This week we will finish up testing students in order to place them into needs-based math and literacy classes. Your child’s placements will be going home in next week’s Monday Folder. Please hold on to these so that you will know where to go on Curriculum Night.

This week in theme we will begin our Friendship Unit. The children will learn about what makes a good friend and how to resolve conflict in a positive way. We will be doing activities, reading books and having discussions on rights and responsibilities. Also, we will make a class constitution, write a friendship poem and make a quilt. On Wednesday the students will be paired up with another student of the opposite grade. They’ll be doing a friendship inventory and a “trust walk” together.

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great summer. It definitely flew by! It has been so much fun getting to know all of your wonderful children. I really feel like we have an amazing class this year.

This week we will be testing students in order to place them into needs-based math and literacy classes. They will be given a math, reading, writing and spelling assessment. We will also be partnering up with other homeroom classes for teambuilding activities which will give the students a chance to meet the other 1/2 teac ... Read More »