Good Morning Everyone,

Well, I thought I would send this out first thing so you would not be anxiously awaiting my weekly newsletter. First of all I would like to thank all of you for the wonderful gifts I received. They were all very thoughtful. We had a wonderful last two weeks at school, working on monsters and snowmen. This last week we worked on some holiday cards and gifts, watched the Polar Express, ate popcorn and drank (along with spilling) hot chocolate and eating candy canes. Of Course, we did work of reading, math and writing as well. Gifts Galore was a huge success as always. The children had a great time shopping for their families.... and themselves.
Craft day was amazing. You would think it would be crazy, but as I wondered the halls and walked through the classrooms, I saw multi-age children sitting, talking and working together. It was awesome.

I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to work with your children. Each and everyone of them has something wonderful to contribute to our school family. Each has grown so much over the past few months. I feel extremely lucky to have the group of children I have this year. I know I will be missing them by the end of the break!


Oh, I almost forgot....
I sent home a math pack. It is not mandatory that your kiddos do the work, but it would be great to work review some of the pages. Also, I would really encourage reading over the break. So, please create another reading log for your kiddos and have them fill it out. (I just had to get some school work in over the break)

Have a wonderful, relaxing break,

Becky

Newsletter December 19

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, I thought I would send this out first thing so you would not be anxiously awaiting my weekly newsletter. First of all I would like to thank all of you for the wonderful gifts I received. They were all very thoughtful. We had a wonderful last two weeks at school, working on monsters and snowmen. This last week we worked on some holiday cards and gifts, watched the Polar Express, ate popcorn and drank (along with spilling) hot chocolate along with eating candy canes. Of Course, we did work of reading, math and writing as well. Gifts Galore was a huge success as always. The children had a great time shopping for their families.... and themselves.

Craft day was amazing. You would think it would be crazy, but as I wondered the halls and walked through the classrooms, I saw multi-age children sitting, talking and working together. It was awesome.

I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to work with your children. Each and everyone of them has something wonderful to contribute to our school family. Each has grown so much over the past few months. I feel extremely lucky to have the group of children I have this year. I know I wil be missing them by the end of the break!

Oh, I almost forgot....

I sent home a math pack. It is not mandatory that your kiddos do the work, but it would be great to work review some of the pages. Also, I would really encourage reading over the break. So, please create another reading log for your kiddos and have them fill it out. (I just had to get some school work in over the break)

Have a wonderful, relaxing break,

Becky

Newsletter, December 13

----- Original Message -----

Last Week:

Last Week we finished our Wild Things projects. We read Snowman at Night and competed a "tear" snowman art activity and the children wrote lovely acrostic poems. They will all be coming home at the end of the week, but you should come and check them out! Personally, I think they are amazing. The children worked really hard on them.

THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE VERY BUSY!

Monday - Reports cards will be sent home with the children. Also, Mrs. Neumann will be subbing for me on Monday. The first grade teachers have a Professional Planning Day.

Wednesday - Holiday Party with Mrs. Doyles 2/3 class from 12:30 to 1:30

• items needed

- rolling pins

- cookie cutters for an art project

- one or two more volunteers for the craft room (I think it is
going to be very busy, but really cool)

Thursday - Gifts Galore

• The money raised from this event is for Hunter our school Sparrow. The Sparrow Club members will be coming to our classroom on Wednesday, Dec. 17 so the children can buy tickets. Each ticket cost .25 cents.
• Items sell for 25 cents up to 1 dollar
• Please have your child bring his or her money in a plastic bag with their name written on it.
• Items needed:

- more stuff to sell!

- tape

- gift wrapping paper

Friday - All School Craft Day

• Friday morning the children will rotate through two craft projects. There will be some projects that do not focus on Christmas. If you would prefer your child be placed in one or two of those rooms, please let me know.
• All week we will be watching The Polar Express and on Friday afternoon we will finish the movie while enjoying popcorn and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows!
  

ALL WEEK

Hat, Mittens, Coats Drive: There are boxes by the front office to place all of your gently used items. These items will be donated to a local clothing bank.

Canned Food Drive: We are trying to "deck the halls" with food! Please consider donating cans or boxes of food to help line the halls! All food will be donated to a local food bank.

Pennies for Peace: We are raising money for schools in third world countries. If you would like to donate pennies to the cause, we have a collection container in our room.

I hope you have all had a nice weekend and see you at school!

Becky

Newsletter, December 5, 2009

This Week:

This week we completed some art activities, word work, and comprehension work using the book titled Where the Wild Things Are. This has been a really fun mini unit for the kids and me! Completed work will be sent home when we have wrapped it up.

Needed Items:

I would like to borrow as many copies of The Mitten by Jan Brett as possible. If you have a copy the class we can use, please put your name on the inside cover and send it to school. Thank you!

Giving Campaign: Thank you to all who donated to the Giving Campaign! Your donations mean a great deal to the teachers. We are able to do so much with our curriculum and provide your children with wonderful learning opportunities due to your generous contributions.

MARK YOUR CALANDERS!

Teacher Work Day: On Friday, Dec. 11 the teachers have a work day to prepare report cards, so it is day off from school for the kiddos.

Gifts Galore: Wednesday, Dec. 16 in the morning.

This is a great fund raiser for our Sparrow Hunter. It is like a huge garage sale with prices $1 or less! Children bring $5 or less to school and go shopping for Christmas gifts for their families. All the money raised will go to Hunter and his family through the Sparrow Foundation. If you have items to donate to Gifts Galore bring them to school. Please do not bring clothing or any large items! All gifts are wrapped at the event, so if you would like to donate tape and or wrapping paper that would be awesome! You can go to the Dollar Store for those items! If you would like to volunteer with this event let me know and I will be happy to set you up!

Hat, Mittens, Coats Drive: There are boxes by the front office to place all of your gently used items. These items will be donated to a local clothing bank.

Canned Food Drive: We are trying to line the halls with food! Please consider donating cans or boxes of food to help line the halls! All food will be donated to a local food bank. So far we have 6 cans in front of our room!

Pennies for Peace:We are once again raising money for school in third world countries. If you would like to donate pennies to the cause, we have a collection container in our room.

Holiday Party: We will once again we will have a mellow, calm holiday party with Ms. Doyle's 2/3 class. We will be decorationg a snowman cookie and completing a holiday craft. On Monday, I will have a sign up list of items needed and volunteers.

Pajama Day and Craft Day: On Friday, December 18 everyone in the school gets to get up in the morning and come to school in their pajamas! We also get to make fun crafts. If you are interested in helping let me know!

This week in Math we worked on:

Addition and Subtraction

Time - review the the hour

Introduced the term "half past"

Worked on Number Stories (word problems)

3 minute timed math test (Wow! This was this an exciting day for the kiddos!)

Frames and Arrows: With these activities the children are either following a given rule or finding the rule.

Vocabulary:

Number Model Sentence- a fancy word for a basic addition or subtraction problem Ex. 3+4=7

Addition: Change to more

Subtraction: Change to less

Homefun:

First off,just a few friendly teacher reminders:

PLEASE:

• Help your children stay organized. Go through their home folders each night with them. Take out old materials. Many children are not turning in their homework. The excuses I am hearing from the children are: We were too busy over the weekend. My mom wouldn't let me do it. My dad has it. I forgot. The children not turning in their work are developing habits that will affect their education in the future. Please help them develop positive habits now.
• Help your children with the math homework. This includes making sure they are writing their numbers the write way and answering the questions correctly! We do not want our children to practice doing things the WRONG way. If they do.... they will learn to do it WRONG. We want our children to practice doing things the RIGHT way so they will learn to apply the concepts correctly.
• Make sure your children write their names on their homework. They often do not recognize their own work so they can't figure out which work is theirs. If I can't figure it out and they can't figure it out, they get to do it again!
  

Actual Homefun activities!

~ Correct and complete timed math test (this is optional. Students who do this receive a Positive Piper slip)

~ Studying sight words - please work on spelling as well!!! remember each time your child practices their words, sent in a note and they get a Positive Piper Slip!

~ Math homelinks - going above and beyond the work given will earn your child a Positive Piper Slip!

~ Reading (week long project) please return Take Home Book Envelopes on Monday.

~ NO poem folder went home this week.

Have a great weekend.

Becky

Saturday, December 5

This Week

Giving Campaign

Hi Parents,

I just forwarded a  letter from the PTO concerning the fundrasing campaign.  I wanted to thank all of you who have donated to this event, even though I don't know who you are!   Currenlty 62% of our class has donated to the Giving Campaign.  It would be an amazing effort from our class if we got all 21 families to contribute!!!  

Thank you,

Becky

Letter from PTO

Thanks for sending this to teachers (Barbry)

And to parents via full email (Deb)
Thx!

Chels

----- Original Message -----

Please see attached for the PTO giving campaign update letter that is going out to families today.

Barbry

----- Original Message -----

Thanks for sending this to teachers (Barbry)

And to parents via full email (Deb)

Thx!

Chels

New Items

Newsflash:

Just a few quick notes for everyone.

Math Games:

I am glad to see the kids playing games on the everyday math website..... do you remember 1984? It was a book about the future (yes, I read it in High School) and how Big Brother was watching everyone. Anyway, I can go

online and see who has been playing! I must say I am impressed with the number of children who have played the games. Way to go! I am planning on telling the kiddos at school tomorrow how wonderful it is to see them practicing their math skills at home!!!

Book Orders are due Tuesday. I will order books Tuesday Evening so they will be here before Christmas. If you want them to be Christmas presents please let me know and I will put them away and give them to you when there are no children around.

Holiday Party

I will be needing several people to volunteer at our holiday party and also donate some items. I will put a list up outside our classroom in the next couple of days.

Giving Camgaign:

The PTO's Giving Campaign is coming to a close. Please consider donating what you can. As a class, we are currently at 43% families contributing. It would be awesome to see 100% of our families participate in this fundraiser. If you can't donate the amount the PTO is asking, contribute what you can. NO amount is too small.

Our Frieze

New Newsletter

First Grade Newsletter

November 22, 2009

Mrs. Eriksson’s Class

 

Items needed to borrow for a class project:

Copies of the Jan Brett book titled The Mitten

Important Upcoming Dates:

December 4: End of Giving Campaign:  The PTO is raising funds for our school.  This is a one-time donation for the year. Currently 43 % of our class has donated to the campaign, lets try to get 100%!   Please donate what you can, and remember - no amount is too small! 

 

Upcoming Events:  Dates TBA

Gift Galore

Hat, Mittens, Coats and Gloves Drive

Canned Food drive

All School Craft Day

 

Homefun for the Weekend

Poem folders

Math

Reading envelopes

Reading Envelopes:

On Friday, I sent home reading envelopes with each child along with an information sheet and a reading log. Please help your children complete this portion of their homework.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you can, please tally up how many minutes your child read over the week and write it in the upper right hand corner.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we:

Explored odd and even numbers

Number stories

 

Reading:

We worked

• With the “eep” word family

• In skill set groups – curriculum depended on the needs of each groups.

• In guided reading groups we worked on word solving strategies based on

phonics rules, content, vocabulary and comprehension

 

PE/Music:

We will have PE on the Wednesday when we return to school.

 

Vocabulary we worked on this week:

Noun – a person, place or thing

Adjective – a word that describes a noun

 

Writer’s Workshop:

This week we completed free writing and storyline writing activities.

We focused on:

·     Periods and exclamation marks (when needed)

·     Upper/lower case letters, Spacing, Basic spelling

·     Nouns

·     Adjectives

·     Poetry and Free writing

 

Have a wonderful break.

 

Becky

 

 

First Grade Newsletter
November 13, 2009
Mrs. Eriksson’s Class

Storyline:
The children have continued to write in their “travel journals”. The entries and poems they have written are very rich. They are taking on the character of one of the Fritz family members and have written as if they actually experienced the activities on the itineraries! This is where storyline come to life!

Important Upcoming Dates:
November: Pennies for a Cause
Giving Campaign: The PTO is raising funds for our school. This is a onetime donation for the year. Please donate what you can, no amount is too small.
November 20: Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Play at Summit High School.
Nov.23 -27: Thanksgiving Break.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
This is a play put on by BEAT, a local performance company. We will be departing school at 9:05 am on Friday, Nov. 20. Please make sure your child is at school by 8:55 and in the classroom. Please let me know if your child will not be at school. If you feel you can donate $2.00 for the bus that would be wonderful. I am covering the cost of the play with funds given to my classroom account from the Parent Teacher Association (PTO). This is a great example of how your donations to the Giving Campaign are put into use!

Homefun for the Weekend
Poem folders
High Frequency Words

NEXT WEEK
I am not sure what happened, as I was going to send these home last week. I think I will wait until after Thanksgiving to begin sending the book envelope home. When you receive the envelopes, please read over the information, as it is important to the success that we want our children to feel. This will be reading homework for the children. Books will be sent home on Mondays and will need to be returned on Mondays.

Math:
Last week in Math we:
Took the Unit 2 math assessment. I am happy to say the children did very well. After I finish recording the assessment, I will send it home.
Solving number stories. Ex. If one chicken laid three eggs and another chicken laid 4 eggs, how many eggs are there altogether.
We discussed patterns, labeling patterns and cycles of patterns.

Math Vocabulary we worked on this week:
Patterns
Cycles of patterns


Reading:
We worked
• With the “ub” word family
• In skill set groups – curriculum depended on the needs of each groups.
• In guided reading groups we worked on word solving strategies based on
phonics rules, content, vocabulary and comprehension
PE/Music:
We do have any specials this week.


Writer’s Workshop:
This week we completed a Cinquian Poem and wrote a journal entry about skiing, nordic skiing or snowboarding. In the journal entry, our focus was beginning, middle and endings of stories. I children wrote wonderful pieces. You will be able to read them when their topic books come home after Thanksgiving.

I hope you have a nice weekend.

Becky

Newsletter

First Grade Newsletter

Oct. 17

Mrs. Eriksson's Class

 

 

Storyline:

We had a fun week with our storyline.  We set up camp, roasted marshmallows and rafted down the Deschutes River. We explored Class 3 and 4 rapids and told stories in our tent.  We also went fishing in Mirror Pond.  Thank you to Mr. Light and Mr. Laesky for helping with cast fishing and detangling many fishing lines and to the Lahertys and Mr. Ratcliff for teaching the kiddos how to fly-fish. 

 

Fish and Wildlife just stocked Shevlin Pond with large trout….may be a good time to go fishing.  Children under 12 do not need a license.

We also began to work on the itinerary that we will send the Fritz family.  We hope to have it done by next week.

 

Research Project:
If your child has not completed their research project PLEASE work on it this weekend.  It was due last Monday.  PLEASE make sure your children are involved in the project.  I ask several children about their research and they said they didn't do it, their parents did.  If the parents complete the research part of the project, the children will not be able to create a presentation.  Please talk with you children this weekend about what they researched.

 

Culmination:  Our Culmination will be on Wednesday, November 4

 

Homefun:

Poem folders did not come home this week.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we worked on:

·      Counting by 2's and 5's

·      Worked with out teen numbers

·      Introduced the telling time to the hour. 

·      Worked on number writing.

·      Worked on finding pairs with the sums of ten.

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Reading:

We worked

·      with the "et" word family

·      in skill set groups – curriculum depended on the needs of each group.

·      In guided reading groups

 

PE/Music: 

We will have PE this coming week on Wednesday.

 

Vocabulary we worked on this week:

Elements of Story:

·      Characters

·      Setting

·      Problem

·      Resolution

Itinerary

 

I hope you had a great weekend.  Nice snowstorm!

Becky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter Oct. 9

First Grade Newsletter

Oct. 9

Mrs. Eriksson's Class

 

Conferences: 

I want to thank all of you for attending your child's conference.  I am grateful to report that I had 21 conferences!  I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with your children.  I also feel very fortunate to have the support of the parents.  It is so wonderful to see how much you care about your children.  Talking to you this Thursday and Friday was a great way to spend two days.  One thing I love about conferences is that I get to share what your children are doing in school with you on a more personal basis.  Another thing I love about conferences is that I can reflect on the children's learning.  They have made wonderful progress in the weeks we have been in school and I look forward to watching them continue on growth!

Please remember to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  Parent communication is a key component in your child's education.

 

Storyline:

This week we continued to work on our frieze.  We learned about Atlas', maps globes and continents.  We completed some mapping skills as well discussed our directions: North, East, South and West.

Field Trips:

Monday, Oct. 12:  Camping and Rafting

We will be camping near the Deschutes River and rafting down Big Eddy (not really). But we will be setting up a campsite along with rafts, canoes and kayaks by the gym!   We will read a few camping stories and have a marshmallow!  Please let me know if you child cannot have a marshmallow and if that is the case, could you please bring a small treat your child could have by our pretend campfire.

Volunteers Needed:

Thursday, Oct. 15:  Fishing on the Deschutes at Mirror Pond

We will be hiking to Mirror Pond to do a little cast fishing and Fly-fishing.

If you would like to help with this event, I know I will need some!  Fishing poles, lines, bait, 6 and 7 year olds….. am I crazy?  I know it will be a very busy day, however, I also know it will be a great time!

Several parents have contacted me about helping with the fly-fishing portion of this event.  If you are still interested, please contact me.  We will be leaving school at 12:15 and arriving at the fishing area at 12:25.  Fishing will occur for 40 minutes then we will head by to school.

 

PLEASE CONTACT HELP AND ME IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER WITH THE CAST FISHING, NO EXPERINECE NECESSARY, OR HAVE SOME FLYFISHING EXPERIENCE WITH EQIUPEMENT.

 

 

Research Project:

The research project information is due no later than Tuesday, Oct. 13

 

Culmination:  Our Culmination is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday November 4.   

 

Homefun:

Please read the poems in the Poem folder with your children and return the folder to school on Monday.

 

Please remember to help you children with their math homework.  Please make sure numbers are written correctly and answers are correct.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we completed several activities with the 100's grid.  We also practiced writing numbers.

 

Writing:

We wrote about mini moments and we also did a free right where the children could write about anything they wanted.  Many dragons, castles, princesses and unicorn came alive!

 

Reading:

This week we worked with

·      The "-ug" word family

·      Worked on a color word pack

·      Worked on hearing and writing sounds in words and manipulating sounds in words to create new words.

 

PE/Music: 

We will not have a Wednesday special this week.

 

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHILDREN:

What is an Atlas?

What is a continent and how many are there?

What is a globe?

What are the for directions you can find on a map?

What kinds of maps do people use?

I hope you have a great weekend.  I will be in Hillsboro and McMinnville for soccer! 

Becky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter Oct 2

First Grade Newsletter

Oct. 2

Mrs. Eriksson's Class

 

 

Storyline:

This week we worked on our frieze.  We now have our mountain range up along with lakes and sky.  Next week we will be working on putting up Bend and the surrounding area.

Field Trips:

Monday, Oct. 12:  Camping and Rafting

We will be camping near the Deschutes River and rafting down Big Eddy (not really). But we will be setting up a campsite along with rafts, canoes and kayaks by the gym!  We will need yellow rafts, canoes and kayaks, paddles and life jackets and blue tarps (water).  If you have any of these items and would like to bring them next Monday let me know and I will share the specifics with you!

 

Thursday, Oct. 15:  Fishing on the Deschutes at Mirror Pond

We will be hiking to Mirror Pond to do a little cast fishing and Fly-fishing.

If you would like to help with this event, I know I will need some!  Fishing poles, lines, bait, 6 and 7 year olds….. am I crazy?  I know it will be a very busy day, however, I also know it will be a great time!

Several parents have contacted me about helping with the fly-fishing portion of this event.  If you are still interested, please contact me.  We will be leaving school at 12:15 and arriving at the fishing area at 12:25.  Fishing will occur for 40 minutes then we will head by to school.

 

Research Project:

On Friday, I sent home large envelopes with your child's research project.  Please read over the information. If you have any questions, please email me.

 

Culmination:  Our Culmination is tentatively scheduled for the week of November 9 – 12 – but may change to the week prior.  A specific date and time will be announced soon.

 

Homefun:

Please read the poems in the Poem folder with your children and return the folder to school on Mondays.

 

Please remember to help you children with their math homework.  Please make sure numbers are written correctly and answers are correct.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we worked on:

·      Ordering numbers

·      Counting by 2's and 5's

·      Making and counting tally marks (It would be good to practice at home!)

 

Writing:

Each child picked on e member of the Fritz family and wrote al them.  We also wrote about Mimi Moments.

Reading:

This week we worked with

·      The "ell" word family

·      Completed a word sort using the short a, i and short sounds in words

·      Worked on syllables, and hearing sounds in words. 

 

Volunteering:

There are still some time slots left for volunteering if you are interested. 

 

PE/Music: 

We will have Music this week.

 

I hope you had a great weekend.  Nice snowstorm!

Becky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework and Take-home Folders

Good evening everyone,

Just a quick note on homework and take home folders.

• Take Home Folders need to be returned to school everyday.    
  
• Please make sure you correct you children's work when they are completing homework assignments.  Many of the children had mistakes on the last math homework assignment.  These mistakes included writing numbers backwards, writing the teen numbers backwards, and making the wrong number of tallies for the number written.  By correcting your child's works you have the opportunity to talk about the concepts being covered.
  
• It is also important to make sure that your child's name is written on the top of all homework papers.
  
• Please look through your childs folder each night and talk to them about the papers they have brought home.  Make this an opportunity to talk to your child about what they are doing in school.  This will also help them not turn everything back in the next morning!!!  If your childs paper has a star or stamp on it, it should stay at home.
  
• Poem Folders are due back each Monday.
  
• Library books are due back to school every Thursday.  If you child does not return the library books they will not be able to check out new books.
  
• Please make sure your child wears the appropriate shoes for PE.  
  
  

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Becky

Newsletter Sept 27

First Grade Newsletter

Sept.27, 2009

Mrs. Eriksson's Class

 

 

Storyline:

Last week we went on two field trips to down town Bend.  Both were a great deal of fun.  We went to the High Desert Museum and the Bend Historical Museum.  We are beginning to set the stage for our research projects.

We finished creating the Fritz family and they will be up on the frieze board this week.  We also began working on the Map of Bend and the surrounding area.  The goal is to have everything up by the end of the week! 

Our next field trip will be to Drake Park.  We are going to be doing some cast finishing and watching (maybe trying) some fly-fishing.  We are planning this walking field trip for Tuesday, October 6.  If you are fly fisherman or have experience with cast fishing, please let me know if you would like to help.  Even if you don't have experience, let me know, as I will need some volunteers. 

 

Storyline needs:  Yellow rafts, canoes and kayaks, paddles and life jackets.  No we are not going on the water, but we are going to use them at school for an incident.

 

Questions to ask your children:

What was the neatest thing you saw at the High Desert Museum?

Did you like the miner's Cave?

What part of the museum do you think Julian would like the best?   Why  (likes lizards and snakes)

What was you favorite part of the Bend Historical Museum?

What was one interesting thing you learned?

 

Culmination:  Our Culmination is tentatively scheduled for the week of November 9 – 12.  A specific date and time will be announced soon.

 

Homefun:

Please read the poems in the Poem folder with your children and return the folder to school on Mondays.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we worked on:

·      Ordering numbers

·      Counting by 5's

·      Making and counting tally marks (It would be good to practice at home!)

 

 

 

Writing:

We continued to work on Mini Moments.

 

Reading:

This week we worked with

·      The "ip" word family

·      The short a and i sounds

·      Changing sounds (beginning, middle and ending sounds) in words to create new words.

 

Volunteering:

There are still some time slots left for volunteering if you are interested. 

 

Back to School Night:

If you did not make it to Back to School Night and you did not receive an information packet please email me.  I got many emails last week about different things.  I lost track! 

 

PE/Music: 

No Specials this week.

 

I hope you had a great weekend.  I am sorry for the late newsletter, but I was in Portland all weekend for soccer! 

 

Becky

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to School Night/ Poem Folders

Good Evening everyone,

Just a few reminders:

If your kiddo is home ill, please make sure you call the office in the morning and let them know.

If you arrive at school after after 9:05, please go to the front office and check your child in.

If you take your child out of school early, please go the the front office and check your child out.

Tomorrow night is our Back to School Night.  It starts at 6:00 and should run about an hour.   If you need to bring your children, please know that I do not have anyone to watch them in the library as originally planned.  My son's soccer practice got moved to Wednesdays.  If you need to bring your children, I will have crayons and math manipulative set up in the next room.  We can leave the door open so we will be able to keep an eye on them during our meeting.

Poem Folders need to be returned each Monday.  The kiddos will bring them home each Friday.  Please read the poems with your kiddos over the weekend.

Next field trip:

To:  Bend Historical Museum

When:  Friday, Sept. 25

Departure time:  1:10

Return time:  2:50 -3:00

Transportation:  Feet

Cost:  Free

Please make sure your child wears good walking shoes.

Thanks,

Becky