Conferences are coming!

This week was a busy week of assessments!  I can't wait to update you at our conference about your child.  If you haven't yet, please call the office at 465-7800 to schedule your conference time with me.  If for some reason there isn't a day or time that works for you, please email me and we will find a time that works for you.  Conferences are one of my favorite times of the year, because we have uninterrupted time to discuss your little one and how we can both help them to be as successful as possible in school.   Kindergarten students do not attend these conferences.   

During Conference week, the Kindergarten schedule does not change.  It changes for grades 1-6, but not for kindergarten, so your child will come at their normal time and end at their normal time.  

Reminders:

**Please call the office to schedule your child's conference! 465-7800**  

1. Take Home Books are due Monday! Options for the Take Home Book Exchange:1. If your child needs more practice with this book, return the book in the envelope so I can check off  that you have that book.2. If the book was at an appropriate level of difficulty, but you are done with this book write on a sticky note: New Book3. If your child could read this book in the first sitting without any errors (they knew every single word) write on a sticky note: New Level.**If a book doesn't have a sticky note, it doesn't get exchanged, just checked off.

2. Homework folders are coming home on Monday. Please note that our building policy is to only give between 5-8 minutes of homework per day in kindergarten (that includes writing their sentence, three math problems, and reading their take home book). If you would like to give your child extra work, that's up to you. If you have questions regarding your child's homework and/or our homework policy, please email me. 

3. Please practice the flash cards you were given at Open House with your kiddo (sight words and numbers). Daily practice for just a few minutes is better than one big chunk at once.

4. We will have a Veteran's Day Assembly. The kinders will be singing two songs at the assembly. The assembly is on Tuesday, November 10^th, at either 10 a.m. with our primary students (AM-K, 1, 2, and 3) or at 2:00 p.m. with our intermediate students (PM-K, 4, 5, and 6). Kindergarten does not do a Thanksgiving or Christmas program. The only big production we do is in the spring.

6. DURING CONFERENCE WEEK (NOVEMBER 19-25), GRADES 1-6 HAVE HALF DAYS; HOWEVER, THE KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE DOES NOT CHANGE. AM KINDERS GO FROM 9:10-11:45am AND PM KINDERS GO FROM 12:45-3:20pm.

7. Start thinking about whether or not you can join us for our all-day field trip on Dec. 10th. We must have one adult for every two kinders or we cannot do the trip. For safety reasons, we cannot take siblings on the trip. Please find childcare for younger kiddos, if you plan on attending.

Have a great day!Love, Mrs. Wittwer