things are really starting to come together. I will begin assessing the students this week and will share those results with you if I am concerned. The assessments help me in knowing what type of instruction the students need to be successful this year. They also help me identify students who may need extra support. If you do not hear from me next week, then we will talk about your childs assessment at conferences. ur class was lucky to recei!e "lexis Hegstrom as our teacher aide. #he will be in our room e!ery day for about an hour to help us with !arious acti!ities. This week your child will begin to bring home paper books. If your child reads their book to you, please sign or initial it and send it back to school. $our child will get a sticker for e!ery person they read to that signs their book. Then please % &T throw them away ' please keep them in a box and then read and re(read them with your child) $our child may need help reading the books that say *#trategy Focus+ on the front. This means it may be a more difficult book for the children to read. If it does not say *strategy focus+ on the front then they should be able to read it on their own to you because those books will only ha!e words that we ha!e learned in class. "lthough our reading series does not ha!e formal daily homework like our math series, it does not mean the children do not need to practice their pre(reading skills. ,lease ha!e your child read their papers and books to you e!ery night. Today your child also has their first -ath Homework. They will ha!e math homework almost e!ery -onday and Wednesday night. ,lease help them complete their homework, make sure they ha!e their name on it, and remind them to turn it into the mailbox. If you are not able to complete it right away that is ok, .ust send it back when you can get it completed. I will keep track and when your child has turned in /0 homework sheets, s1he will get to pick out of the treasure chest. The book fair will be at our school #eptember 23 th ( ctober / st . We need volunteers to help work the book fair. The proceeds go to the elementary students for field trips. If you, a family member or a friend are able to work from 4(/2 or /2(5650 on any of those days, please let us know. There is going to be a Family Fun Night on -onday, #eptember 23 th and the book fair will also be open that e!ening. Thank $ou, -rs. 7iuliani PARENTS AS PARTNERS PARENTS AS PARTNERS #eptember /8, 20/9 Child of the Day Tues. Vienna Wed. Cole Thurs. Nadia Fri. Eli Mon. - Anna PTO FUNDRAISER n Thursday your child attended an assembly explaining the ,T Fundraiser. We hope you are ha!ing success finding supporti!e people in our community to sell to. The children were !ery excited to sell after seeing the neat things that they could earn for selling. Those order forms will be due on Thursday, #eptember /4 th , so you ha!e two weeks to try to sell and help support the ,T. The ,T helps us by purchasing classroom supplies, paying for assemblies, paying for field trips, and putting on the ,T carni!al in "pril. SCHOOLWIDE FIELDTRIP On September 24 the entire school will be going on a field trip to the woods. This year we have the excellent opportunity to follow the wood for the NCAA tournaments from the forest to the court. On the 24 th we will watch the wood be cut and loaded and learn about the places it will go to be turned into the basetball court. Connor A!A is partnering with "# to create this ama$ing experience. %e will be having a grill out for lunch in the woods on that day also. %e encourage all students to eat school lunch that day so we don&t have to worry about carrying around their lunch boxes. Throughout the year we will get updates on where the wood is and learn about the economics of the process' ,lease !isit our classroom website at :2fptro.ans.weebly.com to find information and see more pictures)