Come On In!

Our classroom is ready and waiting for the new Safari Scholars! I can't wait to meet each of you next week!

Getting Ready!

I'm so excited! I was finally able to get into our classroom today to start getting it ready for the new school year!

I don't have any pictures to show yet, but it'll look very much like the pictures in the classroom tour slideshow from last year on our class website. There will be just a few minor changes... I think.  :)

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer, keep reading and studying those math facts! See you all on August 31st!

Waterslide Time!

Yeah, we met our reading goal and can go on the waterslide tomorrow!

Please come to school wearing your bathing suit under your clothes. If you can’t wear your bathing suit to school, you will be given time to change.

In a plastic bag, bring a towel, underclothes, and a t-shirt you can get wet. (EVERYONE GOING ON THE SLIDE NEEDS A T-SHIRT!)  Your dry clothes will go into your plastic bag when you are on the slide.

After sliding you will be given time to change back into your dry clothes and put your wet clothes and towel in the bag.

Please note: The school does not have extra clothes and towels.

Summer Skills

This summer I will keep the RAZ Kids accounts and XtraMath accounts accounts open (as long as the websites themselves allow it) so your child has access to all of the great materials they need to keep their reading and math fact skills going. The links on our class Just for Kids page will also be available all summer long to keep up with skills practice. 

Classroom Library

As our year winds down, there’s lots of cleaning and organizing that takes place. It will be helpful if all classroom library books that might be hanging around at home are brought back to school as soon as possible. Please encourage your child to check all around his/her room, and other spots in the house where classroom books might be hiding.

Waterslide Update

Our class isn’t very close to meeting the goal for the waterslide! We’re about 7,000 minutes under goal. I need your help to make sure your child is filling in the bubble sheet each night for his/her reading. If they lose it I have more in the classroom where the reading logs are (your child knows where to find them), and I placed a digital copy on the File Cabinet page of our class website. Don’t forget, parent signatures are needed on this form. Thanks for helping make sure our class gets to enjoy a fun reward for all their hard work reading!

New Schedule with Wellness Breaks

As you know from Dr. Kitching’s letter earlier in the week, we start our new pilot program with Wellness breaks when we return on Tuesday. This means that our daily schedule will look different. Here’s what it’ll look like for now, although it’s subject to change:

• 8:45 - 8:55 - Morning work
• 8:55-9:25 - Spelling/Word Work/Handwriting or Science/Social Studies
• 9:25 - 9:45 - Interactive read aloud
• 9:45 - 11:00 - Math (snack during the math lesson and video at 9:45, 10:20-11:00 math tutor)
• 11:00-12:00 - Specials
• 12:05-12:25 - Writing mini lesson
• 12:30-1:00 - Lunch/Recess
• 1:00-1:40 - Writing
• 1:40-2:00- Reading mini lesson
• 2:00 - 2:20 - Wellness Break
• 2:20 - 3:15 - Reading (2:40-3:10 - STARS)
• 3:15-3:29 - Clean room and pack up
• 3:30 - Dismissal