Dear Parents,
Hello! By now you all should have received a letter from me about the upcoming parent orientation meeting to be held on Tuesday, August 26 at 5:00 pm. I am looking forward to meeting you, and learning more about you and your children.
As you learned from Mrs. Zito, our class size has grown. We are a large group this year... (the more the merrier!), and our goal will be to develop a tight-knit, kind and respectful community. To that end, our initial focus will be on getting to know each other, and to practice patience and good manners so that all needs can be met in a positive learning environment. Each of your children has special gifts, and my goal is to bring out the personal best in each child. As we head into the school year, I will be speaking with each child individually about the literacy, math, and personal goals they would like to achieve while in third grade. They will brainstorm ways that they can meet those goals, and I will add how I promise to provide help. You will be asked to add how you, as parents, will help your child to learn and grow in each of those areas.
I recently met with the other third grade teachers in the district to work on our new science curriculum. We are in need of some supplies. Following is a list of the things we hope to have donated. If you can help out, we would appreciate it!
resealable plastic bags (all sizes), electrical tape, brad fasteners, bobby pins, brown paper lunch bags, old silverware, post-its, oreo cookies, clean styrofoam meat trays, "D" alkaline batteries, index cards, business size envelopes, sandpaper
Other science materials will be needed during the school year. If you are able to donate a WalMart gift card (in any amount) in order for us to purchase those items as we need them, we would appreciate that, as well!
Welcome to the wonderful world of your child's third grade school year. I will see you on August 26th! In the meantime, please be sure you subscribe to this blog so the entries are emailed to you automatically!
Sincerely,
Pru Todd