Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Holiday Break!

Happy Holidays! 
I hope that you will enjoy this break with your families.  I will be sending home a packet for you to work on over the break.  I encourage families to work on some of it together.  The first page in the packet will have some directions.  The pages are color coded, so the yellow pages are some fun math games, the blue pages are some old DOL's that we have done for writing and the pink pages are reading practice pages.  Please take some time to work on some or all of this packet.  I would like to encourage every student to still do as much "Good Fit Book" reading as they can and log their minutes in their assignment book.  Let's see how many total minutes as a class we read over break.  It will be 12 days of break.  I do not expect you to read everyday, but if you are traveling, it really helps pass the time in the car, on the plane, or on a train, however you maybe getting to where you are going.

I wish everyone a safe, and happy holiday season!  See you next YEAR! 2012!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Greetings to all families.  I hope everyone has an enjoyable long weekend and that you will be able to spend some quality time with your families, near and far. 
Please take some time with your student and play some games.  I would also like to encourage you to read together, and also have your student spend some extra time just reading.  With four days off of school sometimes we forget that this is a great time to dive into our favorite books.  We can actually spend more time reading then just our daily goals! Also remember to record all of those minutes in your assignment books.  If you are traveling, reading in the car on the drive helps a lot to pass the time.

Have a wonderful, safe, break and I look forward to seeing all of you on Monday, November 28!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

CONFERENCES!

Please make sure you send back your conference slip.  I am looking forward to seeing you all at the upcoming conferences.  Please make sure you bring your student with too.  They will have a lot to tell you!

The Llama visits Hawthorne!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Introduction

WELCOME to our new blog!  I am hoping to update this weekly with information about our classroom and what is happening around Hawthorne.