There is no school this Thursday and Friday, March 17th and 18th. Wednesday is a half day with no after school. Please make sure your child is picked up right at 11:30! Have a great break!

Book orders are now due Wednesday. If you would like to send them in please do so!

There will be no homework and no spelling this week. Please make sure your child keeps reading over the break!

Your child can wear a green shirt or St. Patrick's Day shirt and jeans or Friday dress to school on Wednesday.

Spring pictures are on March 29th. Your child does not have to wear their uniform for these pictures but if you dress them in clothes you do not want to get ruined you may want to send a change of clothes. We do have P.E. and recess that day.

Have a great few days off with your child! I will see you back at school on Monday!

I just have a couple quick reminders for you this week:

Book orders are due this Friday. Please send the order form and cash or a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs to school by Friday if you would like to order something.

Next Wednesday is report card day! This means it is a half day with no after school and no lunch. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up promptly at 11:30. There will also be no school on Thursday and Friday, March 17th and 18th.

Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. kind
2. turkey
3. key
4. float
5. told
6. gold
7. child
8. most
9. boat
10. soapy

Bonus words:
1. insect
2. butterfly

Have a great week!

Spelling Words:
1. fault
2. pause
3. caution
4. August
5. sauce
6. saw
7. drawing
8. straw
9. jaw
10. because

Bonus Words:
1. caring
2. respectful

Don't forget this week is a short week! There will be no school on Thursday or Friday for Rodeo break. There will be after school program as usual on Wednesday.

There is no homework or spelling this week because it is a short week. Please be sure to read with your child all week even though there is no homework!

Tomorrow is pajama day. Your child can wear their pajamas and bring their favorite books to school. Please make sure their names are in the book and they are wearing their regular shoes because we have P.E. tomorrow.

Friday is dress like a character day. Your child can dress like their favorite character from a book. They need to be able to tell me the character name and the book it is from.


Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. important
2. very
3. only
4. nation
5. section
6. fraction
7. lotion
8. portion
9. information
10. motion

Bonus words:
1. Valentine
2. Arizona

January 31, 2011

Thank you to all the parents for getting their kids to school and on time on the 100th day! All of the kids in our class were here and on time! Thanks again!

This Wednesday is dollar dress down day. If your child brings in a dollar they do not have to wear their uniform.

Cookie dough fundraiser information goes home today.

Next week is Love of Reading week. We will have a lot of fun activities going on to celebrate our love of reading! I will home more information on this later in the week.

Next week I will be sending home a list of the names of the children in our class for Valentine's Day cards. I will also send home some information on what we will be doing for Valentine's Day in our classroom.

Please make sure your child is completing and turning in their homework packet every week! We had quite a few people missing all or part of their homework this past Friday.

Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. eat
2. each
3. dream
4. bread
5. great
6. break
7. head
8. riding
9. played
10. careful

Bonus words:
1. suffix
2. February

January 24, 2011

Today is the 100th Day of School! Thank you to everyone who had their students at school and on time today!

We do have homework again this week. Please make sure your child is completeing the entire packet! The majority of my class goes to the after school program and the kids have an hour to work on their homework during after school. If you would like your child to work on their homework during the after school program please make sure to send it to school in their folders every day. The reading log must be completed in order for homework to be considered complete. Students who do not complete their homework miss out on free time on Friday.

Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. lady
2. bacon
3. crazy
4. zero
5. even
6. pilot
7. female
8. open
9. from
10. are

Bonus words:
1. tomorrow
2. hundred