October 1, 2018
9/28/2018
FALL CONFERENCES
Conferences are such a wonderful opportunities to visit with parents. I have already had several wonderful conversations with parents and have learned so much more about my students. I have a very tight schedule so please help me keep my conferences on time. A gentle knock on the door would be very appropriate should the conference before you be still taking place at the start of your conference time. It will be our sign to wrap things up. I am looking forward to visiting with you as we chat about your child and set goals for the year ahead. A reminder of your scheduled time should have come home in this week's Tuesday folder! DENIM DRIVE If you have any gently used jeans at home, please send them in. CCE is collecting for the RRISD Clothes Closet. Your donation is greatly appreciated. STAR OF THE WEEK We are excited to celebrate Nolan this week! FALL HOLIDAYS As you plan ahead, please remember that there is no school on Monday, October 8th or Tuesday, October 9th. THANK YOU Thank you to so many of our wonderful families for your treasure chest donations. Our treasure chest now has many highly desirable items. Thank you so much for donating to our class, and being so creative in your donations! IMPORTANT DATES Monday, October 8: Student Holiday – Parent/Teacher Conference Day Tuesday, October 9: Student Holiday – Staff Development Day Monday-Friday, October 22-25: Red Ribbon Week Friday, November 2: Second Grade Field Trip Friday, November 9: Veteran's Day Program, 8am
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September 24, 2018
9/22/2018
LOTS OF LEARNING
These past five weeks of school have been wonderful! Our class has embraced the idea of being a classroom family, and I couldn’t be more proud. They are such eager learners, always ready to lend a hand to their peers and celebrate the accomplishments of others. Such sweet, kind-hearted children! Thank you for entrusting your child to my care this year! CONFERENCES If you have not yet returned the conference sheet (2 pages, white and purple), please do so as soon as possible! My conferences will begin next week, up until October 8th. I have a very tight schedule so please help me keep my conferences on time. A gentle knock on the door would be very appropriate should the conference before you be still taking place at the start of your conference time. It will be our sign to wrap things up. I am looking forward to visiting with you as we chat about your child and set goals for the year ahead. I will be sending home reminders for the conferences in the Tuesday folders this coming week. STAR OF THE WEEK We enjoyed having Thomas as our first Star of the Week last week! It was so much fun getting to know him better and celebrate him! IMPORTANT DATES Monday, September 24: Flu Clinic Tuesday, September 25th: Family PE/Wellness Night, 6pm-7pm Monday, October 8: Student Holiday – Parent/Teacher Conference Day Tuesday, October 9: Student Holiday – Staff Development Day Monday-Friday, October 22-25: Red Ribbon Week Friday, November 2: Second Grade Field Trip Friday, November 9: Veteran's Day Program, 8am September 17, 2018
9/14/2018
QUALITY WORK
Children are encouraged to do their best work right from the start. For many, this simply means slowing down and checking over their work before turning it in. Family discussions at home regarding this topic is an important part of the puzzle. When looking through your child's Tuesday folder, please help them understand all errors, allowing the "correct and return" work to be returned polished, corrected, and complete. Please sign the top of the assignment. This lets me know that you’ve seen the assignment and checked it for completeness and accuracy. Thank you for supporting your child at home. BOOKS ARE COMING This week, I will place our first order from Scholastic as I work to stock our Book Buck Library. I can't wait to show the children our fully stocked Book Buck store! If you had not yet donated, please send in your donation so I can place additional orders in the future. Suggested donation for each family is $10-$20, payable by check to Scholastic. Our books should arrive soon, so we will have our first “Lucky Seven” week starting this Friday night, September 21, in preparation for our first sale day, Friday, September 28. Lucky Seven is week that I will give your child up to SEVEN Book Bucks! Remember, if you do not total and initial the planner page each Thursday evening, I am not able to award Book Bucks to your child. I appreciate you helping me to make this a positive experience for your child. CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS As you know, CCE has been using the Capturing Kids’ Hearts process for several years. I welcome our students into our classroom each day with a handshake and personal greeting. This is the perfect way to connect with each of my students as we prepare to share another day together. I am delighted to share that our class is working extremely well as a classroom family. They really do love and care about each other. That means are days are filled with learning rather than classroom management. A big shout out to my amazing class! IMPORTANT DATES Monday and Tuesday, October 8-9: Student Holidays Monday, October 8: Parent Teacher Conference Day Tuesday, October 9: Staff Development Day September 10, 2018
9/6/2018
BACK TO SCHOOL 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! CONFERENCE SIGN UP I will send out a Sign-Up Genius link for conferences soon. Please chosen a time and date for your child's conference as soon as possible. CONFERENCE FORM This week, I will be sending home your child's conference forms. On this form, you will see a section of strengths and a section of areas of improvement. Please choose 2-4 strengths for your child and 2-4 areas of improvement for your child. You will mark your choices in the "P" (for Parent) column. There is a section for goals on the back of the page. Please do NOT complete this, as we will do this together at the fall conference. The purple sheet attached has a similar purpose, but allows for more elaboration on strengths and weaknesses. If you could return these forms as soon as possible, I would appreciate it. Having your form returned promptly allows me to begin planning a meaningful conference for your child. LIBRARY BOOKS Please help your child to remember to return their library books each Friday. Please also encourage your child to select a variety of genres. That’s one of the keys to learning to LOVE reading! That, and finding a “just right book”, one that is not too hard nor too easy. BOX TOPS The Box Top competition is underway! Classes compete against each other to bring in the most Box Tops. The competition started on 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 DATES 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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