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***We have a number of children out this week.  If your child is sick, please 
do not worry about school work.  Get your child better and I will work with 
your child when he/she returns to help them catch up.  I will send home some 
papers that will need to be done over the next few days.  Do not do all the 
work in one evening.  Since Peer Helpers is starting this week--(info on that 
below)--they are a good resource to help your child when they are well 
again.  Bottom line is get your child well and together we'll deal with the 
missed work when they return.***

What is the Peer Helper Program?

Here are some of the details about the Peer Helper/Reading Team Program.  The 
eighth grade Helpers come down during their lunch period to work with the 
children. It is right after our lunch period and the whole class participates 
receiving either tutoring or enrichment.  It will be a part of our Thursday 
schedule and no one is missing class time.  In the past, the children have 
developed a nice rapport with the older students and benefited from this 
extra assistance. Eve gives the helpers some pointers in dealing with the 
children and either Eve or I will be in the room with the children at all 
times. I hope this has cleared up any questions.  If you would like to talk 
further about this, please contact me and I will call you so we can discuss 
it or you can call Eve in the Cora room.


November 1, 2009
Dear Parents,
As a Halloween TREAT from our principals, the children may have a dress-down 
day tomorrow, Monday.  This is a nicer treat than candy for a Monday!

Thank you so much to everyone that came out for our Halloween Celebration.  
If you were there, you saw how much fun the children had and if you were not 
with us, I'm sure you already heard all about our day.  Thank you for giving 
your time and your treats so generously.

It was fun to see so many of you on Halloween night at my house.  I'm so glad 
the rain didn't dampen the spirits of the Trick or Treaters. 

Because of our Halloween Celebration, the children did not go to Library last 
week.  We may have a make-up day and I'll let you know if/when that is. This 
week we have Fine Arts on Monday, Computer on Wednesday, Gym on Thursday and 
Library on Friday.  Our schedule will probably be this way until Thanksgiving 
because the Letter Days only change when we have days off or we skip a Letter 
Day.  So this will pretty much be the schedule for the next few weeks.

We are not starting a new story this week so that we can review skills and 
finish up any activities that were interrupted because of Spirit Day and 
Halloween.  We also have a few reading assessments to give the children and 
that will be this week. A good thing to do during this week would be to 
make sure your child knows all the words from the Heart Copybook on the 
reading side and to review short vowels sounds with them.  

Children may continue to wear Phillies gear any day the Phillies are playing 
but it doesn't look as though our room needs reminders about that.  :)

There was a letter sent home on Friday about the H1N1 virus being diagnosed 
in our school.  Please check the red take-home folder for it if you didn't 
see it yet.  We are wiping down desks, chairs and doorknobs every day after 
school.  Please remind the children about the importance of coughing into 
their elbow and about washing hands frequently.  Some of the children have 
hand sanitizer in their desks and they do use it throughour the day.  If you 
want to send a small bottle in with your child, that would be fine.

Have a great week and stay healthy.
Mrs. DelQuadro





October 25, 2009
Dear Parents,
Thank you to everyone that walked or danced with our class for the triathlon.
Everyone had lots of school spirit that day and enjoyed all the activities.

I look forward to meeting with each of you either on Monday or Tuesday.  
Children do not need to be present at these conferences.  In fact, it is 
better if they are not with you.

This week we have Fine Arts on Monday, Computer on Wednesday, Gym on Thrsday 
and Library on Friday.  We will also switch classes again with the other 
first grades on Thursday and Friday.  Did your children tell you about the 
switches from last week?  They were very excited to be in the other classes.

Friday is our Halloween Celebration. The children bring their costumes in a 
bag and wear the gym uniform on this day. I am asking all the parents that 
were notified to be here at 12:45 to help some of the children get into 
costumes.  We will change before we walk to the FOP Building.  The parents 
that were notified about the Celebration in Holy Family Hall can come to the 
classroom first and pick-up all the treats.  You can get into Holy Family 
Hall after 1:00 when all the older children have returned to classes.  The 
first grade children should be back from the FOP Building about 1:45 or so.

The children will be bringing home little books to read on Tuesdays, 
Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  They will log the book out, just like in the 
Library, and the book must be returned the very next day so other children 
may take the book.  These are books that are part of our reading series and I 
have to be accountable for them that's why I insist that they be returned the 
very next day or the child cannot take out a book for that night.  The 
children receive a grade for logging and reading the books all the nights 
that they need to.  It is part of their reading grade. The children do  not 
need to write anything down for these stories but in some of the books there 
are quesions on the inside back cover.  You can do these orally with your 
child.

Thank you for your help with the pencils.  We had very few childen without 
pencils this week.  It was great.  Now here is the next issue--any child that 
does not know how to tie his/her shoes yet needs to learn now.  I wish I had 
a nickel for every shoe I tied just this week!  :)  This is the age to learn 
how to tie shoes.  Good luck to all!!

Have a great week and I will see you either Monday or Tuesday.
Mrs. DelQuadro




How far you go in life depends on your being
         tender with the young, 
         compassionate with the aged, 
         sympathetic with the striving, 
         and tolerant of the weak and the strong.  
         Because some day in life you will have been all of these.
                              -- George Washington Carver