October
4, 2013
Dear
Parents,
Welcome to the end of another
week. We have had a solid week of
learning in all areas. In Math we
continue to work on place and number value, identifying addition strategies, using
mental math, and working with larger sums and differences, including money. In Social Studies we are just about finished
with our first unit on Communities/ Maps & Globes. Students should expect their first test on
either Wednesday (10/9) or early the following week. Such decision will be based on our review
this Monday. We also began our first unit in Science and
met for the first time in our early year Word Study groups. All in all, it has been a good week.
As you know our first field trip of
the year is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8th.
We are fortunate that the National Building Museum is privately funded
and the government shutdown will not effect our day of building. I appreciate everyone who volunteered to help
out with chaperoning as well as those who offered to drop out of the same. Please know that you’ll get first offer to
join us at the Outdoor Lab on either November 4th or 6th
. We will also be visiting Bethesda’s
Imagination Stage in the spring.
Enrichment classes are slated to
being next week. In order to help me get
your child to the right location, I will need a note each day of the enrichment
class. For those children who attend
Extended Day, they will go there first, and then will be escorted to their
class. Please let Dana Weber, Extended
Day Supervisor, know if your child will be attending any classes. On a related note, should your child have a
change in dismissal and will not be attending Extended Day, please let both
Dana and me know of these changes. These
notes help us to ensure your child’s safety at the end of the day.
Conferences are underway and I’ve
enjoyed the chance to meet with many of you already and look forward to meeting
with others next week. I also appreciate
the many schedules of sporting events that have been submitted to me. It is my plan to get out soon to see at least
some of folks playing on teams this season.
Those that are missed will hopefully be visited in the spring. If you haven’t submitted your child’s
schedule, please get it to me. Again, it
is my hope to see everyone outside the classroom at least once in the coming
year.
It looks like the warm weather has returned so
stay cool and have an unexpected summer-like weekend.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Coffman
Tuckahoe
ES
Upcoming Events
Tues.
10/8- Building Museum Field Trip- 9:00am-12:30pm
Thur.-Fri. 10/10-11- Parent Teacher Conferences
Mon. 10/14- Columbus Day- No School for students
Tues. 10/22- Mini-Walk for the Homeless
Fri. 10/25- Harvest Fest- 7:00pm
Thurs. 10/31- Halloween Parade- 2:00pm
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