Hi everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Go Royals :)

Here is some important information about this week so take a peek...

Parent/Teacher conferences- last week got a little busy so I apologize if you haven't gotten a phone call or email from me yet about your scheduled time and an overview of what we will discuss.  If I haven't reached out to you yet, it will be by the middle of this week.  I will be sending out reminders of your date and time a week before.

Community Projects- they look fantastic and the kids are so excited to share!  Thank you for putting in the time and effort with them!  They had fun learning about their community.

October newsletter- will hopefully go home later this week, probably on Friday so be looking for that because it will be a BUSY month!

October book orders- will go home next Monday, and will be due back in by the 10th.  There are some really great Halloween and Fall books in the order.

Box Tops contest- end this week on Friday, so please turn in any that you have.  It raises money for our school!  The top class gets a pizza party, and the top kiddo in our class gets a nice treat from me to eat at lunch!

Fall (Halloween) class party- Mrs. Grable is finalizing plans and will be getting the information out to us this week and in the newsletter so we can get everyone informed.  The parties will be on Friday Oct. 31st.  There was talk about some grades having their party in the morning, and some having it in the afternoon.  It has not been officially decided, but I thought I would give you a heads up in case you were planning to take off for work or make arrangements to come.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great week!

Hi!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Below is some important information for this week.

Homework- this week's homework is special, because it involves family time!  Right now we are learning about community in Social Studies, so I have given the kids a fun family project to do at home this week and over the weekend.  The instructions and guidelines are attached to their weekly homework sheet.  We will start sharing their projects next week.  I can't wait to see what they come up with!

Take Home Folders and Kiwi Bags- Please make sure you are checking both nightly.  I have noticed that some folders are full and need to be emptied out.  Also, if you take something out of the kiwi bag to work on at home, please make sure you put it back in because I like to use it during reading groups.

Pictures- I will be adding pictures for your enjoyment to the blog!  So far, I have taken first day of school pictures and birthday pictures.  I will add those as soon as I can.  I will also add pictures from our different classroom parties once I take those!

Handwriting- I have noticed that some kiddos are still struggling with capital and lowercase letters.  Please help me practice with them at home, because we are working hard at school too.  On spelling tests, we keep all letters lowercase, except for the sentence.  Please encourage neat handwriting as well.

Conferences- They are coming up next month.  If you have not signed up for a time yet, I will be contacting you ASAP to get that worked out.  If you do have a time, I will be sending home reminders soon as well.  I will also be emailing or calling each and every parent this week to give you a little heads up on what we will be discussing at our conference.

If you have any questions or concerns please call or email me!  Have a great week!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Below are some updates for this week...

Reviewing behaviors- I have been seeing a lot of touching going on in our room.  Therefore, I addressed it again with the kids this morning.  We had a serious talk about how we need to keep our hands to ourselves and they should never be on others.  We talked about the consequences, and we also discussed how even if they are trying to be nice (give a hug, tell a friend something, etc.) that they don't need to put their hands on them.  Hopefully the discussion today helped.

Picture Day- is Friday!  We have our pictures around 11:00, and there will be no Piper Purple that day.  Make sure the order form is filled out and sent to school with your child Friday morning, unless you did it online.  But, I still need the printed out form if you completed your order online.

New Student- two weeks ago we had a student move away, so we went down to 23.  We got a new student in our class on Monday and the kids were excited, so now we are back up to 24.  I went ahead and edited the class list and class directory here on the website.  The kids are already familiar with their class number and everything so the new student is not in alphabetical order, I put him the open spot to make it easier.  If you would like a new copy sent home please email me and let me know.

MAP test- the kids will be taking their first MAP test this year during computer class this week.  I will be in there with them to see how they do.  I will share the results with you at Conferences in October!

If you have any questions or concerns please call or email me, have a great week!

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend, it was so beautiful outside!

Below are some of this week's updates so take a peek...

RAZkids- is up and running!  The kids have access, and I will be sending all of the sign information home tomorrow so that you can use it at home for reading as well!

Kiwi Bags- were sent home today!  Please remember to have your child read every night for 10-15 minutes.  There are things in the Kiwi bags for you to help them with as well.

Homework- I sent it home today, it is due back on Friday...don't forget the parent signature, and have your child color in their nightly reading.  Also, if you see that your child is struggling with the weekly spelling tests, please consider doing the activities on the Family Times Sheet.  The list of spelling words is on there.

Picture Day flyer- School pictures are coming up, and there will be a flyer coming home with the kids tomorrow in their purple Take Home Folder so be looking for that.

Fundraiser flyer- will be sent home tomorrow.  It is a small purple slip about the fundraiser so please check it out.

If you have any concerns or questions please call or email me!  Have a great week!

Hi everyone!  Hope you enjoyed your three-day weekend!  Below are some updates and reminders for this week!

Homework- Please remember to have your child turn it in on Friday.  Also, don't forget your parent signature.  Make sure your kiddo is reading every night and they are coloring in their reading on the back of their homework.

School Fundraiser- An informational packet went home last week to kick off our school fundraiser!  When the kids sell items they earn prizes.  The child that earns the most in their grade gets to ride in a limo and eat lunch with Mrs. Grable!

Class Directory- It is done, and will be coming home tomorrow.  I have uploaded it to the website under "Classroom Info."

Sept. Newsletter- this was also uploaded to the website, and will be coming home tomorrow as well.

Book orders- I will turn them in tomorrow and it will take about a week for them to come in.

Parent Helpers and Room Parents- I will be contacting you ASAP this week so we can get the ball rolling so be looking for an email from me!

If you have any questions or concerns please call or email me.  Have a great week!