Last Week Before Christmas!

• Wow! What a performance on Friday. I would like to thank all of my students for putting forth such a great effort at the concert on Friday. You all did a wonderful job!
• Secret Santa gifts need to be in by Wednesday, December 18th.  It is a $5 limit. 
• Skate permission forms went home last week. Thank you to everyone who has turned them in and if you haven't please hand them in as soon as possible.
• I will be sending home a little parent package on Monday discussing how to help your child's fluency at home.  Please take the time to read through and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give me a call.
• Please continue reading 20 min. each night.  A portion of that should be read orally as well.
• I would like to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" to all of my students and their parents. I consider myself very lucky not only to be working at Amherst Cove, but I am lucky to be working with such wonderful students, staff, and families.   I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday break!  See you all back on Jan 2., 2014.

Week of December 9-13

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend with friends and family.
• Book order is due tom.  
• We will be drawing names tom. for secret Santa.  The limit is a 5.00 gift and I would ask that you send it to the school no later than Wednesday, December 18th. The students are very excited about this.
• Christmas concert will be held on Friday, December 13th. 
• Keep reading 20 min. each night. It is a good idea to be reading some of that time out loud. Parents, don't forget to be asking your child to talk about what they are reading.
• Grade 5 math- I was very impressed with our multiplication quiz last week. I would ask you to sign it and have your child take it back to me.  The students have shown such enthusiasm in math and I love it! If there is no specific homework assignment given, practice math facts. Remember the goal is 3 sec. recall for mult. facts and 5 sec recall for division facts.
• Have a great week everyone!

First Week of December!

• It is so hard to believe that we only have 3 full weeks of school left before Christmas break!
• Winter bus starts tom.
• Lunch order tom. for the month of December.
• Reading 20 min. each night.  Keep track in your passports!
• Grade 5 math- students wrote a multiplication quiz on Friday.  We will be finishing it up on Tuesday.  It is a good idea to keep reviewing math facts each night.
• I am at meetings on Monday and Friday of this week.
• We will be drawing names this week for secret Santa.  It will be a five dollar maximum.
• Thank you to everyone for passing in their persuasive writing assignments and their name assignments too!  I am very proud of you for being organized!
• Have a great week everyone!