2008-2009

I hope you have all had a good summer!!! I am so excited about this upcoming school year. As you have figured out, I have moved from teaching First Grade to teaching Exceptional Education. I will be working specifically in First and Second Grade inclusion classrooms. I look forward to meeting your child and working with him or her this school year! Please leave comments on my 'blog' page to let me know you are reading this post. :)

Report Cards

Report cards will be mailed home this year.  You do not have to provide postage. Enjoy your summer! Read with your child everyday. 

May Day

May Day will be Friday, May 16. Make sure your child brings a bottle of water and wears his/her blue field trip shirt. We will be playing field games,  so long jeans and athletic shoes will be appropriate.

Reading Test

DIBELS (Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is a nationwide test that Elementary aged students take every year. By the end of first grade, first graders are expected to read 40 words a minute (Oral Reading Fluency). Our class will take the DIBLES test on April 29th. I have been sending home Fluency Passages in your child's reading folder for you to practice fluency at home.
I am very proud of the progress my students have made. Keep reading at home!

Box Tops

We are collecting Box Tops for our school wide contest. I hope our class can collect the most! Please ask your family members to save their Box Tops. Start bringing in your collected Box Tops now!

School Clean Up Day

School Clean Up Day is Saturday, April 12. Our class has made posters advertising this event that have been hung on the walls around Chalkville Elementary. If you come, you will receive free breakfast. You will also be eligible for great door prizes! Mr. Paul and I will be there and I hope you will come too.

What: School Clean Up Day
Where: Meet in the school lunchroom, or find Mr. Cocke who is in charge of this event
When: 8AM-12PM, April 12, 2008
Who: Parents, children above the age of 5 as long as they are accompanied by an adult

Spring Break

I will be sending home a bag of books to read over Spring Break. This is not mandatory, but just a little extra support for the week out of school. Enjoy your week off!

Third Nine Weeks

The 3rd Nine Weeks is now over as we begin the last grading period of first grade. I cannot believe that our school year is almost over! It seems like I just started teaching your children a few months ago. I have seen so much improvement! I encourage you to read with your child every night and not slack on reading just because summer is just around the corner.
Just a reminder, Spring Break is next week: March 17-21. I will be sending home extra books for you to read with your child over the break.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

We celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday today by listening to Mrs. Crocker read The Cat in the Hat . Some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books are The Cat in the Hat, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, On Beyond Zebra, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Foot Book.

Treasure Box

Our treasure box is running low. We have so many well-behaved and high performing students in our classroom that our rewards are running dangerously low. We can use anything from pretty pencils to plastic toys. OR, if you are not sure what to bring us, you can always send cash! I have this catalog where I can buy 12 prizes for only $3.00. So a little money really does go long way. Thanks in advance.

School Clean Up Day

Our class has been involved with making posters for our Annual School Clean Up Day. It will be held on April 12, 2008. All students are invited to attend as long as an adult is with them. Also, free breakfast will be served. I hope to see you there!

Thank You

Paige's cousin came and read to our class today. She read a book called Blabber Mouse, a book about a mouse who gets in trouble when he gossips and tells secrets.

Our class really enjoys having visitors come read to them. THANK YOU!

Read Across America Day

Hi parents! Monday, March 3rd is Read Across America Day. If you can come read to our class, please let me know. Mrs. Crocker is coming to read to our class at 10:15. If you can come read to our class at 9:00 or 2:00, just contact me.

Mrs. Crocker, thanks in advance for coming to read to us this day!

Salt Water Aquarium

The students have enjoyed having our salt water aquarium back in the classroom. We have a clown fish, anemone shrimp, a zebra turbo snail, and various live corals in our 6 gallon tank.

Coupon Book Total

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Our class has sold 22 Coupon Books. That means our class has earned $44 towards our Donation Account. This money will go towards the purchase of art supplies and school supplies.

Thank you again for helping our classroom.

Coupon Books

The last day to purchase Coupon Books is Monday, February 25th. Remember to send cash only, and $2.00 of every purchase goes directly to our classroom! So far, our class has sold over $175 in Coupon Books.

President's Day

No school on Monday because of President's Day. Have a great weekend and I will see you Tuesday!

Valentine's Day

Our class enjoyed cupcakes and juice. Our subtraction story problem of the day: We have 24 cupcakes. If all 15 students have one cupcake, how many cupcakes will be left?

We also enjoyed swapping Valentine Cards and candy with our classmates. Please do not eat all your candy tonight! Come to school ready to learn tomorrow.

HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY!

Hi Parents!

Parents,
Thank you so much for taking the time to check your child's webpage. I am in a technology class now and learning how to 'blog'. A Blog is an online collaborative form of communication. It is different from email because other readers can see our communication.
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