Announcements:
January 5, 2009: School Resumes
January 18: Schools closed (MLK Day)
January 25-29: Parent Teacher Conferences
Report Card Distribution
Dear 209 Families:
I sincerely hope that all of you had a peaceful and joyful winter break.
We look forward to lots of great fun continuing to learn. In math, students
will learn more about telling time and the movement of the clock hands,
fractions to fourths, as well as a continuation of all they have been exposed
to in math thus far, taking addition and subtraction to 18 and fair trades of
coins to one dollar and beyond. Third 9 Weeks themes include the following:
Light and Shadows, Basic needs of Plants and Animals, Hariet Tubman, Theodore
Roosevelt, and George Washington Carver. They will continue to advance in
reading fluency (mastering blends and long vowel patterns), comprehension,
and writing both fiction and non-fiction.
Homework for January is linked on this website and will also come home hard
copy form. As usual, this should be completed daily, including reading and
filling out the titles in the January Reading Log. At the end of January,
children should choose a favorite title to write about on the back as
directed. The reading log is not due to me until the first of February, but
the homework calendar activities should be sent in each Friday as usual. We
will add more formal instruction and assessment of spelling. Please check the
spelling words on this website to see the first grade words that the students
are accountable for spelling correctly this year. They are the "50 Core
Spelling Words."
Phoenix University elementary education major Mrs. Veena Krishnaswamy
observed several times and gave a lesson in my classroom last year. Now
"Ms. Veena" is ready to student teach with me in this classroom. She will
begin on Monday, January 19. We look forward to our little "learning lab"
being even more exciting with the addition of a student teacher.
We continue assessments as we finish up business of the first semester this
week. Report cards will be distributed during parent conferences. You will
receive a notification that should go home in the Gator Books on Thursday of
Friday this week. You can let me know upon return of the form if you will be
able to come to the conference as scheduled or of we need to reschedule. At
conference time, you will also be given information on helping your students
practice online for the CRCT.
Thank you again for all the well wishes and gifts for the holidays. The best
gift of all is for the children to return to Room 209 at Addison.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Hatcher
