Report Cards / Weekly Update

Families of Room 31 ~

Just a reminder about a few things ~

1.  REPORT CARDS were sent home today in your child's blue communication folder.  Please keep the paper report card at home, yet send the signed envelope back to school with your child.

2.  Communication folder / homework folder - may assessments (all that you've seen already ) have been sent home in your child's homework folder or communication folder.  Please CLEAN these out.  The communication folder should come back EMPTY and your child's homework folder should be empty except for any current work this week.

3.  HEALTH HOMEWORK - Mrs. LeMay assigned health homework last Friday.  It is due by this current Friday.

4.  READING TAKES YOU PLACES / MATH FACT SHEETS - After the winter vacation, I will be sending home a sheet sharing how many READING TAKE YOU PLACE and MATH FACT PRACTICE SHEETS your child has returned.  In order for your child to receive a GOLD MEDAL a the end of the year, they need to complete 10 reading slips AND 5 math fact practice sheets.  Many children have brought in several reading papers and at least one math.  It would be my hope by now that they would have completed at least THREE READING slips and ONE Math fact sheet.  Please check with your child to see if they have turned these in.  If you child completes one (reading or math) yet, not the other this year, they will receive an alternate medal at the end of the year ceremony.  If they do not complete or participate in either, then they will not receive a medal.    The slips are readily available to your child in class and can be locate on our class blog for you to print out.

5.  A HEART FELT THANK YOU ~  At this time of year, I often take time to reflect on the positive moments in my life and stop and think of the reasons I have to be grateful.  Coming to work each day and working with your children is the BEST medicine / job I could ever wish for.  Wishing all my families happy holidays and a safe, healthy 2017

If you have any questions / concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Kelly Finneran
4ht Grade Teacher
Coolidge School

SNOWMEN PROJECTS = TEAMWORK!

Each group and the snowmen they made during our SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL today!

SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL

Our completed window snowmen!  Which snowman did your group make??

UPDATE: Week of December 5th

Families of Room 31 ~

Just a few updates regarding this weeks week / homework / schedule.

1.   TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6^th  - ½ DAY OF SCHOOL - Dismissal is at 12:15.  Please send your child with a snack.  We will NOT have lunch at school.    There will be NO music class this Tuesday.

2.  GINGERBREAD SHOPPING – Our class is scheduled to shop on TUESDAY DECEMBER 6^th at 9:00.  If you child is planning on shopping, please send them with their money tomorrow.   Also, if you child is a parent drop off student, please make sure they arrive closer to 8:45 so they have time to get unpacked prior to shopping.

3.  SCIENCE TEST – A study guide was sent home last week for our science test on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7^th.  Please make sure your child is reviewing for this test. They can review the study guide AS WELL AS the links attached to the science section of this blog.

4.  VOCABULARY REVIEW QUIZ – this FRIDAY, December 9^th, the students will have a REVIEW quiz on lists 1 – 4 for vocabulary.  The study paper was send home today.  Please make sure they are reviewing these words this week for the quiz.

5.  SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT – the students have been working diligently in class on either a KEYNOTE or FLIPBOOK project on the East Region.  This project will be graded as a test grade.  They will not be studying at home for any of test on this region. 

6.  REPORT CARDS – The grading term has officially ended (except for the science test / social studies project).  Report cards will be sent home on Monday, December 19^th  

7.  SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL – Our Snowflake festival will be held on Friday, December 16^th from 11:00 – 1:00.  Mrs. Thibeault, our room mother, has created a sign-up genius, as I need at least 5 parent volunteers to assist he groups in creating geometric window snowmen.     If you are able to assist on this day – please go to the following link

and sign up or email me and let me know you can make it!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c44a4a922a1f85-snowflake

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know.

Kelly Finneran