CLASS PET Our hamster has arrived! Each child will have the opportunity to take it home for a week-end on the week that your child is chosen to be Student of the Week. We try to give you enough notice, especially if your child takes the bus because pets are not allowed on the bus. In addition, your child will have the chance to trade in "class coins" to bring the hamster home on a school night.
BOOK REPORTS Students will be assigned a book report monthly, usually due at the end of the month.
HOMEWORK In addition to the homework listed in your child’s assignment book, the children should be reading at least 15 minutes each day. (This may be recorded on the “Book-It” card.) Please check and sign your child's assignment planner every night! Daily practice speed tests should be handed in at the end of the week.
UNIFORMS Please check the school policy handbook for the appropriate uniform. Boys must wear belts this year and sneakers should be worn only on gym days. The school policy handbook is very clear so check out the uniform policy page if you are unsure of what is acceptable.
PAYDAY Your child will be earning "Class Coins" for math games, good behavior, etc. Pennies are traded up for nickels, then dimes, etc. The coins are then traded in on “Payday”, which usually occurs once a month. Likewise, your child can lose coins for poor behavior, lost, incomplete or messy homework, etc. As they trade coins in, the children are also learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, money values and decision-making. Donations for the prize box are always welcome; it gets expensive to keep it filled. Suggested items include: special pencils, pens, erasers, stickers, or any items you think your child would like to trade for.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK Each child will be chosen once during the year to be Student of the Week. Your child may get extra privileges, choose to be first in line at any time and may be asked to go on an errand here or there if needed. The Student of the Week also may take the gerbil home for the week-end without paying coins.
CAR PATROL For those picking their children up by car, please display your family sign and stay in your car and your child will come to the car.
SCHEDULE Our schedule for this year is as follows:
Monday: Library and computers, Tuesday: Mass and art, Wednesday: Music and Phys. ed., Thursday: no specials, & Friday: Spanish.
SOUP KITCHEN: During the year our class will be collecting change for the soup kitchen in Manchester. If you find yourself with extra change, please be generous and send it to school for the poor. We will invite a representative from Manchester’s Soup Kitchen to come in to speak to the children in the spring. It’s important for the children to see that they can make a difference.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS are given out monthly. You can order directly on line or send the order to school. Go to the Scholastic Book link on my web site. The class user name is: mrsmarblesclass and the password is marble, and the new Class Activation Code is: GQ3XW
FIELD TRIPS: The children will be going to the Amoskeag Fishways some morning this fall. If you would like to join us, please sign up at the open house.
Please check out our class web site often for pertinent information. I will try to keep it up to date but the children should not rely on the web site for homework assignments. They are still responsible for the assignment even if the homework is not up to date on the web site. There are word searches, etc. for the children to do if they want to earn extra coins throughout the year.
The site is:
http://www.teacherweb.com/NH/StCatherine/MrsMarble/
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marble