. You may ALSO write the name of any other books the students have read at home. I count 20 minutes for each book read for the Book It Program minute tracker. Please let me know if you still have questions about the logs!