Take Home Folders

Hello, everyone...we survived!! :-)

I just wanted all of you to know that your child's Take Home folder may not be as full as usual. I use my evening time during the week to plan, so I am unable to correct papers at night. I plan to correct papers over the weekend, and so your child's folder will have more graded papers on Mondays than on Fridays. Please continue to check the folders on Fridays, as that is the day that UES sends home important info...but please also check on Monday to see what graded work has been returned.

Thanks a lot and I hope you all have a great weekend. I look forward to seeing many of you next week. I am thoroughly enjoying your children!!

FYI

I have quite a few things I want to make sure you all know...

First and foremost...I am enjoying your children immensely. I'm not sure who is learning more...them or ME! They are wonderful wealths of knowledge and I walk out each evening wondering how I can structure the next day to make sure there are challenges waiting for them...trust me, it's not easy!

Secondly, this Friday we have our class picture. I have picture forms and money from quite a few children, but there are still a lot of students who have not turned their forms in. If you are planning to order the picture, please make sure to send the form and money by Friday. Mrs. Huston will be at school on Friday for the picture!

Another thing happening this Friday is the students will have a quiz on prefixes and suffixes (otherwise known as affixes). They will be completing a study sheet tomorrow in class that they can bring home for review. The kids have spent the past couple of weeks working with prefixes and suffixes and know their meanings really well!

Our field trip has been rescheduled! We will be going to the ESSL lab on Tuesday, March 18th from 9:30 - 11:00 am.

Last, our schedule is pretty crazy next week. Please refer to the letter that was sent home earlier this week with the times the children arrive and are dismissed on Tuesday, March 4th and Wednesday, March 5th.

I hope to see you all at the Open House I'm holding on Tuesday, March 4th at 4pm. If you're not able to come, and you'd like to come in and speak with me one on one, I am scheduling conferences the evening of March 5th. Please call the office to sign up for a conference if you're interested.

I hope you've all having a good week...I sure am...but I'm EXHAUSTED! :-)

No School :-(

I know that many kids are disappointed that we didn't have school today...they were excited about their field trip and also wanted an opportunity to say goodbye to Mrs. Huston. Please inform them that she will be in on Friday for the class picture and that the field trip will be rescheduled!!

I want you to know that I am very aware that the children may have a rough time with this transition...Mrs. Huston is a wonderful teacher and they all adore her. When I first started teaching I took over for a woman who had a baby in February...18 years ago...I know how important routines are and I will do my best to make this transition smooth!

I have copied quite a few of Mrs. Huston's links from her blog to mine and I've added one new one...it is the Social Studies link. It comes from the company that publishes our textbook. Our new social studies unit is political science...we will be learning about the government on all levels: local, state, and national...we will learn what being a good citizen means and the definition of rights and responsibilities...and much more! We will be focusing on Chapters 7 and 8 this week. The website has a great vocabulary game that goes along with each chapter. It is called eWord. Have the kids try it out...I had a lot of fun finding it! :-)

I hope you all have a great weekend...I am looking forward to Monday!

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! Technology sure has changed since the last time I was in a classroom!! This is a great way to keep the home/school connection strong. I hope to see you all the first week of March...but until then, please feel free to call or email me.