Hi parents! Friday and today I went over the final book project for your students.  They should be doing a "Lasting Impression" of the book they read (a book they have read within the last few months. With 20 minutes of reading every single night on their homework, as well as time to read in class, this should not be a problem). I gave them a paper with the "Lasting Impression"...

Hi parents! Just a heads up that I sent home a progress report in your child's weekly folder yesterday. I got them back from quite a few of you, but am still missing lots of them, along with lots of weekly folders. Will you please ask your child to show them to you? Thanks! I need those returned asap. I printed a report that shows scores on each item so you can see where the grade is...

Hi parents! I'm sending this email to you, but it has NOTHING to do with school! :) I wanted to invite you to an Origami Owl/Gold Canyon Candle party this Saturday at my house. Carrie Kerns (an aid at our school) sells Gold Canyon Candles, and I sell Origami Owl jewelry. (If you have no idea what that is, please go check out my website and see what you've been missing. They are the...

Parents, Thanks once again for an amazing week of state presentations and goodies! I really was impressed with all your students learned and were able to share with us. We don't usually eat so much in our class! :) But it seems like it with me asking for the trail mix donations...sorry about that timing! Anyway, if you did NOT receive the bright pink paper for your child, please ask...

Parents, Your students are doing a fantastic job on their state presentations! They worked very hard, and I'm impressed with all they have learned.  It's been fun to "feast" on some of the goodies each day, and I wanted to thank you for supporting them in this project. Next week we begin our AIMS testing.  We try not to focus completely on test prep all year long, but do a lot...