SURVIVOR Games

They are right around the corner-Oct. 9th-to be exact. Ms. Franklin is in need of volunteers to make the day super for our students. I have included the schedule so you can determine what works best for you. Thanks for all you can do!!

Morning Session: Grades 3-5 9:00-12:00
Afternoon Session: Grades 1-2 12:45-3:15
Kindergarten-1:30-3:00
*Kindergarten not present that day will have Survivor Challenge during PE class that week
Cross Cat-12:45-2:30
Awards will be on Monday 12th at 3:00 in the gym.

Picture Retakes

If you are considering picture retakes for your child, here is the information you'll need.
Picture Retakes
K-5
10/8 9am start time
Purple Kind.
10/9 9am start

H1N1 Information

H1N1 Consent forms were sent home today (Thursday, Sept. 24th) and are due Tuesday, Sept. 29th. All forms must be returned, even if you choose not to have your child vaccinated. The date and schedule for vaccinations at Brown will be sent to parents when we have received confirmation from the Health Dept. Please call the school office if you have any questions. Thank you.

Moon Watchers

Be on the lookout for our class moon journal to come home with your child. Each evening it will go home with a different child. I ask that they look at the moon and then complete the journal. I began with observation #1.
Obviously there will be occassions where the weather or other activities will prevent your child from being able to complete the assignment so I'm including a link to a moon phase calculator that will show you what the moon looked like on that day. Feel free to use it if you were unable to see the moon that evening as well. Happy observing:)
http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/

Silly Socks Winner!!

Congratulations to Annell Prochnow for winning the silly socks contest! She was one of 4 girls from our classroom who participated in the contest.

Please turn in your Dog Dash monies by Friday, Sep. 18th to be eligible for any prizes. Thanks to you all for your support of our fund raisers.

Grade Check

As we begin the 5th week of school, we have completed one half of the first grading period. As I mentioned at parent night, I grade just about everything your child does. It helps me see where your child needs additional support or on the other hand, if your child is ready to move forward.

At this point, I've entered many grades into PowerSchool. Please take a few minutes to look at what is entered for your child. For some students, you'll see a note next to the grade. For example, there may be an "L" for a late assignment or an "M" for a missing assignment. You may want to speak with your child if these notes frequently accompany their grades.

As you look the the Friday folders each week, please celebrate your child's strengths but also take some time to talk over the areas where improvements can be made. Some things I've noticed is turning in work unfinished, not meeting "at home" reading minutes, and not checking over work to see if the responses make sense. I consistently remind students to look over their work before turning it in but it probably wouldn't hurt to have that reminder from you as well.

Please email or call if you have any questions.

Next Week (Week of Sep. 8)

Hi Families and Students! Another week has flown by-where is the time going?

We will be taking the final two NWEA tests next week on Tuesday and Friday. Get lots of rest and begin those days (if not everyday) with a good breakfast. We are also hoping to get an SRI test taken next week so that we'll have a lexile to help with the selection of books from the library.

Because it is a short week, our spelling pretest will be Tuesday and the spelling pages will be due on Thursday with the final test Friday.

We'll have the Dog Dash on Friday to end our week. Please join us in walking or running during our scheduled time of 9:30-10:00. The information/collection envelopes went home in Friday folders yesterday. Please take a minute to look over it-there's a cool prize for anyone who collects a hundred dollars or more-lunch with a Colts player!!

Have a great three day break and I'll see all my shiny faced 3rd graders on Tuesday:) Speaking of shiny-faced