Our Scholastic book order flyers will be sent home very soon. Please consider purchasing books for your child from this month's selection. December's orders are due by Tuesday, December 15. There are two ways to purchase books:

1. Complete the order form on the flyer and send it to school with your payment (cash or check).

OR

2. Visit the Scholastic Parent Ordering website by clicking here. Use our username: RomerosReaders and our password: Room214 to place your order. You will need to pay with a debit or credit card.

Books usually arrive within a week and your purchases help earn points for our classroom to spend on additional books and learning materials.

Our assessment window for reading and math has closed. Our students performed very well on both assessments. For the DRA reading assessment we had 1 child reading at an independent level of 3, 9 students at level 4, 4 students at level 6, 1 child each at levels 8, 10, 12, and 2 students reading at level 14. For the DBA math assessment, we had 6 students score nearing proficient, 8 students score proficient, and 5 students score advanced.

We will be having our annual Gingerbread House Project on Friday, December 18. A letter explaining the project will be sent home this week.

The students' reports and dioramas on their chosen New Mexico wild animals were outstanding. Look for pictures of the dioramas to be posted on this website very soon.

Parents often ask what supplies we need on a regular basis. Dry-erase markers and small prizes for our class store are two items we need throughout the school year. If you are interested in helping us get items from our Wish List, you can visit that page by clicking here.

Our Million Word Campaign for the 2009-2010 school year is well underway! You can find your child's log in their agenda. Remember that in first grade our goal is to read more than 25 books by the end of the school year, which will equal about a million words! For more information on the Million Word Campaign, please click here.