Happy Sunday!  I hope you are having a fun weekend and are enjoying this nice weather!  Monday is supposed to be cold and rainy-48 degrees is the high.  Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. We had lots of cold kids at recess on Friday.  I admit I was not dressed appropriately for the weather on Friday and was cold at recess...lesson learned!  Weather in Montana can change quickly.  It never hurts to keep a sweatshirt in your child's backpack.

Traffic is going to be a bit crazy and most likely backed up at the Wicks and Bench intersection in the upcoming weeks.  Here is the email we received from Knife River about the construction...

I wanted to give you a heads-up on our plans to start reconstruction of the Bench/Wicks intersection itself.  We’ll probably drop in there about Wednesday next week (9/14) and begin asphalt removal, then storm drain, excavation, gravel, concrete, paving, etc.   We have a traffic control plan that allows traffic to still flow between the Wicks intersection and the two schools to the north on Bench.  We plan to build the intersection a quarter at a time, utilizing flaggers to help traffic get through the intersection.  We do have to turn off the traffic signals there and so the intersection will be a four-way stop.  As you can imagine, this may result in some long back-up lines at particular times of the day since a four-way stop doesn’t flow traffic as well as signals.   It will probably take us 3-4 weeks to get the intersection back to normal.

PTA is in need of candy donations (that won't melt) and volunteers for Saturday Live.

If you have not had a chance to walk through Medicine Crow Middle School you now have a chance.They are having an open house on Sept. 12 from 6-8pm. It is beautiful!

We are having an issue of kids bringing toys to school.  This causes a distraction and lots of tears if the toys go missing.  Please make sure your child is not bringing any toys to school.

Poetry binders came home on Friday. After your child has read the poem or passage to you, sign somewhere on the page to let me know they read it, and send it back to school on Monday.  If your child brings their binder back on Monday and it is signed they will get a sticker to decorate the front of their binder.  If they bring it after Monday they will not get a sticker.

Did you remember to return your child's green folder?

Open house is Tuesday, September 13 from 6-7pm.  This is a time that I can share with you how our classroom is ran and some of the expectations.  You can also ask any questions you might have.  We ask that you leave your kids at home.  I have lots of important information and do not want anyone to miss out.

We were able to get through the reading portion of the FastBridge assessments last week.  This week we will work on the math portion.  As much as I dislike having to test like this, it does provide excellent information and data that allows me to form lessons and instruction that best suits each student's needs.

This is also our last week of review of letter sounds and high-frequency words in Wonders.  Next week we dive into the Wonders program and will start reading groups!  I love reading groups!

In writing we will be working on our first writing samples.  The students will write a personal narrative (a story that has happened to them), an opinion piece, and an informational piece.

Since we are assessing math we will not be starting anything new this week.  We will continue to work on the skills we learned last week.

Have a great week!