Ms. Rathmanner

Thank you to the parents that attended conferences for the second marking period report cards.  We are started into the Third Marking period now and interim reports will be coming home before you know it!

Believe it or not, we are already halfway through the second marking period.  Please look for interim reports to come home this week.  Please sign this and return the white copy.  You may keep the pink copy at home for your records.  I appreciate all the help and support you provide at home for the students.  Please remind your child to turn their homework in every morning into our “frog” bin.  Students normally get one reading or one math worksheet a night for homework in addition to 15 minutes of reading.  Thank you again for making sure your child is completing our nightly homework assignments. 

Just a reminder..No school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week!  ( 11/21, 11/22, 11/23)  I hope all of you enjoy this time with your friends and family and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  See you on Monday, November 26th!

This week we will have parent teacher conferences.  Conferences will be held on Tuesday November 6th, Wednesday November 7th, and Thursday November 8th.  If you have forgotten what time your conference is scheduled for, feel free to send a note in with your child or give me a call.  Also, because of conferences, students will be dismissed at 12:42 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.  I look forward to meeting with all of you to discuss your child’s progress! 

The Book Fair is coming the week of November 2nd-9th.  Our day to go to the Book Fair is Monday November 5th during our Library time.  Students will be bringing a book order home advertising some of the books that will be featured.  If your child wishes to purchase a book, Monday is the day to send money in an envelope to school with them. 

The First graders have been challenged to read as many books as they can!  Please encourage your child to read at home every night.  If they read a book, or a book is read to them, they can add that to their Price Reading Challenge gameboard at school.  Please remind them to keep up with the challenge and continue to add their books to their gameboard!

Some important dates to remember….

This upcoming Friday, October 5th we will have our Manor Excellence Assembly where we will honor Noah and Lauren as our September students of the month!  Congratulations to both students for showing such good behavior.  This assembly will begin at 9:15.

Next Thursday and Friday, October 11th and 12th, school is closed for students as teachers have inservice. 

Believe it or not, we are already halfway through our First Marking Period.  We will be preparing progress reports this week and sending them home soon.  Please sign and return the white copy when you recieve this progress report.  This is a way for us to communicate on your child’s progress so far this year. 

Thanks to all of the parents/guardians that came out on Tuesday night to our Open House!  We had a great turnout!  It was very nice to meet everybody.  For those of you that couldn’t make it, I sent home a colored folder with your child that contains important information regarding our classroom.  I look forward to working with you all year to ensure your child’s success. 

We have had such a great start to our school year!  All of the students in Room 8 are working on learning all of our rules and routines and they are doing an excellent job! Below I am listing just a few things to keep in mind during the next week or so.

Please remember to return the following forms completed

• Green emergency card for the nurse’s records
• The pink parent handbook sheet signed
• The white form that discusses our code of conduc

Open House is September 18th!

Back to School Carnival is Friday, September 7th!