September 16, 2016

Good Afternoon,

Secretary Condos with our class.

  I hope you have all had a great week.  We have certainly been busy in the classroom and have had a variety of things going on this week.  Today we introduced the last two "station" choices that kids will be able to choose from during our reading block.  Next week we will continue to model and practice these stations and then move into formal reading instruction the following week.  We read a few books on elections this week and then were visited by Secretary Condos this morning.  Secretary Condos talked to the class about elections, ballots, and why it is important to vote.  As he said, "EVERY VOTE COUNTS!"

  Our classroom library received an upgrade over the past two weeks.  We now have an additional 250 titles that are available for the students.  In order to get students motivated about reading, I like to have a wide range of book genres.  It is great to see the students so excited about books.

Notes:

*Please, please make sure your child has sneakers on PE days.  The class is trying to earn points form Ms. Ally and if the whole class doesn't have sneakers, the class looses points.  Please make sure your child is prepared for class and is helping the class earn their points.

*Your child has a Weekly News Journal in their homework bag.  Please take time to look at it over the weekend and then respond back.  There is a note inside the cover that explains the journal itself.  I use this journal to work on a variety of writing techniques and to also give you a chance to see how your child's writing is progressing.  I edit parts of it with them but do't edit everything.  I tend to pick a couple of focus points and not overwhelm them with too many edits.  Please send the journal back on Monday.

That is all for now.  I hope you have a great week.

Peace,
Tommy