Hi Families,
I will not be at school on Wednesday and will also miss Thursday morning. I will be away at a conference on Wednesday learning about standards based education and have a professional meeting on Thursday morning at school. It is my understanding that Mr. Philpot, a retired 3rd grade teacher, will be covering my class. Please call the office at 892-1840 if you have any needs during this time, as I will be unavailable to contact you. The kids know I'll be away and we spent a bit of time talking about how to do a good job while a sub is here. They should know my expectations and I am hoping to have a great report when I return.
Please remind your child to do their best while I'm away.
Thanks,
Beth
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Peanut and Nut Free Snack and NWEA Changes
Hello Families,
As you probably already know, we did not take our NWEA Reading test on Monday as planned. There were some difficulties with the NWEA program in uploading the current student information, so we had to delay it. We will begin testing on Tuesday with the reading test and finish next Tuesday with the Math portion.
We are beginning our story time snack with other classes and I need to ask for you to refrain from sending in snacks that contain peanut or nut products for snack. You may send lunch items as usual, but we will be mixing with students who have nut allergies during snack time. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
As always, thanks for your support!
Beth Earle
As you probably already know, we did not take our NWEA Reading test on Monday as planned. There were some difficulties with the NWEA program in uploading the current student information, so we had to delay it. We will begin testing on Tuesday with the reading test and finish next Tuesday with the Math portion.
We are beginning our story time snack with other classes and I need to ask for you to refrain from sending in snacks that contain peanut or nut products for snack. You may send lunch items as usual, but we will be mixing with students who have nut allergies during snack time. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
As always, thanks for your support!
Beth Earle
Friday, September 6, 2013
Volunteer needed Monday
If you are willing and able to cut out monster cardstock bookmarks for approximately 80 students this Monday during the day, please email me at bearle@rsu14.org. The A House PLC team is beginning to acclimate the students to switching classes by doing a Fun Switch each day this week. I plan to have the kids make monster bookmarks that will fit on the corner of a book. I could use some help cutting everything out. Thanks in advance to anyone who can pitch in!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Beth
Have a great weekend everyone!
Beth
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Things to look for in Friday's backpack and other beginning of year information
Hello Families,
I apologize for the length of this post. I have a lot of information that I need to get to you. I promise future posts won't be as lengthy.
I just wanted to send a note letting you know of a few things to look for in backpacks on Friday. One form from the office was missing in your packet. I got it early this week and will send on Friday. It's beige and titled Windham Primary School Media Release Form. Please try and have it along with all other beginnig of year paperwork back by Monday. Thanks so much to many of you who have everything in already. It's a tremendous amount to organize and keep track of and it really helps to sort throught it all at once. I sent reminders to those who still have things out on Thursday. Please do your best to get the rest in quickly.
Also coming home is a Boy Scout flier for boys and an article from Dr. Rhoads about attendance. I found it very informative. On the topic of attendance, please be sure to have your students here as much as possible this year. If you can schedule appointments after school so your child won't miss out, that would be helpful. I do realize that it's unavoidable, but please do your best! Also, new this year, students will be marked with an unexcused absence unless you provide a specific reason as to their absence. "Out sick" is no longer specific--the office is now tracking type of illness. Please feel free to email me if your child is out and I can let the office know.
We should have our laptop cart arriving in our room on Friday. If you would like to send your child to school with their own headphones or earbuds that only they will use this year, I can store them in ziploc bags for use when we are on the computers. Thanks to the Dempster family for donating several pair for us to use this year. If you cannot supply any for your child I do have several pair that they can use.
A note from food service: The hot lunch pricing for this year is $2.35. The reduced price is $0.40. The breakfast price is $1.00. Breakfast is free for free and reduced families. Snack milk is $0.50 for all students.
One last thing to note: Next week we will be participating in the NWEA computerized testing. We will take the Reading portion on Monday, September 9th and the Math portion on Tuesday September 10th. I'll be sending a notice about how you can help your child be successful in Friday's mail.
Next week is our first full week! We've been slowly working up to a full workload and will be ready to start our regular routine soon. I'm really enjoying getting to know your children!
Beth
I apologize for the length of this post. I have a lot of information that I need to get to you. I promise future posts won't be as lengthy.
I just wanted to send a note letting you know of a few things to look for in backpacks on Friday. One form from the office was missing in your packet. I got it early this week and will send on Friday. It's beige and titled Windham Primary School Media Release Form. Please try and have it along with all other beginnig of year paperwork back by Monday. Thanks so much to many of you who have everything in already. It's a tremendous amount to organize and keep track of and it really helps to sort throught it all at once. I sent reminders to those who still have things out on Thursday. Please do your best to get the rest in quickly.
Also coming home is a Boy Scout flier for boys and an article from Dr. Rhoads about attendance. I found it very informative. On the topic of attendance, please be sure to have your students here as much as possible this year. If you can schedule appointments after school so your child won't miss out, that would be helpful. I do realize that it's unavoidable, but please do your best! Also, new this year, students will be marked with an unexcused absence unless you provide a specific reason as to their absence. "Out sick" is no longer specific--the office is now tracking type of illness. Please feel free to email me if your child is out and I can let the office know.
We should have our laptop cart arriving in our room on Friday. If you would like to send your child to school with their own headphones or earbuds that only they will use this year, I can store them in ziploc bags for use when we are on the computers. Thanks to the Dempster family for donating several pair for us to use this year. If you cannot supply any for your child I do have several pair that they can use.
A note from food service: The hot lunch pricing for this year is $2.35. The reduced price is $0.40. The breakfast price is $1.00. Breakfast is free for free and reduced families. Snack milk is $0.50 for all students.
One last thing to note: Next week we will be participating in the NWEA computerized testing. We will take the Reading portion on Monday, September 9th and the Math portion on Tuesday September 10th. I'll be sending a notice about how you can help your child be successful in Friday's mail.
Next week is our first full week! We've been slowly working up to a full workload and will be ready to start our regular routine soon. I'm really enjoying getting to know your children!
Beth
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
First Day of School 2013-2014
Hello Families,
I am excited to report that we are having a wonderful day in third grade today. I am having fun learning all about your children. I am really impressed what they already know about our school, how it works and what our rules are. More importantly they know what the rules mean and how they apply to them! Ask them about their punch card when you see them after school today. They are excited to start working toward earning a reward coupon.
I will be doing most of my whole class family communication through this blog. If you aren't already subscribing to it, please follow these directions:
Follow this link http://mrsearlesclass.blogspot.com/ and click the button that says Follow By Email in the top right corner. By entering your email you will get an email each time I post a blog entry. I will send more information about this next week. If you have any questions before that don't hesitate to contact me.
If you do not have internet access I will send a hard copy of each blog post I write, so you will get the information as well.
I hope your child comes home and is excited about our first day together. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Sincerely,
Beth Earle
I am excited to report that we are having a wonderful day in third grade today. I am having fun learning all about your children. I am really impressed what they already know about our school, how it works and what our rules are. More importantly they know what the rules mean and how they apply to them! Ask them about their punch card when you see them after school today. They are excited to start working toward earning a reward coupon.
I will be doing most of my whole class family communication through this blog. If you aren't already subscribing to it, please follow these directions:
Follow this link http://mrsearlesclass.blogspot.com/ and click the button that says Follow By Email in the top right corner. By entering your email you will get an email each time I post a blog entry. I will send more information about this next week. If you have any questions before that don't hesitate to contact me.
If you do not have internet access I will send a hard copy of each blog post I write, so you will get the information as well.
I hope your child comes home and is excited about our first day together. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Sincerely,
Beth Earle
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Pennies for our Playground Results
The following message was sent to staff this morning. I'm so incredibly proud of my students and families. You are all amazing! We look forward to our trip to Mackworth Island on May 21st. Mrs. Jordan, our volunteer coordinator, is working on permission slips as we speak. Hopefully they will be in backpacks on Friday. Way to go everyone. We wouldn't be going on this trip without you and your generosity!
Beth
Congratulations!
Your classrooms
raised $5,738.89 during the month of April in our Pennies for the Playground
contest! The winning classrooms were Mrs. Earle with $614.89, Mr. Clonan
with $314.68, and Mr. Musters with $502.92. Second place finishes in each
house were Mrs. Rogers with $452.57, Mrs. McDermott with $241.52 and Mrs. Cott
with $272.72. A house raised the most money as a house with
$2,202.47.
Beth
Congratulations!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
NWEA testing
Math and Reading NWEA testing will occur this week. Math will be on Tuesday morning and Reading will be on Thursday morning. You can help your child by making sure they've had plenty of sleep and a good breakfast. Remind them to take their time, read each question carefully, and do their best. This is the computerized test that is customized for them.
Beth
Beth
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