Devlin R. Ready
devlin_ready@roundrockisd.org
512-428-3623
Personal cell phone: 512-940-5734
February 5, 2010
Dear Parents,
Where did January go? I can hardly believe that it is February and
Valentine's Day is around the corner. We have started the Chocolate craziness
in first grade. This week we read the book, The Chocolate Touch. The children
enjoyed the story about a young boy who had the experience of turning
everything he touched into Chocolate!
Next week, we will follow up with a new book, Chocolate Fever. It is a First
Grade tradition to have "Chocolate Fever" on the same day the school
celebrates Valentine's Day, Friday, February 12th. There is a special letter
in the Take Home Folder today that will detail this special time and how to
have your child prepared. I have attached a class list and the names of all
the adults who work with the class for Valentine's Day.
You will also find a note about providing 3 small boxes of candy valentine
hearts on Monday for your child to use during Valentine math which will be
occuring next week. Please let me know if you are not able to provide this
extra and I will be happy to help.
February Literature Response packets are in the Take Home Folder. These are
due on or before the last day of February. The idea is to complete one
assignment each week. Please take time to discuss a schedule with your child
so they are prepared and not rushed. As parents, we want to set good examples
of time management and making due dates.
We are almost out of the woods in regard to Lice. Thank you for your
continued support and watchful eye. You can be assured your little one has
learned all about keeping as healthy in the classroom.
We will be finishing up money in math and beginning to learn about the term,
zone, in math. Estimating is always fun and teaching reasonableness to kids
is something that would make the best seller list!
In Daily Five the children are becoming well trained using reading strategies
for accuracy. This week we have begun to learn about comprehension strategies
and fluency strategies. After I have introduced each I will send home a list
to you for reference. Using the same terms and strategies at home and school
is very valuable. I am pulling children for individual reading and writing
conferences and assigning goals for them to work on before our next
conference.
We will completing our POI, How the World Works, next week. The children have
enjoyed the unit of study and have really thought about how cycles and
systems occur around the world all around them.
Dates to put on your calendar:
February 10th: Early Release/12:45
February 12th: Chocolate Fever Day/ Infomation in the Take Home Folder
February 15th: Holiday for the children. Staff Development for teachers
February 26th: February Literature Response Packets due
March 5th: First, second and third sight word spelling test
Thank you to all who are working on our Silent Auction Class project,
Chocolate Fever Day,and keeping our classroom supplied and healthy! Have a
nice weekend.
Fondly,
Devlin Ready
Raise your Child's Self Esteem:
Make a feelings chart with your child. List all the emotions your child can
think of on a big piece of paper. Each day, ask your child to tape her/his
picture next to the way he/she feels. Talk about what makes her/him feel that
way.