September 29, 2008
Dear Parents,
Last week was an exciting week for the 1st graders since they finally filled the whole class good behavior jar we started at the beginning of the school year. As a result, we will be having a pajama/ movie party on Wednesday afternoon, October 1st. Your child may wear his or her pajamas to school on Wednesday and bring a small stuffed animal of their choice.
Last week some of you asked me about how I addressed the tragedy of the Ramos family with the 1st graders. On Monday morning when we did our prayer first thing in the morning, I let the children know that that over the weekend one of the eighth graders lost her mom. I didn’t give them any more details than that regarding the incident. When they asked what happened I let them know that the most important thing is that we worry about Elizabeth and her family now, because God is taking good care of her mother in heaven. I also led a discussion about how it feels to lose something and let them share a time that they lost something or someone. We talked about how they felt when that happened and so we know that Elizabeth and her family are feeling that same way right now. We did a special prayer where we listened to a song and prayed for strength for Elizabeth and her family.
The vigil service for Sylvia Ramos is at 7pm at St. Joachim Church and the funeral will be on Tuesday at 10:30 at St. Joachim Church. If you wish to attend the funeral and would like to bring your 1st grader please let me know.
Hopefully we are all set with regards to the homework. (Me included) J We will be taking our first chapter test in math today and we will be starting our next chapter on addition tomorrow. When doing math homework with your child please make sure that there are some objects that they can move around and touch to represent the math problems. Coins work quite well and would be good practice for being able to recognize the coins. For example you may have the problem 3 and 2. You can use 3 nickels and 2 pennies and ask how many coins in all. It is best if the 1st graders do the setting out and moving around of the coins. I will also be sending home something called touch math next week that will be another tool for helping them with their math facts.
Finally, I have decided that the homework folders will be coming home on Friday. There will be no homework on Friday, but it will be useful to have something for papers the office or I need to send home on Friday. Please make sure you empty it out and return it on Monday. Thanks!
We have mass on Thursday and all our welcome to attend! Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Ms. Andrade
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