September 24-September 28

Hi Parents!

We have had a great week this week. There has been so much activity in our classroom this week. This week our writing focus was on plural and singular nouns. We also worked on procedures to go by when in the library. On Wednesday of this week our students took individual fall photos. They all did SO well and I am sure you will be very happy with the pictures that they took. Also this week we went to our first practice for Special Olympics Bowling. The kids had a great time and were so excited. I can’t wait to write on our October calendar on Monday after the weekend that it will be happening again on the 12^th  and see how happy they are.

I wanted to share something with you this week that I realized and that absolutely make my heart smile. As I was writing our schedule on the board this week, I realized how many extracurricular on campus activities our students are in and it just makes me so happy. We have a couple of students involved in the Green Team, Safety Patrol, and 4^th and 5^th grade choir. I know that you as parents are extremely busy and having to get your student here early is difficult to do especially because this is not your home campus. However, I love that Carroll is a school that offers these opportunities to our kiddos. I love that our kids have every opportunity to be included in every activity, and I love that you as parents make the effort to have them here for these things.

Upcoming Events:

Friday, October 5^th is Field Day. Please be sure that your child comes with a towel (for water games), a change of clothes, a water bottle, snack, and a sack lunch if you did not order one from the cafeteria a couple of weeks back.  Please make sure that all items are clearly labeled!!! If there is a need for sunscreen, please apply it before coming to school. We cannot apply sunscreen here.

Monday, October 8^th is Parent Conference Day. I will be sending home a short questionnaire next week to help assist me with preparing for your conference. I am really looking forwards to sharing the amazing things your child has done!

Have a great weekend! J

September 17-21

Hi Parents!

We have had another fun filled and active week this week.

Our kiddos dove right in to their spelling and I am really impressed by how well the students did on their first spelling test…we are moving right along! it has been great seeing all the homework that has come back. It really does help our students with retaining information. Sometimes our kiddos really struggle with generalizing information from one setting to another and when they are able to be so successful with their homework, I know that their generalization skills are really being worked on.

Also this week we enjoyed participating in the Frisco wide college week! We all got to wear our jersey’s on Wednesday and it was fun seeing the kids tease one another and their teachers about the colleges we support or attended.

Next week we have a field trip to the bowling alley to practice for our Special Olympics Bowling competition. We will be gone from 9am-11am on Friday, September 28th. Please make sure that your child wears socks and brings a snack on that day. We will eat our snack at the bowling alley.

Also next week is fall picture day. It will be on Wednesday, September 26^th. We will be one of the first classes to get our pictures taken so if you want to send a change of clothes for them to put on AFTER photos that would be fine. Please make sure that anything you send, they are able to get on themselves.   

Lastly, please remember to sign up for a conference time on October 8^th if you have not already done so. The link is below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E45AFAB2EA57-parent

(Please use the password from the email.)

Have a wonderful weekend!

9/4/12-9/7/12

Hi Parents! We had a short but very busy week this week.

This week we continued getting to know one another, introduced another aspect of math to our Calendar time, enjoyed one another and overall had a great week!

Next week we will start introducing even more of our "normal" schedule to the kiddos. We will start Guided Reading and Language for Learning next week as well as introducing a weekly writing target to our students. We also will start Equals Math towards the end of the week so the students can have a slower transition into a very busy schedule. The following week I will start spelling, a weekly math target, and homework. I don't want the students to feel as if they have been thrown into a huge pit of work. I want the shift from summer to school to having a busy schedule to be gradual and not too tough for them.

A big thank you to everyone who was able to make it to "Curriculum Night". We had a great turnout to our first FA Curriculum Night. I hope it was informative and gave you lots of information to work with for this year and next.

Upcoming Events:

September 14: FML-The first one of the school year!

Septemeber 28: Special Olympics Bowling Practice -Field Trip permission form coming home next week.

October 8: Parent Conferences/No School for Students-Please sign up using this link (30 minute meetings)
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E45AFAB2EA57-parent

That's all for this week. Enjoy your weekend!