March Book Report

Today the students were given 3 very important items that they will need for their March book report. Please make sure that your child has shown you these items. The final report (and all of the parts) are due March 25th. If your child is unsure of their book choice, please have them show it to me. As always, contact me with any questions you may have.

Cleaning away the germs....

We are down to our last two bottles of anti-bacterial wipes, if you are able to donate more it would be greatly appreciated. The students all wipe their desks in the morning, sometimes during the day, and I use them to clean up around our room, so we go through them pretty fast.
Thank you!

Word of the Day

The students really seem to be enjoying the Word of the Day, and they have been doing a great job. One thing that we have been talking about quite a bit lately is writing definitions that are not easy to understand. I have talked with the students about trying not to write words that they cannot pronounce or that they don't know what they mean. Naturally this prevents them from the goal of this assignment, which is to learn new and interesting words. Please work with your child to make sure they understand the word, and that they are not just copying something from the dictionary. We did an example with the word from today, and they seemed to have a good understanding of a well written definition. Thank you for your help!

Valentine Boxes

Here is the challenge: The students have been told that they can create a box for their Valentine's that they may bring to school next Friday. We are going to have a contest within our class, and do a class vote. I have stressed that this is for FUN, and part of our Valentine's Day festivities. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Love Notes

Reminder: If you are choosing to do a "Love Note" for your child, please return it to me as soon as you can. They will be given to each child next Friday. Please let me know if you have any questions.

I'm back on the web....

Hello families! Since I had been having so many problems with my old blog, I created a new one with my name change and all! I heard from so many of you that you liked having the blog to check for updates. Please note that I will continue to e-mail our class newsletter, but will post any comments, reminders, etc. on this blog.