Dear Parents,

Today your child’s Onekama Public Library books were due.  After school I’ll return those books turned into me.  If you forgot to send in your child’s books, then please return them to any Manistee Public Library branch as soon as possible.  Our next visit will be on Friday, Jan. 30^th.

Your child’s theme test is enclosed.  Once again this test was taken with full support.  The class average was 85%.  Please look over your child’s results. 

Next week we will begin a new reading unit called “Sharing Time.”  It includes stories called The Doorbell Rang, The Little Red Hen and Flower Garden.  Also poems such as “My Mami Takes Me to the Bakery,” “Together” and “Flowers.”  Enclosed are the new vocabulary words for this unit.  Please take time to review these words with your child.  Over the next few weeks, you will see four books come home: I Like Cats, A Big Help, Great Frogs! and In the Cow’s Backyard.  These books will include the new vocabulary words.

Our Main Class Page for 2008-2009

The Main Elementary Page for 2008-2009

Students will begin spelling next week.  Your child took a spelling assessment.  Your child’s assessment is enclosed.  Please practice these words, because this test will be given again at the end of the school year.  Your child should know these words by the end of the year.  Our class average was 49 words out of 90, or 55%.  Any misspelled words were added to your child’s spelling list.  Words are added to your child’s list from the spelling assessment and his/her daily writing.  Each week I will choose six words for your child. Students will bring home their spelling list on Mondays.  On Wednesdays your child’s homework will be to practice his/her spelling words.  The test will be given on Thursdays.  The first list will come home next Monday.  Please note that we will have spelling words next week, but the following week (January 26-30) we will not have spelling words due to the teacher in-service on Monday, January 26^th. 

The following are dates that you may want to add to your calendar:

• Good Behavior Ski Day Forms Due – January 22

• Teacher In-service (No School) – January 23

• Teacher In-service (No School) – January 26

• Onekama Public Library – January 30
• Report Cards Sent Home – January 30

• Good Behavior Ski Day– February 10

• Valentine’s Day Party – February 13

• Winter Break (No School) – February 16

• Manistee Public Library/Pizza Hut field trip – March 13