We Made It!

We made it through the first two days of school!  It has been a lot of fun learning about your child. They are a terrific bunch of kids!

If your student arrives at school earlier than 8:10 we will direct them to the gym to eat breakfast. There is no other place for students to be and elementary students may not be on school grounds unsupervised.  Families who DO NOT want their students eating breakfast through our food service must make arrangements for them to arrive after 8:10.

Hopefully the bells will be working at morning walk this week!  We are trying something new this year to combat the running to line and injuries that happen when the students race to line up.  When the bell rings the teachers on duty will raise a hand in the air.  This will be the students signal to freeze.  When the teachers lower their hands the students may WALK to their line.

Last week we learned how to walk in the hall like first graders with marshmallow voices and marshmallow feet, we created a class book to help learn each others name, and did a few art projects!

In reading, we will be reviewing letter recognition and letter sounds. We will also be working on rhyming, listening comprehension, identifying the same sound in a word group, directionality of print, blending words with onset and rime, and syllables.

In math, we will review number recognition and begin working on a few addition strategies.

Writing will mostly consist of learning how to use our writing folders, where to find extra paper, and a few other procedures.

We will not have spelling for at least three weeks.  Instead, we will be reviewing letter sounds and sight words.  We will also be working on handwriting and forming letters correctly.

I am looking forward to our full week!

Reminder: Please return completed paperwork ASAP.

Wishing you well,
Wendy Martin

Last Day!

Dear parents,
I give you back your child, the same child you confidently entrusted to my care last fall. I give them back pounds heavier, inches taller, months wiser, more responsible, and more mature than they were then.
Although they would have attained their growth in spite of me, it has been my pleasure and privilege to watch their personality unfold day by day. I give them back reluctantly, for having spent nine months together in the narrow confines of a crowded classroom, we have grown close, have become a part of each other, and we shall always retain a little of each other.
Ten years from now if we met on the street, your child and I, a light will shine to our eyes, a smile to our face, and we shall feel the bond of understanding once more, this bond we feel today.
We have lived, loved, laughed, played, studied, learned, and enriched our lives together this year. I wish it could go on indefinitely, but give them back I must. Take care of them, for they are precious.
Remember that I shall always be interested in your child and their destiny, wherever they go, whatever they do, whoever they become. Their joys and sorrows I’ll always be happy to share.

Wishing you well!
Mrs. Martin