By now you should have gotten a white sheet that tells you the time of your child's parent/teacher conferences. These will either take place 9/29 or 10/1 from 4-7pm. Please write this important date on your calendar. I will try my hardest to stick to the schedule as it is very tight this year and having only 15 minutes to talk we will have to do it quickly. I can keep this promise with some help from you as well. Please be on time, please be ready with questions or concerns, and please set up a time with me prior to the conferences or after the conferences if you have something bigger to talk about or would like to talk longer than the given times for the conferences. I am available in the mornings (7:45-8:00) by phone, email or in person and the same goes for the afternoon (3:15-4:00). I also have prep every day at 10:00am and can usually be found in my room. Thank you for your help and cooperation in this matter. :)
Hello! Wow! What a week it has been. We have learned a lot and also perfected a lot of our routines! The kiddos have done a great job! We have learned all kinds of letters in our phonics lessons including n, o and t! We have learned about reading to someone and reading to self for our Daily 5 and also have learned about our expectations for 1st grade writing and 1st grade pictures for Writer's Workshop. In math we have learned about 5 groups and how to make numbers greater than 5 by making a 5 group and some more ones! We have also read lots of books about the alphabet and are becoming rock stars with our letters! I am so proud! We are doing FABULOUS in first grade! BUT... there are a few minor things we need to work on... 1. bathroom--our behavior in the bathroom hasn't been the greatest! We need to remember to use 1 pump of soap, 1 paper towel and that we go in, go to the bathroom and get out! 2. We also need to work on blurting out. We have RULE #2: Raise your h...