January 12,2013

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year!!  We hope everyone enjoyed their winter break.  The children are getting back into the swing of things and we are working hard.  We had a large group of the class return their first homework packets on Friday.  YAY!!!  Please remember this week's homework is due Thursday because of the 4 day weekend.  Below you can see what's going on in our class.  

We are busy diving into Functional Writing.  It is so exciting to hear the children say they are working for a Gold Medal paper.  The rubrics we make with them really narrow their focus and help them work towards  gold, silver, or bronze medal writing.

In math we are continuing to teach addition strategies.  The children are so excited with our daily math facts practice sheets.  At the end of each week they are given a test.  We are please to say the majority of the class is doing very well.  The children have 1 minute and 15 seconds to answer 20 problems.  This week our addition facts will be for the 0,1,2,3,4,and 5 fact families.  

The reading skill we are teaching right now is cause and effect.  Ask you child to tell you about the activities they have been participating in.  

As you know Friday 1/18/13 is a planning day and we have Monday 1/21/13 off to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday.  

We have completed the second FAIR testing, and we will be conducting conferences to up-date parents on their child's progress.  

Have a wonderful 4 day weekend.  Team M and N

Should you need to reach me, my email address is: nehrbassc@duvalschools.org