Off to a great start!

So far, so good! This group is off to a wonderful start this year! I am really enjoying getting to know each child. I must apologize for missing so many days at the beginning of the year; I normally do not miss much school. I have taken one personal day so that my husband and I could go out of town, but the other days have been for professional development, which will benefit your children.

There are some rather large changes that will be taking place in the next few weeks. Beginning next week, we will no longer have weekly spelling lists or tests, which also means that we will no longer be doing the spelling activities. This is a school-wide initiative. We will be beginning a program to work with word patterns so that children can apply those skills in order to spell most any word they need to spell, rather than just memorizing the weekly list. There will still be opportunities for at-home activities. This is new to all of us, so please be patient while we work to organize. The past two days 2nd and 3rd grade teachers have been working together to plan the best strategies for teaching your children.

Thanks for caring about your child's education - it makes a huge difference!