• Apr172009
    Friday Letter

    POSTED AT 02:23 PM

    Dear Parents,

                It sounds like everyone had a great spring break. We are back in full swing already. We started our science unit on life cycles with some fun activities and experiments this week.

    Next week will be a busy week for us. The children will be taking the CRCT on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 21, 22, and 23. We will begin testing at 8:00 each morning and finish by about 10:30. If the children are late, they will not be allowed into the classroom and will remain in the office until testing has concluded for that day. Please keep the following in mind so your child feels rested, relaxed, and unstressed on those days. Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep each night before the test and has a healthy breakfast each morning. Several of our parents have volunteered to send in a healthy snack to share with the class during our break between test sections. The children will also be given the opportunity to have their own snack from home after testing is done each day, so continue to send that each day as well. PLEASE do not schedule any appointments for your child on testing mornings.

    We had a wonderful day at the Tellus North Georgia Science Museum on Tuesday. I hope your child told you about all the activities they participated in and the interesting things they saw. Thanks to Mrs. Ealy for being our chaperone. We also had a guidance lesson with Mrs. Craycraft this week and went to the computer lab today. Thanks to Mr. Hampton for coming in this afternoon to share a story and a special treat.

                Have a great weekend!

     

                                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                            Mrs. Graska J

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    Apr032009
    April 3 Friday Letter

    POSTED AT 02:05 PM

    April 3, 2009

     

    Dear Parents,

                Spring break has finally arrived, and the rest of the school year is going to fly by. It has been a busy week as we try to wrap up a few things before our vacation. We have concluded our multiplication and division unit but will do some reviewing before the year is over. The focus has shifted to 3-digit addition and subtraction in preparation for CRCT testing.

                Our economics unit is well under way and will be continued when we return from vacation. We have done quite a bit of writing this week. Each student is going to go through the complete writing process between now and the end of the year, as they make their own book. We began the pre-writing phase this week. We have also done some response to literature writing this week. The literacy centers we have been working on are finished and we will start new centers when we return. We have also been practicing dictionary skills.

    What a great week it has been for the staff at Timber Ridge. The staff appreciation committee has worked so hard to make this a fabulous week for us. The flowers are beautiful and the kids made me the cutest pillow as a keepsake of our year together. Thanks to Mr. Wright and Mr. Asbury, who came in on Tuesday to help with that project and give me a whole hour for our catered luncheon. Also thanks to Mrs. Roach and Mrs. Hampton for coming in on Wednesday morning so that I could attend the staff breakfast. It made the week before spring break very special.

                Don’t forget our field trip on Tuesday when we return. I hope you all have a wonderful vacation. Take time to relax and enjoy your time with family and friends. Send your kids back to me safely on the 13th!

                                                                           

    Sincerely,

                                                                            Mrs. Graska J

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