First, an item of business: permission slips will be going home tomorrow for our first field trip that will be held on September 21st. Students are NOT allowed to attend a field trip if we do not have permission slips returned at least 48 hours in advance. This means that Wednesday, September 19th is the LAST day to turn in permission slips for this trip. If the form is not turned in, your student will have to remain behind at the school that day. Two chaperones have already volunteered, but we are still looking for 2 more (you can sign up here) plus extra drivers that can take students to and from the performance.

We have wrapped up our second full week of school! This past week we began our full-blown curriculum with multiple lesson presentations each day and follow-up assignments to be completed in class. Our second- and third-graders jumped right back into using their work charts and completing their work. Our first-graders are quickly catching on and I’m sure will adjust to the classroom flow soon. As a reminder, if your student is not completing their assigned work in class, I will send home a note with the assignment expectations so they can complete it at home. I know that we have enough time for our students to complete their work if they stay on task and put their assigned work first. It is challenging, but doable and I know our students are capable.

We also started our Great Lessons, which tie together all our curriculum areas and create so much wonder for the students. Last week our lesson was on the Coming of the Universe. We were fortunate to have Ms. Lana come present it to our class. We talked about the Big Bang Theory and other creation stories as part of our understanding of how our universe came to be. Most of the students chose to create a picture of how they envision the starting of the universe or of our solar system. Their work is hanging in the hallway outside our class for you to see during Back to School Night on September 13th.

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Thank you so much for your support of our classroom!