September, 10 2015
Dear
Families,
Greetings and welcome officially to Third
Grade! It has
been a really nice start to the school year as we get to know our new
classmates and new classroom routines.
The kids get an A for effort with their welcoming spirits and eagerness
to make new classmate friends. Yes, it promises to be a wonderful year of learning.
This is the format of a weekly letter called the Circle
Letter. Each Friday I will write to you
highlighting the week’s events and informing you on upcoming activities. Your child will also write a letter to you
about school topics. Each weekend
please set aside some time to write a letter back to your child in the
notebook. Your child will then start
the school week reading a personal (and sweet!) letter from you. This is a year long activity that I
hope you will discover becomes quite meaningful and informative. Your
participation in this is critical and I would like to thank
you in advance for your support.
A few initial bits of information….
1) The red home
–school folder will come home each night and should be returned each
morning. Thank you for helping to
build good habits with this routine right from the start.
2)
Inside the home-school folder will be a weekly
assignment sheet and homework for the week. Typically, there is nightly reading, math and word work assignments.
I try to hand out most homework on
Mondays/Wednesdays to help with time management at home. We will slowly ease into homework
beginning next week.
3) Our special schedule is the following:
Monday- Art, Tuesday –Library, Wednesday – P.E,
Thursday- Computer, Friday – Music
4) We have a morning snack
at 10:30 after a morning fresh air break.
It is important to have some healthy hearty food as lunch is not until
1:05. Snack milk is also available
for purchase.
We
are off to a great start. I look forward to
an exciting year together. If you
should want to contact me, my e.mail is: klantz@kitteryschools.com or call the school at
439-1707.
Best
Regards~