Our Scholastic book order flyers will be sent home very soon. Please consider purchasing books for your child from this month's selection. November's orders are due by Thursday, November 19. There are two ways to purchase books:

1. Complete the order form on the flyer and send it to school with your payment (cash or check).

OR

2. Visit the Scholastic Parent Ordering website by clicking here. Use our username: RomerosReaders and our password: Room214 to place your order. You will need to pay with a debit or credit card.

Books usually arrive within a week and your purchases help earn points for our classroom to spend on additional books and learning materials.

We are planning two field trips for this month. Look for information concerning a field trip to our local fire station and to a pumpkin patch to come home soon!

Our assessment window for reading and math has closed. Our student performed very well on both assessments. For the DRA reading assessment we had 1 child reading at an independent level of 3, 9 students at level 4, 4 students at level 6, 1 child each at levels 8, 10, 12, and 2 students reading at level 14. For the DBA math assessment, we had 6 students score nearing proficient, 8 students score proficient, and 5 students score advanced.

Because our field trip to McCall's Pumpkin Patch was cancelled due to snow in the East Mountains, we are currently in the process of planning an alternative field trip. We will use the money collected for the pumpkin patch field trip to pay for this trip. If we are unable to plan a field trip soon, then all money will be refunded back to you.

We are currently working on our Informational Genre Study in readers' and writers' workshops. The culminating activity for this study will be our annual New Mexico Wild Animal Diorama Exhibition. You can read information about last year's event by visiting our Class Projects page by clicking here. You will also see links to view photos of past dioramas created my former students.

Parents often ask what supplies we need on a regular basis. Dry-erase markers and small prizes for our class store are two items we need throughout the school year. If you are interested in helping us get items from our Wish List, you can visit that page by clicking here.

Our Million Word Campaign for the 2009-2010 school year is well underway! You can find your child's log in their agenda. Remember that in first grade our goal is to read more than 25 books by the end of the school year, which will equal about a million words! For more information on the Million Word Campaign, please click here.