August 27, 2010
Dear Parents,
Thank you for coming to Parent Night to hear about what your child will be
learning in First Grade this year. Your support in their education is invaluable. Your
children are very fortunate to have you care so much about their education!
We have had a fun and exciting week! We spent time learning more about each
other and classroom routines. Mrs. Gaudy and Mrs. Rojas (our wonderful literacy
paraprofessionals) and I have been doing several initial screenings and have begun to
form groups. These will be finalized next week. The district reading assessment DRA II
is being given to each child next week. The results of these screenings will be shared
with you during Parent/Teacher conferences in mid-October.
Our class has been working hard to earn paws to be put in the fishbowl in Mr.
Asmus’ office. They are eligible for a drawing held at the end of each week for prizes.
We are earning paws for following school rules, good listening behaviors, and being kind
and respectful to others.
Poetry notebooks came home today! We have been working with these poems all
week and the kids are eager to share them with you. Please take a minute to listen to
them read their poems aloud to you. Please sign the parent signature sheet inside the
notebook and have your child return the notebook to school so that new poems can be
added each week. The Poetry Notebook is part of their homework. Details about
reading, spelling, math, and sight word homework were shared at Parent Night. Please
see me if you have any questions.
Next week
we will do a fun unit on Colors. We will
write about them, sort them, and graph
them.
Upcoming dates to note:
*September 3, 2010 – All-School Barbecue on the front lawn
*September 6, 2010 – No school due to Labor Day
*September 8, 2010 – School Pictures taken
*September 20, 2010 – No school due to Collaboration Day for teachers
Respectfully,