PARENT ORIENTATION NIGHT 5:30-6:30 Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
Hello Bitterroot Parents and Families,
I hope your weekend was fun and restful. I am writing to tell you about our Parent Orientation Night coming up on Tuesday, September 15th from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. The goal of our evening will be classroom and school orientation. You will have an opportunity to hear from your child’s teacher and to see and learn about classroom procedures and the outstanding programs we have to offer here at Bitterroot school.
This event is for parents and guardians only and will be a group instruction format. Please leave the kids at home so we can move quickly and efficiently through the evening’s tasks. We will do three rotations of 15 minutes each with 5 minutes for passing with bells or announcements to mark the time. This allows parents with multiple children in school to see more than one classroom.
I am looking forward to seeing you and to another great year here at Bitterroot.
Principally yours,
John English,
Principal
Monday, September 14, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Rested and Ready!
I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. It was so nice to have an extra day off to get rested up. I was exhausted after a full week of school!
Unfortunately, we have had a few sick kids already this week. Be on the watch for upset stomachs and a fever.
This week we will continue to learn new centers and work on center rotations. The kids will learn how to do spelling search, picture search, stamps, pocket chart, and roll-a-word. It is nice to get the kids trained on the centers and rotations now, so when we start reading groups they know what to do and I do not have to stop teaching reading groups to help them.
During our whole group reading time will learn our final two reading strategies, Flippy Dolphin (flip the vowel sound) and Chunky Monkey (look for chunks in words). We will also be working on answering questions using text evidence. Our poem for the week is "The Getting Along Song" and we will work on the high-frequency word like.
In writer's workshop we will be working on stretching out words, using our alphabet chart, writing words we know, and word patterns. I am blown away at how well the kids are doing with their writing.
In math, we will continue to work on chapter one, addition concepts. This week we will be working with bar models, adding zero, and adding in any order.
Did you remember to sign and send back your child's poetry binder?
Wishing you well
Unfortunately, we have had a few sick kids already this week. Be on the watch for upset stomachs and a fever.
This week we will continue to learn new centers and work on center rotations. The kids will learn how to do spelling search, picture search, stamps, pocket chart, and roll-a-word. It is nice to get the kids trained on the centers and rotations now, so when we start reading groups they know what to do and I do not have to stop teaching reading groups to help them.
During our whole group reading time will learn our final two reading strategies, Flippy Dolphin (flip the vowel sound) and Chunky Monkey (look for chunks in words). We will also be working on answering questions using text evidence. Our poem for the week is "The Getting Along Song" and we will work on the high-frequency word like.
In writer's workshop we will be working on stretching out words, using our alphabet chart, writing words we know, and word patterns. I am blown away at how well the kids are doing with their writing.
In math, we will continue to work on chapter one, addition concepts. This week we will be working with bar models, adding zero, and adding in any order.
Did you remember to sign and send back your child's poetry binder?
Wishing you well
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