3 Weeks of Hard Working Fun!!

Can you believe there's only 3 weeks of school before Winter Break? So much to do and so little time!! This time of year can be very distracting not only for students but for me as well. I enjoy incorporating many festive activities that go with the Holiday season to help engage students during this exciting time of year. At conferences I handed out a yellow form saying that we will be doing a holiday craft in the room and that each child bring in $2 to help me with the cost of supplies. If those could come in throughout the next week that would be greatly appreciated.

Winter break this year will be a long one! To try to avoid any regression over break with what we learn over the next 3 weeks I've set each student up with a Reading Eggpress account. This is a great online program to help improve reading skills. You may be familiar with the Reading Eggs part of this program which is designed for younger readers Pre-K through 2nd grade. The Reading Eggspress is the next level and goes up to the reading age of approximately 13. We will be beginning using this program this week at school during our Computer Lab time so that by the time Winter Break rolls around they should be familiar with the program and able to login at home to work. Yesterday I sent home a Parent Letter that has their login and password. Most students have this memorized as it is the same as our IXL and Read About logins. Please have your child try logging in at home to make sure it works, and of course they may do this at home as well as at school. This is a great program and we've seen great progress with below grade level, at grade level and above grade level students.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Family Movie Night is this Friday at 6:30 in the Kalapuya Gym! We will be showing Madagascar 3. Siblings are welcome as this is a family event. You must stay the entire time with your child/children, parents are not allowed to drop off their children and leave. Concession will be available in the lobby. So bring your pillows and blankets and enjoy a fun evening at school! I recommend getting here early as space fills up quickly.