Parent Letter

Dear Parents,

Hello to all!  I hope that you enjoyed the beautiful weekend!  I saw a few of the students this weekend at the Harvest Fest Parade.  Hopefully, I was able to toss all of them some candy.  J

Happy Homecoming Week!  As a reminder, the dress days for Homecoming are as follows: 

Monday: Favorite Sports Team Day  
Tuesday: Crazy Sock Day
Wednesday: Roll Out of Bed Day
Thursday: Students Dress Like Teachers/Teachers Dress Like Students   
Friday: Blue & Black!!  Cadet Pride Day!! 

It is OPTIONAL to dress up for those Homecoming days.  Have fun with the dressing up!  

We are still focusing on “The Daily Five” curriculum for literacy.  The students have been consistently reading for 20 minutes for “read to self.”  Like I said last week, we are going to continue working on our stamina until we can read for 25-30 minutes consistently.  As for “Work on Writing,” our stamina is currently at 15 minutes, and like “Read to Self,” we would like to build our stamina to 25-30 minutes.  The class does well with working on writing and they are especially enjoying being able to share their writing with the rest of the class.  We also added the "Read with Someone" component last week and have built up our stamina to about 10 minutes.  This week, we are going to learn 2 more ways to read with someone, begin practicing some coaching strategies to help our decoding and fluency, and build up our stamina.

  

Please continue to remind your child about reading nightly.  I have noticed a dramatic interest in the classroom for wanting to read, so I hope that your child is showing the same interest at home.  I remind the class that reading should be considered homework and that they should be reading every night.  Your child may have books from home that he/she would like to read or have a book checked out from our classroom library (we did this today as we did not have time last week...I PROMISED them! J).  Please encourage reading at home and remind your child that “READING IS THINKING” and ask your child what he/she is thinking about when he/she is reading.  Your support is appreciated! J

I wanted to remind you about the class’s responsibility with completing homework.  Your child may not have a math assignment every night.  However, if your child does have homework, your child is expected to complete it and bring it back to school the next day (unless it is a longer assignment that is not due the next day).  If your child does not complete his/her homework, he/she has been staying in at recess time to complete his/her homework.  Thanks for your support with your child’s responsibility. 

I am sending home a copy my schedule so you can see what your child is doing throughout the day.  Also, beginning on Wednesday this week, the class will be introduced to their own blog pages.  They are VERY excited!  I will be sending a parent note home tomorrow explaining what we will be doing on our blog pages and parents being able to comment on your child's blog pages.  Look for the note tomorrow!

Lastly, please remember that there is a 3-hour early dismissal on Friday, September 21st.  The Homecoming Parade will take place at 2:00PM that afternoon.  Thanks!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.  I am available anytime.  Thanks for everything, and have a fantastic week!

Sincerely, 

Mrs. McCarville