Back to School!

Dear Families,

Thank you all for sending back your information forms with your email addresses last week. I’d like to save some trees this year and send home pertinent classroom information through emails. I will try to title these as “Class Information.” Please send back a quick reply so I can verify your email address. I will begin to contact those I do not hear from later this week to see if I’ve made a mistake with your information.

Your child placed the information concerning our first book project in their binders yesterday. I set a number of mini-goals for students to complete along the way. Hopefully this will help motivate any procrastinators we may have in our classJ. Please go over this information with your child sometime this week. We went over it fairly extensively in class, so they should be able to answer any questions you might have. This project will be due Wednesday, October 1.

A “Genres at a Glance” study guide is also in your child’s binder. We will have a test on this information on Friday, September 12. Your child should know the different genres listed and be able to match them to their definitions.

Any materials that are clipped in your child’s binder should remain there. Items that are to be given to you, or left at home, will be placed in your child’s Communication Folder.

Important Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, Sept. 11: Student picture day (information should come later this week or early next week)
Thursday, Sept. 18: Back to School night for parents
Friday, Sept. 19: No school for students (Work Day for teachers)

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend! The children did a wonderful job getting back into the swing of things yesterday.

Thank you.
Kim Bushman