We had a wonderful first week of school!  I loved spending time with your children.  We spent part of each day doing team building activities and getting to know each other better.  It was a lot of fun!  We also started practicing some of our grace and courtesy lessons.  We practiced walking quietly in the hallways and opening and closing our lockers without making noise.  We also went over our snack and lunch procedures.  We read a story about peace and learned about the peace area in our classroom.  Some students have made use of the peace area already!  We introduced a classroom theme about knights.  We read a book about a knight and talked about what characteristics a knight had.  We will extend the theme this week by making a classroom Code of Chivalry and a Coat of Arms.  Hopefully this will encourage the children to use their grace and courtesy in our “castle” and to work together to make it a positive environment.

I gave your children math assessments this week and we will work on finishing them next week.  I will also be doing language and writing assessments.  I am hoping that by the end of next week I will have a clear picture of exactly where your children are in each area and what we need to work on.

I wanted to remind all of you about the school’s dress code.  Overall, everyone is doing great!  I just made a few observations that I think you should be aware of.  Leggings may not be worn as pants.  They are great under a skirt, but can’t be worn by themselves.  Skirts must come to the knees, even if you are wearing shorts or leggings underneath.  Athletic pants or shorts are not appropriate for school, even on Fridays.  Also, you can’t wear any shirts with logos on them.  Finally, please make sure your children have slippers or indoor shoes as soon as possible.  Thanks for your cooperation!

Carson’s family is signed up for snack this week.

Thank you all so much for entrusting your children into my care.  It is not something that I take lightly!  I am honored to be their teacher.  I love them all already and can’t imagine our class without each one of them.

Ms. Kirsten