September 3, 2018
8/31/2018
TUESDAY FOLDERS Each Tuesday afternoon, please spend some time going over your child's Tuesday folder work with them. It's important that the children see how well they completed their work. The corrections I make are really to benefit my students. If there is a “Correct and Return” paper in the folder, please spend time going over that work with your child, making corrections, then put a parent signature on it and return it the next day. Sometimes all it takes is a little more practice, as mastery is around the corner. CHOICES, CHOICES Each day there are four daily lunch entree choices available from the cafeteria. Several students continue to arrive unsure of their decision. Please review the menu each morning, and send your child knowing which choice they’d like, #1, #2, #3, or #4. Also, I have a few students buying treats or ice cream on a daily basis. You may want to have a discussion about this at home if you wish there to be limits. OPEN HOUSE/PARENT NIGHT Open House for parents is next Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6:00pm. Please make plans to be here and to arrange childcare for your children. I look forward to seeing you! HOMEROOM PARENT and VOLUNTEER THANK-YOU I wanted to thank McKala O'Leary-Orta again for volunteering to serve as our classroom’s homeroom parent! Thank you also to all the parents that donated items for our classroom and volunteered to help with class tasks and events! You are so appreciated! CONFERENCE SIGN UP I will be sending out a fall conference sign up form next week. Please make a time and date selection at your earliest convenience so that I can prepare for your child's conference. Our school "conference date" is set for October 8th, a student holiday. However, I will be offering additional dates before and after school in the days leading up to October 8th. Please choose a date that works for your family, as I would like to meet with each one of you to set goals for the year. BOX TOPS It is time for our annual Box Tops Competition! Classes compete against each other to bring in the most Box Tops. The competition starts September 4th and ends September 28th . Those classes in the top five receive prizes. The winning class receives a pizza party provided by Papa John’s Pizza at Volente Plaza. Second place receives an in- class ice cream sundae party provided by HEB. Third place receives an in-class donut party provided by HEB. Fourth place receives an in-class Popsicle party provided by HEB. And fifth place receives 3 free ice cream certificates per student to Dairy Queen. Bonus Box Tops are the key to our class’ victory. HEB runs a promotion (Sept. 5 - 18) in whereby if you purchase 10 Box Top items you receive 60 bonus Box Tops and if you purchase 15 Box Top items you receive 100 bonus Box Tops. Parents can also download the Bonus Box Tops App and get 50 Bonus Box Tops at Walmart when purchasing 5 Box Tops items in a single transaction and scanning the receipt with the app. Get 100 Bonus Box Tops at Sam’s Club for purchasing 3 Box Tops items with the app. Normally, more than half the money raised is from Bonus Box Tops. As such, each student that brings Bonus Box Tops (certificates or emails from the app) of 50 Box Tops or more will also receive a small prize from the prize basket provided by the PTA. Thank you for supporting our school in this way! UPCOMING Monday, September 3rd Holiday, No School Thursday, September 6th WATCH DOG Kick-Off 6:00pm, Cafeteria Tuesday, September 11th Open House Night & PTA General Meeting 6:00 pm -- Kinder, 1st, and 2nd Grades Open House 6:30 pm -- PTA General Meeting 7:00 pm -- 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades Open House
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August 27, 2018
8/27/2018
ARRIVALS Students may enter the building as early as 7:20am. Please note, our tardy bell is at 7:40am. Any students arriving after this bell should report to the office for a tardy slip, before entering the classroom. DISMISSALS Dismissals will take place at 2:55pm. Please discuss a consistent meeting place for your child. All walkers and bike riders are to exit the school through the front door by the main office. Our side doors will be for our car and van riders only. Teachers will be walking all students to their destination. Car riders will walk with a teacher out to the car lines, walkers will walk with a teacher to the front door and be released after making contact with a parent, and a teacher will walk all YMCA students to the cafeteria. This arrangement will make for a safer dismissal for all. Please remember that no students should be released from cars, or walk to cars, unaccompanied in the large staff and visitor parking lot. Should you wish to park there at the beginning or end of day for arrival and/or dismissal, please be sure to walk your child across the parking lot and driveway. At both times during the day, this is a very active driveway and students traveling across the driveway and into the parking lot are in harm's way. We very much appreciate your attention to this. SNACKS The children will be given a few minutes to enjoy a small snack each day but there are a few reminders. The snack must be healthy, neat, dry, and easy to eat. Some examples include pretzels, apple slices, granola bars, raisins, fruit snacks, and string cheese. No fruit cups or yogurt, or anything requiring a spoon are permitted, and no drinks other than water. We are usually snacking and continuing to work with many papers and books around. Bringing the snack to school is your child’s responsibility. Should they forget to pack it, please do not bring it to the office. JACKETS/SWEATSHIRTS In addition to a snack, please send a lightweight jacket or sweater daily. Our classroom can get pretty cold at certain times of the day. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Back to School Night is Tuesday, Sept. 11. The meeting will start promptly at 6pm. Thank you for setting up childcare arrangements for this evening so that all parents can hear the important information. I look forward to sharing more about second grade with you! READING MINUTES In second grade, your child will be required to read at least 60 minutes each week. This assignment will involve some record keeping from home. I am asking that you (or your child) record the minutes read nightly. This notation should be made in the yellow box on the right side of the student planner for that day, and parents should initial reading each night. Sixty minutes is a weekly minimum, but I encourage your child to read nightly for 15-20 minutes. On Thursday evening, when you are initialing your child's homework notes in the planner, please take a minute to total the minutes read from the previous week (Friday night – Thursday night). Record this total in Friday's yellow box opposite the nightly homework page and include a parent initial. The pictures below show one suggested method for recording your child's reading minutes. If you would prefer to use the white lines on the left side of the page, that is fine as well. As long as I can see a number of minutes, a parent initial, and a total number of minutes (from Friday to Thursday), I am happy! Nightly reading is crucial to your child's overall reading success, and I appreciate your support! VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION Please use the link on the blog side bar to register as a school volunteer. It is necessary for volunteers to RE-REGISTER EVERY year. I recommend that EVERY parent register, just so you are ready for volunteer opportunities as they arise. WATER BOTTLES Please help your child to stay hydrated by sending a water bottle every day, as our recess time is between 12:45-1:15. We want our students to stay hydrated during this hot time of the day. ABSENCES If your child is going to be absent, please send an email to me and copy Cynthia Quesnel, our CCE registrar, to let us know. Please be sure to state your child’s first and last name, as well as the reason for the absence. Another option is to go to the CCE website. There’s a quick link on the parent page to report an absence. CCE’s school policy is that all missed student work will be saved and given to the child upon their return. We do not prepare work ahead of time for absent students, whether the absence is due to illness or travel. When your child returns to school, the work will be given out and time will be given to complete the work. Upcoming Dates Thursday, August 30 Cub Scout Information Night 6:30-8:00pm, Cafeteria Monday, September 3rd Holiday, No School Thursday, September 6th WATCH DOG Kick-Off 6:00pm, Cafeteria Tuesday, September 11th Open House Night & PTA General Meeting 6:00 pm -- Kinder, 1st, and 2nd Grades Open House 6:30 pm -- PTA General Meeting 7:00 pm -- 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades Open House August 20, 2018
8/19/2018
We had such a wonderful beginning to our new school year! Everyone did very well learning classroom procedures and expectations, and we are off to a fantastic start! Our classroom friendships are strengthening each day!
Homeroom Parent Thanks to those of you who have already shown interest in helping as a homeroom parent. If you are interested in being the homeroom parent for our class, please email me at [email protected]. I would be so appreciative and would love to partner with you! Student Information If you have not entered your information into our class form, please do so as soon as possible. This helps me to have all information in one location. Homework Folder and Planner Students will be bringing home their planner and homework folder in their backpack each day, regardless of whether there was any homework assigned. Setting up good habits at home by having your child return the planner and homework folder to their backpack right after homework has been completed and the planner has been initialed will be helpful. Packing a backpack before bedtime is a wonderful organizational idea. On those rushed or sleepy mornings, your child will still arrive prepared. Volunteer Registration There will be many opportunities for you to volunteer this year. Please plan ahead by registering as a school volunteer as soon as possible. In the past, there have been many disappointed adults and children when admission to the classroom was denied due to failure to sign into the Raptor system. Please take a minute and take care of this before things get too hectic. Please remember that applications to be an approved volunteer must be submitted every year. The District conducts background checks on every volunteer to help ensure the safety of our children. At this time of year, approval can take up to two weeks, better not to wait!! And, remember, all volunteers must be approved - room parents, classroom helpers, field trip chaperones, Watch D.O.G.S., etc., prior to volunteering. Lunch News Each day there are four daily lunch entree choices available from the cafeteria. With that many options, confusion and indecision can set in quickly. It would be so helpful if your child could arrive each day knowing what his/her selection will be before ordering. Thank you for having these discussions prior to drop off. Also, please be sure to set guidelines with your child on which days they may purchase snacks, such as chips and ice cream from the cafeteria. Many children are buying these items daily, quickly depleting lunch money accounts. Dismissal Changes Please be sure to contact the office by 2:00pm if your child has a departure change for that day. The office staff scurries each afternoon to make sure all departure update notes are delivered to the classrooms by the end of school. When the calls come in after 2:15, it makes it challenging to assure that your child will receive the message on time. Please don’t call the classroom with any changes for the day since I am not likely to be able to check my messages until the end of my day, after the children have departed. Wish List Many of you have already displayed such generosity in providing materials for our classroom. Thank you to the parents that have already sent in the tissue boxes, baby wipes, and Clorox disinfecting wipes that I requested at school supply drop off. Your generosity is so appreciated! Parent Night Meet the Teacher meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 11. This is an important informational meeting for parents. Thank you in advance for setting up childcare arrangements for this evening, as this will ensure all parents will be able to listen attentively. Our classroom meeting will begin at 6:00pm followed by a PTA meeting at 6:30pm. Upcoming Dates Thursday, August 30 Cub Scout Information Night 6:30-8:00pm, Cafeteria Monday, September 3rd Holiday, No School Thursday, September 6th WATCH DOG Kick-Off 6:00pm, Cafeteria Tuesday, September 11th Open House Night & PTA General Meeting 6:00 pm -- Kinder, 1st, and 2nd Grades Open House 6:30 pm -- PTA General Meeting 7:00 pm -- 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades Open House |
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