Families of Room 31 ~

      REMINDER: No school Friday, Sept 4th and
      Monday Sept. 7th                                                           

I hope you all enjoyed the extended weekend.  We were certainly tired after our first three days back to school.  What an exciting first week we had!

HIGHLIGHTS
    •  We established class rules
    •  We began sharing / decorating our All About Me bag sharing
    •  We unpacked and labeled all our notebooks and folders
    •  We began reviewing / discussing class and homework expectations
    •  We began to utilize our planners and homework folders.
    •  We took out 4 math 100 fact quizzes
    •  We completed a math problem solving activity


WRITER’S NOTEBOOK ~ Today I sent the students home wit their Writer’s Notebook, as well as a yellow handout with directions.  The students are to decorate the FRONT of the notebooks with pictures / photographs / drawings / lists / memories / quotes that you can use as inspiration for writing their own stories.  There is a picture on the front of the yellow paper to assist you in what it should look like.  Please have your child return their notebook by Thursday, September 10th.

Please remember to send your child to school everyday with a SNACK and WATER BOTTLE.  Our lunch is at 1:05 and they need a snack to hold them.  Also, our room is HOT and a water bottle is suggested to keep them hydrated.  Remember – NO NUTS/ TREENUTS!

PLANNERS - Don’t forget to check and SIGN your child’s planner every night.   They have homework Monday – Thursday and their planner and homework folder should be coming home and back to school EVERYDAY!

SUMMER READING / SUMMER WORK – All summer reading / math calendars were due  by today.  I have made a few special arrangements for some to be completed and handed in next week.     Most students have handed in BOTH their math calendar and their summer reading work.  If your child has not, please make sure the works comes in next Tuesday.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have ANY QUESTIONS.   Email is the best way to reach me, yet you may send in a note / write a note in the planner if you would like.


I look forward to meeting all of you at Curriculum Night on September 30th.

Kelly Finneran