Dear Parents:
We are somewhat back to a normal routine at school after a busy week of special days last week! It was wonderful meeting all of the wonderful grandparents and special friends on Friday. The children absolutely LOVE having them visit and see all that they do during their school day! Please enjoy the snapshots!
Here's a look at what we have in store for this week:
Reading/Language Arts: Our spelling strategy is again on the long vowel/silent e. This week's words will focus on the long /i/ sound with the silent e as in "line". /We will be reviewing the digraphs qu /kw/ and wh /hw/. Our word wall (or high frequency) words are because, light, right, those, and walked. Our comprehension focus will be reviewing problem/solution. Our grammar focus will be on using describing words to tell about "feelings".
Math: We will be exploring patterns in sums of two dice, introducing the Addition/Subtraction Facts Table, using name-collection boxes to help us come up with equivalent names for numbers, and introducing addition/subtraction fact families.
Writing Workshop: We have invited Mrs. Hensler's third grade class to join us for our writing celebration tomorrow! We so enjoyed working with them on our joint Charlotte's Web project in the fall that we decided that we would love to share our published pieces with them. The third graders will be writing notes to the children about what they like about their writing. We have been talking and thinking a lot about what makes our writing easy or hard to read. Ask your child what makes their writing easy or hard to read and remind them to think about that when they are writing at home. We also begin our new unit of study this week, The Craft of Revision.
Science/Social Studies: Look for your child's pocket book and other projects on the Solar System to come home in the green bag today. Celebrate with your child all that they learned and worked hard on! This week we are getting ready for Valentine's Day. This always proves to be a favorite holiday with the children! This week, we also begin our study of America. We will be learning about important symbols, landmarks, and people in the history of our great country!
Volunteers this week:
- Tuesday - Art - Ailsa Hudson - 12:05
- Friday - Math Game - Emily Golden - 9:00
- Friday - Parent Reader - Mindy Artze - 2:15
Conference Day is Thursday! No school for students!
Valentine's Party is Monday, 2/14, at 1:45 p.m. - All parents are welcome to join us!
Science Teach-in is Wednesday, 2/16, 1:00 - 2:30
Professional Development Day, Friday 2/18 - No school for students!
President's Day - Monday, 2/21 - No school for students or faculty!
Spirit Day - Friday, 2/25 - Children may wear Shorecrest Charger Spirit wear!
Reading Week - Monday, 2/28 - Friday, 3/4 - More information will be coming soon!
Oldie Goldie Book Sale - Friday, 3/4 - Start collecting your books now to donate!
Field Day - Friday, 3/11 - More information will be coming soon!
Spring Break - 3/14 - 3/18
IMPORTANT ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
We are excited to announce that we are moving to an online re-enrollment process! This will allow you to complete your enrollment contract online, as well as make payments online. We believe that this will save you time and effort.
You will no longer need to complete lengthy paperwork, as student information will be pre-populated on each student's individual enrollment form. Once the enrollment contract is submitted online, you will be able to print a copy of the contract for your records.
In addition, we are pleased to offer you an easy, secure online payment system to make electronic payments of tuition deposits, tuition refund plan payments, tuition, and donation payments. This convenient alternative for families will allow you to make electronic payments by e-check or credit card (Master Card, American Express or Discover only).
A convenience fee of 2.75% will be charged if you use a credit card; however, there is no fee for using e-check, which is a direct debit to your bank account. You will be receiving further information the week of February 16.
Until next time!
Susan and Beth
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