Well...what an interesting start to the new year!  We have had two snow days, burst pipes in the class bathroom,  and 1 day of indoor recess.  I am not going to lie to you.  I'm a little afraid to come to work tomorrow!

Conferences:
Conferences are at the end of the month.  I am sending home a schedule for conferences based on the times and days you signed up for last time.  I thought this would be a helpful starting point as we schedule the next round.  Please look at the time I have for you and let me know only IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT.  I will work with you to re-schedule.

Winter:
Well, it is definitely here.  Starting Monday I am asking that all students line up with their class either outside or in the cafeteria on inclement weather days.  If your child is late, you may walk them into the office and make sure they get a tardy slip and order lunch if needed.   This will help us start the day as a group and begin our routine uniformly.  Thanks for your help with this!

Reading:
Keep working on those sight words and remember to have your child point to words as you read together.  Ask questions about the story as you go and then switch roles and have your child as you questions!

Writing:
We continue to work on writing complete sentences.  We will really focus on using capital letters in the beginning of a sentence and only lower case letters in the middle.  We are also working on ending punctuation.  Our favorite is the exclamation point!

Math:
We are working on number bonds for 5 and 10.

Hearts and Hundreds
Our 100th day of school will fall on February 7th! Please look for information about all the fun things we do on this day.