Week of September 9-13, 2013

Hello Room 4 Families,
We had a fabulous first week of school in Room 4. Your children have been working hard and making friends. I can tell it's going to be a great year!

Important Dates:

Friday, 9/13; "Tie Day": Kids can wear something that can be "tied." They can wear a tie, something that is tie-dyed, or something else that can be "tied." Feel free to get creative.

Friday, 9/13: movie night. This is a fun night out for Phoebe families. The movie, which is a surprise, begins at dark. There will be food available for purchase. Bring a blanket and chairs and enjoy!

Tuesday, 9/17, 5:30pm: back-to-school night. At this event I will share important room 4 information regarding class procedures, homework, field trips, etc.

Field Trips and Fingerprinting
In order to accompany the class on field trips, parents/guardians must be fingerprinted with the district. Once you are fingerprinted this year, you won't have to go through the process again. It does take 4-6 weeks for fingerprints to clear, so I encourage you to do this as soon as possible. The form for this came in the first day packet. We are planning a pumpkin patch field trip for the end of October, and I want parents to be able to come with us!

Homework
We will begin homework next week, September 16th. Each week the students will have a packet to complete. They will have two pages each night, Monday thru Thursday. On Thursday afternoons, I will email the following week's packet to you for you to print and have your child complete. I do it this way because we are on a very tight budget this year and I just don't have enough copies allocated to me to be able to make homework and classwork copies.

Parent Volunteers
Thank you to those parents who have signed up to help in and outside the classroom this year! For those of you who signed up to help with our morning centers time, this will not begin until the 23rd of September. I will give more information about this time at Back-to-School night. If you haven't had a chance to sign up, the sheet is in the back of room 4; stop by any time.

Thanks for reading, parents! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com or carrie-relles@scusd.edu or stop by before or after school.
Have a great weekend!