Newsletter (quick note format)...

First off, many thank you's for all the wonderful things this week during Teacher Appreciation Week. I truly enjoyed the notes, flowers, treats and school supplies. The playground equipment was a hit for not only our class but our other 1st grade friends. I truly appreciate you generosity. The kids were more excited than I was.

No homework this week! 

I hope all our wonderful moms had a great Mother's Day. The kids really enjoyed making you something special. 

Tuesday is Track Out day and our Field Trip to the museum. We still have 3 slots open so if you want to join us please sign up! We will leave school as soon as possible. We are shooting for between 9:20-9:30.We will eat a snack at the museum and have lunch when we return to school. Please be sure to pack your child a healthy and hearty snack to keep their bellies full. 

Student Led conferences are this week. If you have not signed up yet the link was emailed to you and can also be found on an earlier post on the blog. Remember that you have to have your child with you as they will lead the conference. 

I will send home a math track out packet. This is, of course, optional. This is a good way to keep skills sharp as we prepare to take our Summative Math Assessment when we track back in. As always, I encourage your child to read, read, read. Final mCLASS reading assessments will be done by Mrs. Varner when we track back in. I will be doing her class. It is state mandated that we cannot assess our own students. Continuing to read over track out will help your child retain their skills and stamina so they will be ready to go when we get back to school. We have been working quite a bit in Moby Max. They have self paced reading and math lessons for your child to do online. The students have really seemed to enjoy them. This program, as well as the other programs on our blog,can be done over track out as well. Have a great track out. It hardly seems possible that when we track back in we have only 4 short weeks left in 1st grade. Time flies fast when you are having fun.