Thank you!

Hello families!

Thank you to all the families that were able to make it to Parent Night this past Tuesday!  I hope I was able to answer any questions you had.  One suggestion was that I e-mail everyone each week when I update the blog with information.  I have put together a distrubution list of parent e-mails, but if you would like to opt-out of that weekly e-mail, just let me know and I can take you off the distrubution list.

I have added a page on my blog called "Looking Ahead...".  I will be updating this page weekly with what we will be covering the upcoming week in class.  I hope this will be helpful with homework, etc.

Tomorrow if "Spirit Day."  If your child has any Discovery clothing, I encourage them to wear it tomorrow!  The PTA is starting a contest between classrooms to see who has the most school spirit!

We finished our first round of MAP testing this week (Math).  We will be continuing our MAP testing next Thursday for the Reading test.  Please do your best to have your student here, well-rested, and fed that day.  :)

Conferences are quickly approaching!  We will have conferences on Wednesday evening (10/9/2013) and all day on Thursday (10/10/2013).  If you need a specific time to meet (morning, afternoon, or evening), please let me know as soon as possible.  We will be scheduling them next week beginning with siblings first (to get them back-to-back).  If I do not hear from you, I will set a time for you.

Have a great evening!

Mrs. Spenner

21st Century Parent Survey

Hello families!

Eian Harm, from the Meridian School District, has asked that parents from our school take an informational survey to help them look at different types and amounts of technology use in classrooms.

   21st Century Parent Survey

Please take a few moments to complete the survey.  Thank you!

Also, don't forget about Open House for parents Tuesday night starting at 5pm!  I hope to see everyone there!

Mrs. Spenner

Happy Friday!

Hello families!

We have a lot going on in our classroom!  First, I want to remind everyone that we have individual pictures next Wednesday, Sept. 11.  Picture forms were sent home last night in our folders.

I also sent home our first Scholastic book order.  If you would like to order online, I have included the class code (GX9YZ) on the form.  If you would like me to order them for you, just return the form with a check made out to "Scholastic" by next Wednesday, Sept. 11th.  Sorry, I cannot accept cash.

We have created a class promise in our room and made "mini-me's" to represent our agreement.  We will talk about it at the beginning of each week as a reminder of how we need to act each week. 

We started working with our technology this week as well.  The netbooks were in use for ThinkThroughMath (TTM) and some of the students and I took turns writing with the Slate/projector.  I hope to have the Ipads up and running next week as we begin reading and math groups!

Many of the students would like to get on to TTM at home.  It is easy to do and students can get some extra math practice as well.  Just go to:  http://lms.thinkthroughmath.com to log on.

The student login is your student's first name, last initial, and class number.  The password is their 8 digit birthday.

For example:

Sally Jones #7 who has a birthday on May 4, 2004 would be:

Username:  sallyj7

Password:  05042004

Just let me know if you have a question about this!  That's all for now!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Spenner