October 18-21

We will be doing our final quarter assessments this week. Please make sure your child is in attendance this week and has had a good nights sleep and a good breakfast so that I can get accurate results.

Parent Teacher conferences are scheduled for October 27 and 28. Look for your scheduled time in your child's homework folder. We will not be having Spring Conferences, so please make every attempt to make your time. I have personally asked for longer conference times to be able to answer any questions you may have concerning your child's education.

Spelling this week will remain the same. The students did not perform as expected on the test and after reflecting on the time we had in class (or lack of), I realize that I did not provide adequate instruction and practice. Sight words have always been the hardest for the students to learn. Please help your child by reviewing these words every night. Because of the two short weeks, the test will be on Wednesday, and a new list (a review of sight words learned) for next week will be sent home on Thursday.

Bookrings are still not coming back every day. Please make sure your child keeps their bookring in their backpack so that it is at school every day. Take time to listen to your child read at least 3 books each night. To become better readers, they need to READ! If you do not have time for any other homework, make time to listen to them READ. Pizza Hut reading program is in place this month, even though I did not send home a calendar. Every night you listen to your child READ mark it down. Turn in your reading log at the end of the month for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.

We will have a Halloween celebration on the 31st of October starting at 1:00. Children may BRING their costumes to school and change after last recess. We will parade through the other 1st grade classes. Students are asked to NOT wear their costume to school all day. Please let me know if you want to be a part of this celebration. I will need snacks, a craft activity, and 2 games.

Red Ribbon Week starts on the 20th through the 27th. Our theme this year is "Celebrating a Drug Free Life". Each day there will be a slogan and a suggested dress up idea (see the days on the right of the blog). I encourage you to take this time to talk with your children about making good choices and the harmful affects of drugs.