Happenings for the week of September 15 - 19

This week in Phonics we will be learning the letter Gg and its sound as in goat. To help reinforce the sound of Gg, Mr. Potts will visit to give us a golf demonstration. Please review the sounds and how to write the letters we have already learned. We will have Show & Tell for Gg on Friday.
· We will continue our “Color of the Day”. The colors for the week are as follows;
Monday- Orange
Tuesday- NONE (School Picture Day)
Wednesday- Purple
Thursday- Yellow
Friday- Your Favorite Color
· DIBELS testing will be taking place in the building for all students. This is a test given to your child at three times during the school year. This assessment will show your child’s growth in certain skill areas over the school year.
· We’ve begun Chapter 1: Sort and Classify in Math. We will be learning about positions such as over and under and left and right. We will also learn to sort objects that are alike in some way. Please review pages that come home each day. The Chapter 1 test will be coming up at the end of the week.
· We have already completed three weeks of school and many students are familiar with their bus numbers, however, we are asking that students continue to wear their bus tags or at least be sure to have them handy inside their backpacks. If your child has lost his/her bus tag then please write your child’s name, the teacher’s name, the bus number your child rides to and from school, and any other information you would like to include (address, phone #, child’s destination, etc…) on an index card or piece of paper and place it inside your child’s backpack. This will be very helpful for teachers on bus duty and for any substitute teachers or bus drivers. Thank you for your support!
Just a couple reminders:
· School pictures will be taken on Tuesday, September 16th. Students will need their envelopes whether or not pictures are being purchased. Please be sure to return the envelopes on or before Tuesday.
· Parents, please check folders daily and remove all “KEEP” items. It becomes difficult to handle folders with too many papers inside (both for the students and teachers). Thank you for your cooperation and support!