tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43258227712770077072011-04-21T16:12:16.137-07:00Mrs. Mayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540957047988647098noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325822771277007707.post-59083470566624991092008-09-08T18:30:00.000-07:002008-09-08T21:49:55.499-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;">9/8/08</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;">Dear Parents of Room 14,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;">Welcome to our first online update! This update is like a weekly newsletter in that I will include reminders, important dates, and some information about our topics of study. I will also provide you with several questions you can ask your child regarding our units/topics of study. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Here are a few <strong>important reminders</strong>:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"><strong>Planners</strong>- Please continue to view and sign these each evening. Due to time constraints, sometimes we do not complete everything listed in the planner. I appreciate your patience with this as we continue to work out the bugs in our schedule.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Contracts</strong>- Your child should bring their contract folder home on Tuesdays and work on them for 20-30 minutes. All work, finished or unfinished, should be sent into school on Wednesday. Contracts are due on October 8!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>PE</strong>- Please don't forget to wear appropriate shoes for PE on Tuesdays!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Morning Snacks</strong>- Due to peanut allergies in our class, please make sure your child is packing a peanut-free snack for our morning break!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Graded paper folders</strong>- These folders come home on Wednesdays and need to be signed and returned the next day.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Conduct Folders</strong>- Come home on Fridays and must be signed and returned the next school day.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Mark your calendars</strong>:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Tues. 9/23-9/26- Early Release for conferences</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">October 8- Contracts due</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>A Peek at our Week</strong>: Here are a few topics we will be covering in each subject this week:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Reading</strong>- We will continue reading our novel, Hour of the Olympics. Our focus will be comprehension skills, previewing, predicting, and story elements</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Spelling</strong>- long 0 spelling patterns</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Writing</strong>- begin cursive; writing complete sentences; subjects and predicates</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Math</strong>- patterns; elapsed time; Unit 1 test</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"><strong>Questions to ask your child:</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">What facts have you found about Ancient Greece?</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Tell me about Hour of the Olympics.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Tell me 3 different spelling patterns for long 0.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">What is history?</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">What does ancient mean?</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Did you get Fun Friday? Why or why not?</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;">Have a great week! Please call or email if you have any questions.</span></p><p>Mrs. Mays</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4325822771277007707-5908347056662499109?l=cmays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Mayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540957047988647098noreply@blogger.com2