Individual Achievement (I.A.) Pullout Program Testing

Our District: News The deadline for returning recommendations for screening for all students K-4 will be January 20, 2012. The Highly Capable testing occurs only once a year, and is free of charge to all students. If you know of any student who may benefit from these program services, please feel free to recommend them, or notify parents of this opportunity for their child.

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Newsletter 7

Newsletter 7                                                                  12/7/2011

 

Dear Families,

 

THANK YOU for coming to conferences. I truly appreciated the chance to meet with you. I hope you found it worthwhile. As we move into December, our days will be busy.

Math

I’m trying to send home completed math sheets as I’m finished with them, or copies if I need to save the originals. The only ones I can’t send until the end of the year are the Power Standards tests I showed you at conference. If students bring home work to finish, they should know what to do and why. If they need help, feel free. If they are confused, they should do their best and then ask me the next day.

If you have any questions about the math that comes home, please ask your child. I hope they know what we’re doing and why. If not, I’m happy to explain.

Book Orders

Now that the Book Fair is done, I’ll start sending book orders again. If you’re ordering something for a present and want me to keep it a secret, just let me know.

Reading

Books make great Christmas presents. So do magazine subscriptions. I urge you to continue reading aloud to your children. This tends to diminish in families as the kids reach third grade and beyond, but the benefits remain huge, more than I can explain here.

Celebration

We’ll have our year-end celebration on Wednesday, December 21^st. I’ll give you more details soon. Thank you to those who have offered to help.

Concert

Our concert for 3, 4, and 5 will be on Thursday, December 15 at 6:30pm. Kids should arrive at my classroom about 6:20 and the whole class will walk down together. Many people often get here earlier than that for seats and parking (and just walk the students up to the classroom at 6:20), since the place will be packed. After the show, teachers take students back to the classroom, and families pick them up there.

Calendar

Monday, December 12—Jenna’s birthday

Tuesday, December 13—Gavin’s birthday

Wednesday, December 14—Daniel’s birthday

Thursday, December 15—Concert, 6:30pm

Thursday, December 22—No school, begin Winter Break; back on 1-3-12

Chapter Book

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Jeff

Trinity and Mercea read "The Dime" and "I Like"

Ally, Litzy reading "Night Shift Daddy"

Newsletter 6/Reminder

Newsletter 6                                                                  11/16/2011

 

Dear Families,

 

Just a reminder: We’ll have half days from now until Thanksgiving. I have conference times scheduled for everyone. Most people brought their slips back. Let me know if you need a reminder of your time.

 

I plan for the conferences to last about 20 minutes. I need to make sure we’re on time (not always easy for me J) because the families with more than one child here will have them back to back. If we need more time to talk, I’m happy to continue at a later time.

 

Please remember to bring the students with you. It’s their chance to celebrate progress with us. I’m looking forward to it.

 

Calendar

Thursday, November 17—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Friday, November 18—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Monday, November 21—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Tuesday, November 22—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Wednesday, November 23—Early Release, 12:15

Thursday, November 24—No school

Friday, November 25—No school

Chapter Book

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Jeff

Preston--Hi, Fly Guy

Listen to Finnley and Grace--Actual Size

Listen to Keana and Jenna

Newsletter 5, 2011-2012

Newsletter 5                                                                    10/27/2011

 

Dear Families,

 

Here are some quick updates:

Harvest Party

We will be doing something low key things from 11:30-12:30 on Friday, October 27. (It's already a busy day, with an assembly, a lesson with our counselor, and a math test!)

I think we will have enough food, but if you want to send in something, that's great. We'll either have it for the party, or save it for snack. If you have any smaller food items we could use as markers on a BINGO board, that's one thing I think we still need.

We could use some supplies, like plates, silverware and napkins, if anyone could send those.

If students want to bring costumes to wear for that hour, they may. No masks, weapons, blood, etc.

If you want to be here, that's great. I would appreciate knowing in advance, but if you're able to just show up, that's fine, too.

Math

We're finishing a geometry unit. There are a lot of math words and terms covered in this unit, as you've seen if you follow us on Twitter.

Reading

We've been learning about cause and effect, and how to recognize those things in a story. It will help them to understand stories, and how to write better stories.

Writing

We have written expository pieces to explain some of the items in our jackdaws. We have written to answer the question: What Is an American? Now we're learning how to write personal narratives, beginning with lists of things in our lives that are typical and unusual.

Volunteers

Please let me know if you'd like to volunteer to help us—we'd love to have you. I can think of 3 ways: in class; special events in class, like parties; field trips. In all cases we need paperwork filled out in advance. Please turn it in a month or more in advance, so there is sufficient time to check references, etc. You can find information and forms here: http://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/families/volunteers.aspx .

One current need is people to help plan/coordinate parties. Please let me know if you can help with this. The next one will be in December.

Conferences

I'd love to meet with everyone for a conference. A sheet with conference times came home recently. Please send those back ASAP to help me plan times that will work for you to be here and bring your child. I structure the conference with the intent of the students being here, to celebrate progress and talk about next steps.

Email

On last count, I had email addresses for 14 families so far. If you haven't sent yours, please do. If you think you did, but you aren't getting newsletters over email, please email me.

Calendar

Friday, October 28—PTA Spooktacular, 6-8, Gym

Thursday, November 3—PTA Meeting Location: BDE School Library, 3:30pm  

Thursday, November 17—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Friday, November 18—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Monday, November 21—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Tuesday, November 22—Early Release, 12:15, Conferences

Wednesday, November 23—Early Release, 12:15

Thursday, November 24—No school

Friday, November 25—No school

Chapter Book

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeff