Good Afternoon,
Things are a little different today, as I write this post the kids are eating lunch in our classroom and our school is being transformed into a huge retail store. It seems fitting that the tradition of this sale is back onto the school grounds. I have a lot of fun memories from this tradition and look forward to seeing so many past and present students and families.
This week (Week 6 of the Global Read A Loud), we read the book Real to Me by Minh Le. "This a story about friendship, change, and the sadness of loss. It's told from the perspective of an imaginary friend who is inseparable from their human best friend until one day the friend disappears. The story explores the feelings of growing apart, the sweetness of first friendship, and the beauty of making new friends." It was great to see how this story engaged each student's imagination. After we read the book, the students started working on a project that involved creating an imaginary friend and also identifying a real friend they have at school. This work will continue next Wednesday and I will post pictures of the final work then.
Next Wednesday and Thursday, mark the times set aside for our first parent conferences of the year. These conferences can be kid attended or not. That is your call. Below is the schedule for the two days. Please be on time for these slots because I am back to back for many of them. Many families are also back to back and we all need to stay on schedule. If you are late, it will eat into your conference time. Thank you for your understanding with this. Since I am here for the two nights, I can't accommodate any last minute reschedules for a different day. I thank you in advance for respecting my time with this.
Wednesday:
3:00 Annabelle, 3:20 Luke, 3:40 Finn, 4:00 Olen, 4:20 Meet with Santa about list update, 4:40 Landen, 5:00 Amelie, 5:20 Elowyn, 5:40 Wiley, 6:20 Nora, 6:40 Hewitt
Thursday:
2:40 Emma, 3:00 River, 3:20 Edith, 4:00 Unavailable, 4:20 Paxton, 4:40 Ava
November, Hunting Season and Sickness Season all arrived at the same time this year. We had a few kids out each day this week. This is an important reminder that most kids will miss a certain amount of school days because of sickness each year. Some years can be worse than others. It is with this in mind that I ask you to be mindful of how many "un-sick" days your child has this year. This way we minimize the number of days missed.
NOTES:
*Please make sure that your child has weather appropriate clothing each day. I ask that if they are wearing boots to school, they have a change of shoes to wear inside. ALSO, to save yourself some money and frustration, please label each piece of clothing your child has for winter/weather days. We really do hate creating a big pile of unclaimed lost and found.
*There will not be homework bags send on Fridays. Please make sure the bags come back each day. This is a routine that you will have to establish with your child.
That is all for now. I hope you have a great weekend. For all of those who have volunteered to help with the skid and Skate sale, I truly thank you for your support.
Peace,
Tommy