Hi everyone!  We are back to a normal week...sort of!  :)

Parent/Teacher conferences- went well!  I really enjoyed talking to each and every one of you about your child.  Thank you so much for coming and making your child's education a big deal!

Homework- we do have it this week.  It was handed out today and is due Friday morning.

Field Trip- is next week on Friday Nov. 7th!  I have most permission slips turned back in, so thank you!  If you haven't please get that turned in to school ASAP because we need to turn in a lunch count to those who are getting a sack lunch from the school.

Halloween Fiesta- will be this Friday in our classroom!  The kids may wear their costumes to school because the parade will be in the morning from starting at 9:30 and the party will follow at 9:45.  If you are a room parent you are more than welcome to come early and set up while we are in the gym showing off our costumes.  The party will end at 10:30.  At that time, we will start taking off our costumes for lunch, so please have your child pack some clothes so they can change.  In the afternoon, the kids will be watching a Halloween movie in the gym :)

Kiwi bags- please remember to read at home every night with your child.  The more they read, they better they will get!  Also, please remember to put the books back in the bag because we use them here at school as well.  The thick colored sheets of paper that are inside the plastic Ziploc baggie are tools to use with your child when sounding out words, and comprehension.  Please refer to this because theses are skills that will help them move up in reading levels.

Red Ribbon week- a small sheet was sent home last week with all of the details for each spirit day this week.  Today was crazy sock day, tomorrow is favorite team shirt day, Wednesday is hat day, Thursday is crazy hair day, and Friday is costumes!

Box Tops- Congratulations to Madi Droge for bringing in the most box tops in our class!  She will be getting a special treat at lunch from me.

That is all I have for this week.  If you have any questions or concerns please call or email me!  Have a great week.

GO ROYALS!

This week and next week are going to feel crazy!  Lots going on!  Take a peek...

Parent Teacher conferences are this week.  I sent out an email attachment with our schedule just as a reminder for your time.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone and talking about your kiddo!

No Homework- we don't have any this week due to the short week.  Some of the kids came up to me today saying that I forgot to hand it out, but really they forgot I told them we didn't have any because it was a basically a three day week.

Field Trip- I have had a few forms come in this week, thanks for turning them in!  If you need another copy please let me know so your kiddo can bring it back to school.  I have to have the form turned back in so I know what their plan is for lunch.

Halloween party- is next week.  The parade in the gym to show off costumes is at 9:30.  The party is in the classroom starting at 9:45 and ending at 10:30.  The kids may wear their costumes to school that morning, and we will change out of their costumes before lunch.

If you have any other questions or concerns please call or email me!  See you soon!

Hey everyone!  Hope everyone had a great weekend.  Again, GO ROYALS!

Below is some information for this week, so take a peek!

Field Trip- I sent the blue permission slip/informational note home with the kids last week.  I have already gotten like 10 back, so I am still waiting on some to be returned.  Your child can not go without turning it back in to me.  That slips lets me know what they are doing for lunch, and if you are or are not coming.  Very important :).  Also, grandparents are more than welcome to be the adult that comes along!

Spelling- We only have four days this week and three days next week so we are combining them with the same spelling list.  The Family Times sheet attached to the weekly homework includes the words that will be tested.  But, they won't be tested until next week so no spelling test this week.

Clorox wipes- I am in need of some so if you would like to donate some to the classroom that would be AMAZING!

Parent Teacher conferences- I have sent out emails, but tonight I sent home an orange reminder slip of your day and time you are conferencing with me.  I am looking forward to meeting with each and every one of you about your child :)

Great behavior- I sent an email out Friday about our great monthly behavior reward.  Every year, I like to allow the students who have good behavior each month each lunch with me in the classroom.  They love it, and I enjoy it as well.  I checked everyone's purple Take Home Folder last week, and if they didn't have any yellow, orange, or red days I have them a Star Student sticker for the month of Aug. and Sept. (since Aug was short).  If they have a sticker they will be eating lunch with me this Friday in the classroom!

That is all I have for this week.  Four day week- remember no school Friday!

If you have any questions or concerns please call or email me.

Hi everyone, hope you had a great weekend...what about those ROYALS!  So exciting!

Anyway, below is some new information for this week so take a peek!

October newsletter- will be handed out tomorrow, and it has a lot of information on it about this busy month!  There is also information about our Halloween party!

Zoo Field Trip- we usually take our field trip in the spring, but decided to take it now in the fall.  We will be going on November 7th.  The first grade teachers are just now getting an informational letter out now because we had to wait on it to be approved.  This field trip informational letter will be coming home tomorrow as well, so please look it over!

Reading testing- I have started testing, and will have your child's reading level information for you at conferences.

Weekly Homework- thank you for spending some time with your child to get their weekly homework done.  It shows your child that you care about their education, and that school is important!  It also teaches them responsibility, because they have to complete it on time and turn it in to me on Fridays.  I try to make homework stuff that takes less than 15 minutes, so hopefully finding time to complete it isn't hard.

Community Family Projects- we are finally done sharing them!  Thank you for spending some time with your child and completing this project with them, they had fun making and sharing!  They also did a great job presenting, and it will go toward their Speaking and Listening grade on their grade card.

That is all I have, if you have any questions or concerns please call or email me!

Have a great week!  

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!