I have some exciting but bittersweet news.  I have been blessed with an itinerant assistant principal position at Truman Montessori School and Prairie Elementary School.  I found out Friday, but legally, I could not say anything until I was officially appointed at the school board meeting last night.  I will be here until Friday.   Stephanie Rogers will be taking my place.  You will receive a letter with more information from the office.  I know that you will make Ms. Rogers feel welcomed, just as you did for me.  I will continue to work very closely with her to ease the transition for her and your children as much as possible.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for EVERYTHING that you have done to help me.  Even though it's been a short time, I have enjoyed working with all of you and your children.  This is very emotional for me.  I've been at this school since it opened in 2002.  The people and students that I work with are like family to me.  It's really hard to say good bye, even though my journey ahead is such a rewarding one.  Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do to help you in any way.    

I've added a handwriting poems file.  These are the phrases/poems that we learn to correctly form our letters.  The lowercase phrases/poems match our phonics series.  When we begin the second cycle of the alphabet, we will use a different set of poems to learn capital letter formation.  The key is to get the children to form letters from top to bottom, not bottom to top. 

• Star Words: you, on
•  Vocabulary Words: rules, citizen, teach
•  Modeled Reading: "When Kangaroo Goes to School"
•  Shared Reading/Big Book: School Rules
•  Poems: "The Clock," "Tt," "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear," "Ii," "Mother, Mother"
• Comprehension Strategy: Determine Importance
•  Target Skill: discuss the personal narrative genre; understand letters and words
•  Writing: writing an introduction; writing in sequence (beginning, middle, end)
•  Grammar: naming words (animals)
•  Phonics Skill: word rhyming
•  Fast Track Phonics: t, i, -ig word family
•  Spelling Connections: Tt, Ii
 

Reminders

• Please check your e-mail regularly for notifications from our Schoolnotes account. You can access the page directly by going to http://new.schoolnotes.com. The school zip code is 70583.
• Our class will celebrate Grandparents' Day on Wednesday, September 7. Grandparents are invited to have lunch with us at 11:00.
• Snack this week: Marlajah
• Snack next week: Jean Pierre 

•  Try finding the lowercase letters t, i, and any of our star words in books, magazines, newspapers, etc.
• Use small objects to create two groups of no more than 10 objects.  Let your child compare the two sets of objects using the terms more, fewer, and equal.
•  Create a list of words that rhyme with pig.
• Say a list of three words, with two of the three words beginning with /t/. Have your child identify the word that does not begin with /t/. Repeat this activity for /i/.
• Identify reasons for home and school rules.  Discuss what could happen if the rules are not followed.