Hooray for the first day!

We all made it through the first day of school without any bumps or bruises.  We have some wrinkles to iron out but all in all, as a class, it was a success.

Just a few items of business.  First and foremost, if you came to parent orientation and we haven’t received the parent/student contract or your photo release, please return them ASAP.  They are due at the end of this week.  If you did not make it to the parent orientation, contracts and photo releases will be coming home with your students tomorrow.  They are due Friday.

As a reminder, we wear slippers in our classrooms.   We do this in order to encourage quiet feet as well as protect our environment from all the things we bring in from outside on our shoes.  In years past we have allowed students to go in stocking feet, this is no longer the case.  For safety reasons, all students are required to wear slippers inside the school.

Today your child brought home their planners for the first time.  In the next couple of weeks, these planners will contain their spelling words, work they are doing throughout the day and future due dates for assignments.  We ask that you review these planners with your children and sign them in the space provided.  Your student is responsible for returning the planner to school each day, we will be checking them for signatures as they enter our class in the morning.

Finally, this week we will continue learning each others names, learning what we may have in common with others and learning how to work together as a team.   We will also formulate a set of class rules and continue learning how to respect each other and our environment.   We will begin our math and language assessments on Wednesday and will continue this through the end of the week.

Cheers,

Ms. Amity and Ms. Kari