Dear Parents, I have enjoyed getting to know your students and am excited about the progress we have made as a class. We are getting deep into our learning and I want to update you on a few things we are working on and activities that are coming up in the next month. Chaperones Needed … Continue reading
Dear Parents, As I spoke to you at Conferences, some asked how to help your children speak Spanish at home or how to provide them with resources for learning more Spanish. Along with checking out Spanish books from the library or watching movies in Spanish, here are some other resources: “Parents Together: Bilingual Kids.” I am … Continue reading
Dear Parents, DYAD Reading Exercise / Literacy Night Last week at Literacy Night, parents learned about Dyad Reading with their child to help them increase their reading abilities. Today your child should have brought home a pink flyer with information on how to start Dyad Reading. This reading exercise has parents (or other advanced readers) … Continue reading
Dear Parents, Halloween Your child should have brought home a flyer about our annual costume parade which will be held next Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. We will be holding a small class party after lunch on Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. If you would like to help with our party by sending apples or toppings … Continue reading
Students created a short presentation introducing themselves in Spanish and talking about what they hope to learn this year. If you didn’t get a chance to see the presentation at SEP Conferences, below is a link for each student. Just ask your student what their class number is and click the associated link. Student 1 … Continue reading
Dear Parents, SEP Conferences Thank you for signing up for SEP Conferences! I am looking forward to meeting with you and your child on Monday and Tuesday evenings next week. If you are scheduled for an earlier timeslot and I get held up at Jury Duty, the office will call you to reschedule. Thank you … Continue reading
Dear Parents, Preventing the spread of Illness Please pay attention for the symptoms of Norovirus. We are working hard at West Kearns to disinfect high touch areas in classrooms and other areas of the school to prevent the spread of Norovirus. Your child will wash their hands when they arrive at school, before lunch, and … Continue reading
Dear Parents, Reading Minutes Just as a reminder to please report the number of days read for the previous week on Fridays. You can report on this online form and the report will automatically be sent to me. If you don’t have online access or prefer to report your child’s reading days on paper, they … Continue reading
Dear Parents, Can you believe the second week of school is almost over? Time flies when you’re having fun! Reading Practice Thanks to all of you who submitted reading days for the first week of school! Just as a reminder, please report the number of days read (20 minutes or more) from Saturday to Friday. … Continue reading
Dear Parents, Please report your child’s reading minutes weekly on Fridays (or sometime over the weekend). Click this link to send the information to me online. If you prefer to report your child’s reading days on paper, they have the option of taking home a little slip of paper on Fridays and returning it on … Continue reading
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