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Aug. 19, 2010 Dear Parents, I am really excited to be teaching a 5th/6th combination class this year at Inkom Elementary School, and I am very glad to have your child in my class. I feel that keeping in close contact with you as parents will enhance your child's learning and make for a successful school year! Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns about your child. Likewise, I will do the same. Together as a team we can work to solve problems and make this a very happy and progressive year! Grades will be figured at the mid-term of each quarter and at the end of each quarter and a copy sent home to you. If you would like to know where your child stands at any given time other than the above times mentioned, please contact me and I can send you a progress report at your request. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: I will keep parents and students posted with the activities, due dates and homework for the week. It is vital that you read the newsletter and keep in touch with what we are doing in the classroom. These newsletters will be sent via e-mail, so make sure that I have your current e-mail address. (Special arrangements will be made for those who do not have internet access.) NIGHTLY READING: A very important part of their nightly routine at home needs to include some independent reading time. Small reports will be due every other week requiring certain criteria that will change each due date. The specific criteria will be in the weekly newsletter each week. We will focus on a different genre each month. HOMEWORK: I try not to have excessive homework, however, if your child is not using his/her time well in class, they will have homework. Assignments will typically be due the next day. You can probably expect Math each night! CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR PLAN: This year we will be making our classroom rules and consequences together. I will send home a copy of our plan with the next packet. Please look for that so you can discuss it with your child. PACKETS: Most Mondays I will send home a packet of your child's work from the previous week. Please take time to review the papers and follow your child's progress in class. In the past I have included a newsletter from the classroom to keep you informed of the important things that will be going on in our classroom and throughout the school, however this year as an effort to save on paper, I will be sending those out on e-mail to all who have an e-mail address. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD BRINGS THE PACKET BACK TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY!! LOW SCORES: If at any time your child gets a score lower than 80% on an assignment, they are strongly encouraged to re-do it. Papers that are turned in within a week of the original assignment will get an averaged grade between the first and the second score. (That is for my homeroom classes, it may be different for classes with other teachers.) SCHOOL LUNCHES: The cost for student lunches this year will be $1.65. Coming home in today's packet will be an application for reduced or free lunches that you can fill out and return as soon as possible. We benefit from every application that is turned in whether you qualify or not, so I encourage all of you to fill out the application. Adult lunches will cost $3.00 this year and parents are more than welcome to come and eat with their children, we only ask that you call that morning by 8:30am to let the cooks know to prepare for you. BREAKFAST: School breakfast is free to all students. They serve breakfast from 7:35am to 8:00am in the cafeteria every morning. EMERGENCY CARDS: Please find the emergency card in your packet today, fill it out and return it to school as soon as possible!!!!! These are vital to reaching you in an emergency situation. Make sure to include e-mail address if you have one! ACTIVITY FEE: This year there is a $5.00 activity fee. This fee goes towards various activities that we do throughout the year. You can pay this at the office or to me here in the classroom. WEB PAGE: My web page will be updated weekly with weekly assignments. Please check it regularly. The address is: www.mvsd21.org/~landerson/ or follow the links from the district website: www.mvsd21.org . If you ever have any concerns throughout the year, please feel free to talk with me. You may call the school for an appointment at 775-3361 or e-mail me at Landerson@mvsd21.org . I anticipate a ggggrrrreat year with this particular group of students. Lori Anderson |