New Beginnings

What an exciting first three days of school!  Mrs. Porter, Mr. Baldwin, and I truly enjoyed seeing all of your students in class this week.  The typical back-to-school activities took place, as they would in any other classroom.  We found homes for all of our school supplies, learned classroom expectations, practiced drills, and got to know one another.   We also had a team-building activity where the students helped to create our classroom expectations.  Students decided what our normal behaviors would be and what being "Responsible" and "Respectful" would look like within our walls.

Along with these activities, we also dove right in with technology. All Chromebooks are up and running in our classroom!  Here are a few snap-shots of our students learning about the basics of their new device, logging in for the first time this school year, and composing an email to their teacher. 

 

 

Next week, we will utilize more digital resources on our Chromebooks and work on building our knowledge with using our new devices. 

 

 

Here are some important upcoming events to put in your calendars. 

• August 27 - PIE Night (Parent Information Evening) 
• Grades K,1,2 @ 6-7pm; Grades 3,4,5 @ 7-8pm
• September 3 - PTA Meeting @ 7pm in the LMC
• September 6 - Running Club Starts @ 8am

 

One more thing, we are buddies this year with Kindergarten, and they are studying their colors next week.  We are asking that fifth graders wear the color of the day to help out our kindergartners.  See the schedule below.

• Monday = red
• Tuesday = orange
• Wednesday = yellow
• Thursday = green
• Friday = blue

 

Thanks for a great first week of school! 

 

 

~Mrs. Rhea