We had a great second week!  Thank you so much for making my Birthday so extra special with all of the flowers and gifts!  I was so touched!  What a group of sweet and thoughtful kids!

It was so nice to see all of you at Back to School Night . I hope that all of your questions were answered.  Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any more questions.

Here is a peek at next week:

Language Arts: We will introduce the new Word of the Week: “the”.  Word Wall Words are words that must be memorized and cannot be sounded out (also known as “sight words”).  It would be helpful for your child to create their own Word Wall at home (or just use flashcards) to help your child read, memorize and write these words daily until they have been mastered. Next week, we will read 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ and students will identify all of the “see” words in the book.  Also, students will choose a classmate’s name and write “I see _______ (name of that classmate).

Handwriting Focus Letters:   M,m, N,n, Rr. These letters are a combination of “straight line letters”, like we focused on last week, combined with what we call “Rainbow Letters” which are the lowercase letters (h,m,n,r) that curve in a rainbow shape.  Some students still need to practice writing their names with an uppercase first letter and the rest of the letters being lowercase.  Please spend time helping them with this every day until it is mastered so they feel confident writing their names easily.  

Math: We will continue to study patterns, counting with our “Counting Collections” and identifying/writing numbers 1-5.  We will begin math workshops this week.  We will have a variety of games that will teach number recognition. 

We are excited to have parent volunteers beginning on September 16.  As a reminder, if you are interested in volunteering in our classroom, you will need to be fingerprinted and have a TB test.  If you have already done this in the past for our district and our school has record of it, you will not have to do it again.  Please ask the office for more information and to get the Volunteer form ASAP. Look forward to seeing you soon! 

We are still in need of a Room Parent. Room Parents at Rio help to organize classroom parties as well as assisting with our classroom auction project and other classroom events.  Sometimes this role is more fun with a group of parents that want to share the job.  

Our district provides free and reduced breakfast (before school 7:30-7:55)) or lunch (on Wednesdays at 11:15) to our students. If you are interested in receiving this service, please contact food services through the district office.

I hope you have a great long weekend with your families!