Lots of Notes and News

Dear families,

There is a lot of important information this week! 

I’ve discussed with the kids a few times this week, but wanted to let you know also that I will not be at school on Monday. Our substitute will be Mrs. McClelland; she has worked in our building for many years and may be a familiar face to some! 

Book orders are due on Monday, but I will also accept them on Tuesday. Don’t forget that you can order online, too! The class code is L922Y to order online. Hopefully you saw the $5 coupon for a free book if you order $10 or more. This was a wonderful gift from Scholastic.

In Blue Take Home folders this week, there is a copy of the 100 No Excuse words. Words that are circled are words that your child missed back in August. Please help your child practice these words. We will reassess three more times this year (before each conference time and at the end of the year). It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to share this information with you, so I apologize for the delay in getting it to you. 

Last week, there was a paper in Friday Folders explaining how students could log into www.pearsonsuccessnet.com with their computer log-in and a password. The password was handwritten on the paper. I apologize for any illegibility or confusion about the password. I have taken some time this week to change all the passwords to cougars01. This will be easier for the students to remember and much easier to read and type! 

Every Friday we take time to reflect upon our week and write in our Family Communication Journal. Each week one student gets to reflect upon our week in a  more public forum on our blog (www.missbaxtersnews.blogspot.com). Please take a few minutes of your time to respond to your child’s letter to you, demonstrating proper friendly letter format. I read each one before it comes home and have students fix some mistakes or rewrite for clarification, but please keep in mind that these are pieces of writing that have been conferenced on, revised, and rewritten. 

I also wanted to take a couple minutes to let you know my process in checking over papers. If it is completed in class, I usually check it over and look at it to provide as immediate feedback as possible. This allows me to see if a student is struggling with a particular task and help them on the spot. I also typically check homework the day it is due. There is no point in assigning work if I don’t plan to check it and use the information to adapt my teaching to the needs of the students. That said, I wanted to let you know that we don’t pass papers back and send them home everyday due to the amount of time it takes to pass papers out. I don’t want you to think they are sitting in a pile ungraded on my table though! 

Next week, there is a non-perishable food drive being held at school sponsored by Student Council. Ending the week on the 17th, there is a Student Council sponsored Heavenly Hat day. For $1, students may wear a hat at school on Friday the 17th. Donations will go towards the Heavenly Hat Foundation. More information on these two events can be found in Friday Folders this week!

One more thing… there is a flier in Friday Folders about PTA Reflections. The theme this year is “The world would be a better place if….” What a fun theme! Check the flier for more information about PTA Reflections!

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you with or if you have any questions.

Please read below for Matthew's summary of our week!

Monday - PE
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Art
Thursday - Library Check Out and Media
Friday - PE

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Friday October 10, 2014

Dear parents,

I am 9 years old. I was lunch tub this week.

I had fun at school picking my friends for lunch tub this week.

Lucy was my best kid to pick for lunch tub. She was also our

Cooperating couger this week. My class also started a new read aloud called, NO TALKING. I hope you have a great day. We learned how to subtract by regrouping. In specials today I did fast math.

We did the pacer test in p.e.  IN writing we learned how to use paragraphs.

We did reading buddies with ms. Reinkemeyers class.

Love,

Matthew