The end of September is upon us and home projects are due.  Please help your child to be prepared.  I also wanted to remind you to read everyday with your child.  Also, please check the actual blog website to link to the dolch sight word list.  Your child practices these in the classroom, but I would strongly recommend having your child practice these at home as part of their daily homework.  The site includes games you can play online, lists you can print and create your own games, or just make a set of flash cards.  I would recommend my beginning readers to start with pre-primer and work from there.  There is a set for every grade level.  If you are uncertain where to start your child, please feel free to email me.  An easy way to access your child would be to have them read from the printed list.  Some children may need a few from first and all of second.  The idea is to have your reading these site words.  If your child is reading beyond third grade level, these dolch words do not apply.

I also wanted to remind you about water bottles.  Please make certain your child has one.  I feel it is very important for students basic needs to be met, but it is also a big distraction to have children continually asking to use the drinking fountain.  Water bottles are a great solution.  I encourage your child to take them home to be washed on the weekend and returned Monday.  Also, most of the water bottles do not have names on them.  Please label them or I would be happy to.  I am sometimes hesitate to write on items, but if a child does not have a name, I will start labeling them.

I am also needing help with leveling our classroom library books.  If you are looking to get in some of your volunteer hours, I could really use the help.  I have already created the leveling system, it’s just a matter of looking up the book on book wizard and placing a sticker on the book.  This could be done anytime during the school day or even after school.  I hope to have this done very soon.  If you are interested, please email me.

I also know a few of your volunteered to come and read with the students.  I would love to have this in place starting the week of the 6th.  If you are still interested in coming to help, ideally, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday mornings anytime from 9:15-11:15 please email me.  We could really use your support.  If you do want to help and these time don’t work, let me know.  I will not turn away help.

Thank you for sharing your children with us.