Newsletter - 9/10/12

NOTES

Parent Packets were sent home last week, please read, sign and return any paperwork. 

Library, Music and PE officially start this week. This year students have two days of PE on Wednesday and Friday.

Library is going to be different this year.  The computer lab has been moved into the Library and we will have a combined library and computer lab time on Tuesdays.

Dates to Remember

PTA Meeting                                    9/11 @ 7:00pm

Late Opening                                    9/19 @ 10:00 am

Curriculum Night                   9/19 @ 6:00pm

Our curriculum is on the K-2 night.  NOT on the 3-5 night.

There is a TAG meeting on 9/19 at 5:30.  This meeting is for families who do NOT have children in the TAG program, but want to find out more information.

Lunch Helpers

 

Third graders work in the Cafeteria. Erin trained us on Friday. Please complete the paperwork and send back to school. We encourage every student to sign up to be a cafeteria helper.  When we all do our part, our community is even better.  This starts with helping Erin out in the cafeteria.

Math

We are in the 2^nd year of the new Math Curriculum. The month of September will be spent working on how to document our  math thinking.

This month, we are working on different types of measurement, addition/ subtraction facts and graphing.

Writing

The Writing Curriculum is getting off to a great start.

We are working on how writers get ideas for writing.  This year, your child will learn how to use the writing process to take a paper from Rough Draft to Publishing. 

Also, by the end of the year students will be able to write a 5-paragraph essay. 

Reading

Mrs. Mauldin's Reading Curriculum allows students to become active participants in their reading experiences.

Right now we are building the foundations of the program.   How to choose books, How to record in our reading journal.

We will talk more about this at curriculum night.