Welcome to the 09/10 school year. We are so happy and excited to work with you and your family. We have many exciting things planned for this year. Our hub topic for 09/10 is Music and Sound. We hope you will share your family’s musical talents with our school community.
Our ice cream social is this Friday, September 4. Ice Cream will be served from 2:30- 3:30 to all students at The St. Michael School of Clayton. We welcome you and your family to join us for a cool, delicious treat.
Mark your calendars for Friday, September 11. Our annual Welcome Cocktail Party will be held in the Great Hall from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Child care will be provided. More information and details will be sent later this week.
Your homeroom teacher will be contacting you to arrange intake meetings for you and your child. Intake meetings will be held during the weeks of September 14 and September 21.
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8/31/09 The First Day of School
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Your student received a reading log. Please fill out the reading log each evening and return at the end of the month. There is a typo at the top. It should read 20-30 minutes not 15 minutes minimum.
I will be giving the children a developmental spelling assessment. Each student will be given spelling words that are consistent with where they are developmentally in terms of word study. I will be giving this assessment later this week and hope to start spelling afterwards.
DUE by THURSDAY: Bring in books to read for your book box.
Aquarium Research: DUE THURSDAY
Please locate sources for the following information, read and be prepared to present the information with the class on Thursday. These are questions that you brainstormed in class today and felt needed answered to set up our aquarium. You will be receiving a grade for this assignment. It is important that all students are responsible in finding their information to help set up the aquarium for our classroom. Parents, please assist your child in finding the information. Do not do it for them. Thanks!
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8-31-09 Homework…third grade
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August 31, 2009 | Filed under: 3rd
We had a great start to First Grade:) This morning we went over our routines and procedures after reading the story, “The Night Before First Grade”. We toured the school with a ABC Scavenger Hunt, we have new bathrooms and drinking fountains to go to this year. We spent a long time discussing behavior and our reward/consequence system. Make sure to ask your child what level of behavior they should strive to be on at all times. Our Writers Workshop started today with the children telling stories and putting them on paper….. that is what writers do of course!! We each learned of interests and stories of our classmates. Our read aloud for this week is Junie B. Jones First Grader at Last. Be sure to ask why Junie was disappointed on her first day of school. I don’t think any of my first graders were disappointed today! We were all very excited to be back with each other and to have a couple other boys join our crew. We all landed on stars for the day and even received a couple of compliments from other teachers.
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8-31-09 First Day of First Grade
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August 31, 2009 | Filed under: 1st
Dear Families,
I know I have said this, but it is so good to be back with this group of children. They are truly a kind and hard working group of kiddos. And smart…. very very smart. I LOVE this group!
I have soooo much to share with you, but I’m going to dish it in small portions. I will post curriculum info this week, but for now let’s discuss how our day was and homework…
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8-31-09 Monday News and Notes…third grade edition
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August 31, 2009 | Filed under: 3rd
Dear Helpful Husky Families,
We had a great start to the year with a donut social, dancing in Performing Arts and a scavenger hunt in both Science and our own Second Grade classroom! We discussed personal goals and our hopes for this year. Your child has a little homework for you tonight, though the due date is this Friday :) One is a permission form for walking field trips, the other the Second Grade Please Let Me Know form as discussed in my back to school email. Hope everyone has a relaxing night and remind those kiddos to get lots of rest-we have another fun, jam-packed day tomorrow!
August 31, 2009 | Filed under: 2nd
Welcome new and returning families! I am so excited to begin another year at The St. Michael School. In the studio this week, the JK children are making paper collages, and the KG and First Grade students are beginning work with clay. Each studio group is also learning about the areas of the studio environment, such as the water fountain, the drawing shelf, the easel, and the light table. We will use these areas in many important ways this school year. - Schwall
Identity Board : Due Tuesday, September 8th
Welcome back to the 2009-2010 school year! I am so happy to have you as a part of our class. This year is sure to be a fun and exciting time, filled with lots of memories.
To get to know one another better, you are creating an “identity board” to display information about you and your family. Your board must contain the following:
- pictures or words of what you like to do
Have fun, be creative!
We are excited to get to know you through your board! Your board will be hanging outside our classroom door for everyone to get to know the members of our class.
August 31, 2009 | Filed under: 5th
The 5th & 6th graders are already reading music!
