Information from our class week of January 31, 2011

Hello Parents and students!

Thank you to all the parents that have already begun to send in empty, clean 1-gallon milk containers! We will be using them for a science project later this spring.

A permission slip was sent home last week asking for parent's signatures for our class to attend a field trip to the Desert Museum on Monday, February 28th. There is NO cost associated with the field trip, but in order for your child to leave the campus, I must have a signed permission slip back. I would like to get them all back this week if possible. If your child has lost his/her slip, please ask them to let me know.

I also sent home February reading logs and the snack calendar earlier this month. Your child should be bringing back his/her January reading log that is signed by a parent later this week in order to receive a Pizza Hut pizza certificate.

Valentine's Day Grams went on sale last week! They are really cute and a fun way to give your child a smile on his/her face when they receive one in class! Speaking of Valentine's Day, we WILL be exchanging Valentine's Day cards... a list of everybody's name is going home THIS week with my newsletter and spelling list. Please make sure you have one Valentine's Day card for EVERY child.. we have 28 students in the class. Also we will be decorating bags and having a small party toward the end of the day, so if you want to send in a special treat for your child to share with his/her classmates, please do so.

The spelling list for this week is as follows:

1. play
2. played
3. help
4. helped
5. rest
6. rested
7. color
8. colored
9. want
10. too

There are a LOT of things coming up in the next few weeks... it will be very important for you to help your child keep track of the special dates:

February 4 - Character Lunch with the Principal

February 4 - end of mid-quarter

February 7- Grandparents invitations and registration forms go home

February 7-11 Love of Reading week ** look for special events happening ALL week long... to be announced:)

Feburary 14- Valentine's Day!!

February 16- Cookie Dough fundraiser ends

February 23- Grandparents Day and Western hoedown (western clothes OK for this day... Hats, jeans, western shirt, cowboy boots...) Kinder thru 3rd grade

February 24-27 RODEO BREAK, NO School

There will be a Ride 'Em Rodeo carnival February 24-27 at the LAKESIDE Campus!! See Flyers for more detalis!

March 2 - Dr. Seuss Birthday *** Watch for special news on what to wear

March 16 - Report card day - NO lunch, NO afterschool

March 17-20 Spring Break!

We will also be doing some very short, and some longer science projects this spring... we will be learning about weather, volcano's and tornado's, plants, Habitat's and frogs, just to name a few!!

Thanks to all for the support in the classroom! Mrs. C

100th Day of School ;)

Hi Everybody:

Tomorrow, January 24th is the 100th Day of School!!! It is very important that everybody do their best to be on time tomorrow, as we have a lot of FUN things planned!

The school is providing everybody (staff and students) a hot-dog lunch and all the fixings! They're also bringing all the classrooms some snacks in the afternoon!

We are also wearing our PJ's to school so we can relax and have a fun filled day.

There will be NO homework tomorrow, but my regular newsletter and spelling words will be coming home.

The spelling words for this week are as follows:

1. by
2. give
3. over
4. take
5. hundred
6. think
7. bell
8. tell
9. melt
10. fix

Thanks to the parents who have already saved and brought in rinsed out 1-gallon milk containers! We will be using them for a science project later this spring.

Have a wonderful week :) Mrs. C

Week of January 18, 2011

Hello!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 3-day weekend!

Monday, January 24 is the 100th day of school. This is a very important date for our school, as we receive funding from the state on this day. It is very important that you make every effort to have your child at school and on time this day. Thank you for your help! We will be celebrating it by having LOTS of fun activities to do during the day, and the school will also provide all students with a free hot lunch and b-bque!! We will also be wearing our PJ'S this day!

February 7-11 is Love of reading week. During this week if your child has a SHORT favorite book that he/she would like me to read, please send it in. Make sure, however, that you have your child's name written on the cover somewhere so it does not get misplaced.

February 24-25, No school - Rodeo Break

The school WILL be having a 4-day carnival at the Lakeside Campus. See school flyers for more details.

Parents - please start setting aside your rinsed out empty 1-gallon milk containers! We will be collecting them soon for a science project.

The spelling words for this week are as follows:

1. Want

2 with

3 was

4 must

5 they

6 that

7 now

8 soon

9 have

10 into

Have a great week! Mrs. C

Week of January 10th

Hi

Monday, January 17, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day; there is no school.

School resumes on January 18th.

Monday, January 24, is our 100th day of school! This is a VERY important day as school funding

is based on student attendance on this day. Please make every effort to have your child in class and on time this day. We will be doing special 100th day of school activities and the school will provide each child with a hot dog lunch!! We will be wearing PJ's on this day as well!

We have had some problems with students forgetting to bring in snack on their snack day. Please let me know if you have lost your January or February snack calendar. We have a new student in our class, so we are back up to 28 students.

Starting in February, I will be collecting clean rinsed out 1-gallon milk containers for a project we will be starting in March. Please send in only clean empty 1-gallon containers!

Also, I had many more children return their December reading log which earned them a Pizza Hut "book it" free pizza certificate! This is a required assignment. Please make sure your child is reading at least 15-20 minutes per night and coloring in the nightly calendar block. Also remember that parents are required to sign the calendar before the children return it to me.

I am very proud of the class! We are working hard on practicing to become 2nd graders and it shows! Way to go :)

Mrs. C

Happy New Year!

Dear Parents and students:

Happy New Year! I cannot believe that we are half-way through the school year. It's flying by too quickly. We have a lot of things and special events coming up in the next two months:

JANUARY:

Jan 17 - NO school, MLK Birthday

Jan 18 - Skate Night at Skate Country from 6 - 8 PM

Jan 21- Daddy/Daughter Dance - See flyers (for girls) or The Link

Jan 24- 100th Day of School! This will be a PJ Day and it is VERY important that your student is at school all day! We will be doing a lot of fun activities in art, games and other funny special events. It is very important to our school that everybody be present and on time. Thank you for your help and support! *** Also you do NOT need to provide your child lunch money or a lunch from home on this day. The school is providing a hot lunch to every student!!

FEBRUARY:

Feb 4 - Fairness Character luncheon with the Principal.

Week of Feb 7-11, Love of Reading Week. We will have special guests reading to the students, doing a "Poem in a Pocket" and other special events with the emphasis on Love of Reading!

Feb 23- Western B-Bque and Grandparents Day (Kindergarten thru 3rd grade)

Feb 24-25, NO school, Rodeo Break

If there are ANY parents who have their fingerprint card and have time/interest in volunteering for a possible Field Trip, please email me or send a note with your availability and # of students your car can hold ASAP.

Thanks to everyone who sent in such nice goodies for the holidays! You were all very thoughtful!

Mrs. C