Thank you to all the parents who came to Curriculum Night on Wednesday.  For those who were unable to attend I’ve sent home the information packet and posted it on the classroom blog.

Just some reminders:
<ul>
	<li>The green and white Ray School folder will come home only on Fridays full of notes for you to read.  Please read and respond appropriately.  Send the folder back on Monday.  This is a good way to send lunch money as well.</li>
	<li>The red folder will come home Monday with homework.  Please work on it a little bit at a time each day with your child and return in on Friday. </li>
	<li>Please send lunch/milk money for the week on Mondays.</li>
	<li>September is snack month for boys.  Please send in a healthy snack, enough for 28 students.  We do have a peanut allergy so please be careful in choosing your snack.</li>
	<li>October will be snack month for girls.</li>
</ul>
 This week:
<ul>
	<li>In Math we will continue to focus on numbers 1-9.  We will also explore patterns. Coins and height measurements.</li>
	<li>In Reading will continue exploring letters.  I will be assessing students to find out which letters and sounds they already know.  We will use shared reading to explore phonics and comprehension strategies.  We will also continue to build stamina for reading to ourselves.  I will introduce students to “Read to Someone,” as part of the reading block as well.</li>
	<li>In Writing we will continue to discuss choosing ideas from our lives on which we can base stories we want to tell.  Students will continue to tell those stories through drawing pictures and writing words, if they can. </li>
	<li>For Handwriting we will begin to discuss the kinds of lines used to make letters and use the wooden pieces from Handwriting Without Tears to make those letters. </li>
	<li>In Social Studies we will continue to discuss feelings and use the knowledge of feelings to form I messages so students can resolve conflicts independently.  We will also practice active listening.</li>
	<li>For Science we will continue to observe our class tree and we will adopt a full grown tree in the school yard for observation.</li>
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Important Dates to Remember:
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	<li>No School 9/25, 10/12, 10/23</li>
	<li>After School Program Starts 9/30</li>
	<li>Picture Day 9/30</li>
	<li>Bike/Walk to School Day 10/7</li>
	<li>Candy Sale Ends 10/8</li>
	<li>PTA meeting 10/19</li>
	<li>Reading Day, Literacy Parade 10/30</li>
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<p align="center">Have a Great Week!</p>