Monday, October 19, 2009

Important Reminders

Dear Parents (and Students!)

Parent conferences are scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week.  I sent home conference notices today.  I tried as best I could to accomodate everyone's preferences, but had to schedule some outside of the time slot specified on the request.  Please be sure to return the form tomorrow whether or not you can make the scheduled time. This will give me some time to make adjustments if they are needed.

Today I also sent home Scholastic Book Club catalogs.  Orders are due by Friday, October 23, 2009.  You can either send the order form back with a check (made out to Scholastic) or you can order online, once you have set up an account.  To do this SIGN UP at www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs . On the parent page, click the "Don't have a User Name and Password?" link, then register for your own username and password. When prompted, enter our one-time Class Activation Code--121MQ. This code ensures that your order is sent to me.  You can then pay by credit card, and the books will be sent to our class with the rest of our order. 

I am looking forward to meeting with all of you later this week!
Thanks,
Ms. Shrader

Spelling List 10-20-09

1. front
2. running
3. run
4. rule
5. carry
6. chain
7. death
8. learn
9. wonder
10. pair
11. pear
12. pare
13. check
14. prove
15. heard
16. hear
17. inspect
18. itself
19. always
20. something

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Welcome to Our Blog

Hello, Students and Parents!

It's great to have another way to share information with you all.  I plan to use this site to update you on what is happening in the classroom, as well as posting important information that might get lost (such as spelling lists.)

This upcoming week we will be having parent conferences (Thursday and Friday).  Teachers are meeting Friday to try to work out a schedule to accomodate families, and notices about the schedule will be going out on Monday.  Parents, if you have an email address, and would like your notice sent via email, I would be happy to oblige.  Just send an email to dshrader@hesglendale.org and ask for it.  Please put your child's name in the request, to help me keep things simple.

Report cards this year have a very different look.  We are no longer using the A, B, C, D, F grading system.  However, the explanation for each grade is at the bottom of the report card.   The report is one of the things we will be discussing during parent conferences.

Keep checking back here.  I plan to update frequently!
Ms. Shrader