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Dear
Parents,
In
this week’s Friday Folder, some of your child’s work was graded with
letter grades. There are four grades given, they are S+=Achieved,
S=Progressing Successfully, S-=Beginning to Develop and
U=Experiencing Difficulty. Some papers are stamped with “The Wall of
Fame.” These papers are the best of the best, because they have
included correct answers, best writing, best coloring, no backward
letters or numbers and the date. If your child has this stamped on
one of his/her papers, then congratulate him/her on a job well done.
Also
included in your child’s folder are several writing samples: My
Family, My House, and Seasons. Each writing assignment begins with
a mini-lesson. I show my example on the overhead, talk about my
drawing, and then move on to my words or sentence. I talk about
capital letters, finger spaces and periods at the end of a
sentence. Right now I am trying to get them comfortable with the
writing process; I have not assigned a number of sentences yet.
Within the next few weeks, students will need to write two sentences
on lined paper. Please note all the work has been done with full
support. I have been spelling words to them, but soon students will
learn to use our word wall, picture dictionary and stretch out the
unknown word. I do encourage inventive spelling. As time goes on,
we will start our spelling program in January.
A few lunch notes for this year. Our school
offers breakfast in the morning. If your child is interested, then
the cost is $1.25. Students do not need to wait in the line outside
of the building; they are able to enter the building by the
superintendent’s office. As you know lunch is available for $2.25.
The menu is limited this year due to our construction. Students
have one choice for hot lunch. We look forward to more choices in
our new facility. Milk is $.50. On Fridays students are able to
purchase a variety of items for 50 cents each such as ice cream
cups, fruit snacks, and cookies. Go-Gurts are available for 50
cents daily. |
The first Friday
of every month we will participate in the school store. Our first
visit will be October 2nd. It’s located in the display
case by the Media Center (library). It contains pens, pencils,
markers, highlighters, notebooks, folders, etc. Items range from
$.50 to $2.50. It’s sponsored by our Parent-Teacher Organization
(PTO). They use the profits to sponsor our visits to local
theaters, March is Reading month activities, treats for MEAP week,
Good Behavior Ski Day, Good Behavior Field Day, field trips, and
much more. If there is a parent interested in volunteering to help
us with school store once a month, then please let me know.
As you may have noticed by
our last Friday Folder, I’ve recruited help from the class. I used
to stuff them by myself, but it takes too much of my preparation
time. Now students help me pass out papers and put them into their
own Friday Folder. Students learn to read each others’ names plus
this is a great time saving for me. Students are supposed to check
each paper before putting it into their folder, but some papers do
get into the wrong folder. If you get another student’s paper, then
please send it to school in your child’s folder. I’ll be sure it
gets to the right owner.
The
following are dates that you may want to add to your calendar:
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Onekama Public Library field trip– October 1
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School Store – October 2
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School Picture Day – October 13
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Halloween party – October 30 at 11:45 – 3:00 p.m.
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Early
Dismissal – November 24 at 12:30 p.m.
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Parent-Teacher Conference – November 24 at 5-8 p.m.
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Parent-Teacher Conference – November 25 at 8-11 a.m.
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No
School (Thanksgiving Break) – November 25, 26 & 27
Warmly,
Shantel |
