Newsletter 9/6

September 6, 2013

Saunders’ Newsletter

Dear Families,

I hope that you have found your child having a great first four day week!  I know that they are very tired, and that it will take some time for them to adjust to the long learning days.  Please do not be surprised if your child is falling asleep earlier than normal or, too tired to practice spelling or read at night.  

Because we are all adjusting to a new school year, we will not have have our first spelling test until next Friday, September 13th.  I hope you have had a chance to check out the Spell City account at http://www.spellingcity.com/krissaunders1/.  This is a fun way to have your child study their words during the week.  

This week we have been extremely busy!  We have been learning the routines for not only our classroom but, also for the common areas in our building.  I am very proud of everyone for how well they have been doing on our routine of Daily 5.  This is what we will be doing during our reading group time.  Daily 5 is a way for students to practice different literacy skills independently.  To read more about what Daily 5 is you can go to http://www.thedailycafe.com/ and click on Daily 5.

Also, we started science this week.  We talked about what a scientist does, made predictions on an experiment, and performed our very first experiment!  Please ask your child about this exciting experience.  I will be posting pictures and explanations on our experiment on our blog at http://mrssaundersclassroom.blogspot.com/.  From now on I will be posting most of my newsletters on my blog.  If you would like a paper copy please e-mail or send me a note to let me know.

Finally, next Thursday, September 12th will be open house!! This is always a special night for students to show off their work and classrooms to their families.  Open house will be from 6-7:30.  Because of the size of our school we are encouraging families with children in k-2 to come towards the beginning of open house if they are able to.  I look forward to meeting you that night!

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Saunders