December 2011
Dear Parents,
The year is almost over! It’s hard to believe and realize that the 2012 year will go by even quicker!
Thank you for being patient with all the many schedule changes. I’m still checking daily to make sure that I am at the right place at the right time. We should begin the New Year with a stable schedule.
Please refer to Mrs. Nardulli’s calendar.
Next week we will be learning and reviewing for our testing that will take place December 14 and 15.
It will be an accumulation of all facts and information learned since August. The best way to prepare for it is to get plenty of sleep, a good breakfast, and study BASIC FACTS NOW!
If you have put away the flash cards thinking that they were mastered in first grade, bring them back out and practice! Math is like a foreign language, you forget it if you don’t use it.
AR goals need to be met. Please give your child a personal goal of completing their goal before the last week of school! Those four days are filled with unexpected barriers. Students should understand that any AR book they read should take less than a week. Most students can read a book each night and take a test in the morning.
Response to Literature projects are due December 15. Please write the response in published form. It does not need to be typed. It does need to meet ideas, organizational and convention skills. A rubric was attached to the recent Charlotte’s Web response. Please let me know if you need another rubric.
Many thanks to all of the help I’ve received in the classroom. There are so many obligations to insure your child’s success, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Daws, Mrs. Materan, Mrs. Mudgett, Mrs. Nardulli, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, and Mrs. Rousell help on a weekly basis. Please forgive me if I have left off your name in error.
Once again, please call me if there are any questions. I know that all parents are helping at home with your child’s learning because of the great success they are achieving.

Julie Poe