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Notices and Newsletters for Parents

MON. NOV 30
TOYS FOR TOTS
At this time of year, many people exchange gifts. As in past years, I would 
like my class to consider not giving me a gift, since I have everything I 
need, and consider those who are needy. I will be collecting Toys for Tots in 
the classroom again this year. Please consider, instead of giving the teacher 
a gift this month, donating a toy for a tot. It should be new and unwrapped. 
I remember last year the need was high for non-violent toys for kids ages 9-
12 and baby toys. I am sure those are needed this year again but anything 
would be appreciated. It looks like I will need to get the toys to the drop 
off location the weekend of December 11, so all toys must be dropped off by 
Friday, December 11. Thank you for considering others at this time of year.


WED. NOV 18
Food Drive:
Shaker Lane School is having a food drive for Loaves and Fishes. Please feel 
free to send in food between now and Nov. 24th. For safety reasons, do not 
send items in glass jars or containers. Canned goods, rice, cereals, etc. are 
all great! Thank you.
CURRICULUM: 
We have had a busy 1st trimester. As we wrap up the trimester we are talking 
a lot about effort, which is E in our HEART program. We have been discussing 
how if something is difficult for you and you put in lots of effort, it 
becomes easier and you learn more and do better. On the flip side, it has 
come up that something can be easy for you, but you don't put in much effort 
and end up doing a bad job when you could have done fabulous. Effort will 
remain a focus as we enter next trimester. In math, we wrapped up units 1, 2, 
and 3 and are doing a few days focusing in on telling time/elapsed times 
before we start unit 4. In Social Studies, we are pausing in our geography 
studies for now. We have been working hard on learning about the compass 
rose, map keys and the seven continents. We will pick back up later on to 
learn about 4 major oceans. We will be starting a science unit on animals in 
winter (hibernation, migration and adaptation), so be on the lookout for 
activities relating to that. Thank you!

THU. NOV. 5
WISH LIST:
We would love for either families to donate mechanical pencils or for each 
child to bring a few to school for themselves. Pencil sharpening of regular 
pencils is problematic for us and mechanical pencils would probably help. 
Thanks!

TUESDAY, OCT. 27
OPEN HOUSE: Tomorrow is Open House Night! You and your child can come check 
out our classroom, tour the school, meet friends and more. Here is what will 
be happening:
  
VOLUNTEERING SIGN UP
At Open House night, there will be a Volunteer Sign Up. 
-If you can not come and would like to volunteer, please let me know I and I 
will tell you what slots are available. 
-Volunteers should find child care for their younger 
children during their volunteer time. 
-Also, please note that if want to volunteer, you must sign up at Open House 
or during the week or two following it. Our schedule is so complicated that I 
will not be able to accomodate new volunteers that want to work with students 
later in the year. 
-If people find they have extra time this winter and spring,they are 
certainly welcome to volunteer in ways such as copying, switching out 
bulletin board, etc. 

Thank you so much to all of you who offered so far to help. Your assistance 
is so appreciated and valuable!

CONFERENCE SIGN UP
At Open House, there will be a conference sign up. Please think about your 
availability on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 or bring your schedule along so you can 
select a conference time.

WISH LIST
There will be sticky notes with wish list items on them. Feel free to take a 
sticky note and donate that item to the classroom.

Q&A IN THE CAFETERIA
After visiting the classroom, if you have any general questions about the 
school that I cannot answer, you can head down to the cafeteria where Mr. 
Faherty will be leading a Q&A session. Keep in mind, there are many questions 
I can help answer in the classroom, or by a phone call or at conference time.
Hope you can come and check out Rockin' Room 202 and see some of your child's 
work!

THURSDAY. SEP. 24
On your child's birthday, you may send in a special snack. Some popular 
choices include cookies and cupcakes. Please do not send in a full cake that 
needs to be cut. We have 21 students and 2 teachers. Also, please note we 
have some students with food allergies. Please try and avoid sending anything 
with nuts in it. Thank you.

THURSDAY, SEP. 17
You might want to ask your child if he/she would like some mechanical pencils 
and/or a hand sharpener for their desk. Students have been spending lots of 
time sharpening pencils, and as you might imagine, less time focusing on 
academic activities. I encourage all to sharpen a bunch of pencils before 
9:00 and then have decided that they must borrow from friends or use a hand 
sharpener after that time. Check with them, and see if they could use 
something like that for their desk. Thanks so much.

     MONDAY, SEP. 14 
Homework packets will be sent home starting today. A packet will go home on 
Monday and your child should return it on Friday. If your child has any 
questions about the homework, please have them ask me about it in class, or 
you can write me a note and I will see what I can. Keep in mind that homework 
will reflect what second grade benchmarks we are working on, and therefore, 
depending on how your child is doing with a certain topic, may sometimes be a 
little easy, sometimes a little hard, but often just right! Thank you.

   Volunteering will begin later than usual this year due to some changes in 
the Language Arts program. I need to see how that will work before I can 
schedule volunteers. In the meantime, you can always contact one of the 
following people at SHaker Lane to help out:
       The art teacher welcomes volunteers, as does the librarian, and the 
school needs recess and lunch volunteers, and I am pretty sure the office in 
general would love volunteers. Thank you.

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