Dennis's Dynamos

Important Information

Attention Parents!  There are several important reminders for you as we end our school year.  Please remember:

Field Day has been postponed to Thursday, May 14th.  If you are able to volunteer on that day, please send me a note to let me know!

Send in a LARGE self-addressed envelope with TWO stamps on it.  It will be used to send home report cards and other important information.  Report cards will be held for those that do not send in the envelope. 

All Library books must be turned in by Friday, May 8th.

The following is a note regarding placement for next year:

Families – It is hard to believe that the end of the 2008-09 school year is at hand.   I know many of you would like the opportunity to have a voice in the homeroom placement of your child/children for the 2009-10 school year.  If so, please submit a letter to the attention of  Maurine Kozol and Leslie Mansfield indicating the teacher qualities you believe are a perfect match for your student/students.   Please do not request a specific teacher by name as those requests will not be honored.  Although there is no guarantee that we will be able to honor your request, we take all written suggestions into consideration.   Deadline date for submission of this letter will be Friday, May 15^th.   Thank you.

 

 

Maurine Kozol, Principal

Leslie Mansfield, Assistant Principal

 

Last but not least, Happy Birthday Dana (Saturday, May 9th)!

CRCT Preparation

Welcome back from Spring Break!  I hope that everyone had a restful break.  As you already know, we are preparing for the CRCT this week.  The test will begin next Tuesday, April 21, for 3 days.  We will be taking tests on Reading, Language Arts (Grammar), and Math.  Each test takes appoximately 2 hours.  Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and a healthy breakfast each morning. 

We are sending home CRCT practice tests for homework.  Please go over the answers with your child.  It is important for them to understand why they may choose a wrong answer.  When they make a mistake, learning takes place!

Congratulations to our April Star, Malinda!  She is a fabulous reader and has really worked on handwriting.  She is polite and always willing to help.

Also, we will be celebrating India's birthday this Friday.  Happy Birthday India!

News and Notes

Mrs. Dennis would like to welcome our new student India to our class.  She is a great addition and she is going to be our Star of the Week next week so that we can learn all about her!

Malinda celebrated her birthday this week.  Happy Birthday Malinda!

We are learning about folk tales in class.  So far, we have learned about John Henry and Paul Bunyan.  We will be learning about Annie Oakley, Johnny Appleseed, and Davy Crockett as well.

Don't forget to keep working on those sight words for the 220 Club.  India has already read the 220 list and will earn the pizza party with our class.  Congratulations India!

Thanks to all who have donated to Relay for Life to save Mrs. Dennis from the pie!  All donations must be in by 8am tomorrow, Friday, March 27.

Congratulations to Brady!  He was on television with his Mom for a special report on cutting coupons.  What a star!

Classroom News

I can't believe March is already half way through!  We have been busy learning new things in our classroom.  Currently we are learning about measurement.  We are learning about length, capacity and weight.  Encourage your child to measure some things around the house!  Discuss objects being shorter, longer, heavier, and lighter.

Thank you to all of the parents that have sent in paper and helped me out with copies.  I appreciate everything you do for our classroom.  Also thank you to those that sent in donations for Relay for Life.

Picture Day is coming soon, March 24th!  Mark your calendars!

News and Reminders

Wow! It's hard to believe that March is already here!  This week we will celebrate Spencer's birthday!  Happy Birthday Spencer!

Publix Math Night will be held on March 10 at the Publix located on Bells Ferry Road.  It is a great opportunity for kids to do some fun math activities.  Flyers were sent home last week, but let me know if you would like more information.

Great Job on the President's homework!  Most of the children guessed the right President for when Mrs. Dennis was born.  Way to go!

Congratulations to our March Star, Dana.  He has really worked hard on his handwriting and really takes his time now.  I am very proud of him!

Some of you may know that we are having a paper shortage at school due to decrease in budget.  If you are able to help out by sending in paper, it would be greatly appreciated.

Don't forget that Monday, March 2 is Read Across America Day!  We will be celebrating by making Green Eggs and Ham and joining the book character parade.  Dress up as your favorite book character!

Tuesday, March 3 is Early Release Day.  Students will be dismissed 2 hours early!

Have a great weekend!

February News

I can't believe it's already February! (read this to your child and ask them to point out the contractions!)

Here are some announcements and reminders for this month:

Our star of the week last week was Javier.  We really enjoyed learning about him.  He is our last student to learn about.  This week, we will see pictures of Mrs. Dennis!

Our February stars are Journee and Max.  Congratulations to both of you and keep up the good work!

We celebrated Max's birthday last week, Happy Birthday Max!

Don't forget to send in your valentines this week.  We will be having a small exchange/celebration on Friday.  We have 12 students.

For the past few weeks, we have been doing animal research and each child in the class created their own book.  Join us on Friday morning from 8:00-8:30 for a special author celebration.  Each child will have a chance to share part of their book.

January News

This week has been great!  We celebrated Javier's birthday on Tuesday with delicious cupcakes.  Our star of the week was Dana.  We learned a lot about him and enjoyed his pictures!

We learned about George Washington Carver.  Ask your child to name some things made from peanuts and how the peanuts helped the soil!

We are working on time to the hour and half hour as well at months of the year and days of the week.  Ask your child to tell you what time it is or the difference between an analog and digital clock.

Our star of the week for next week will be Alondia.

Don't forget that next week is confence week!  Students will be dismissed 2 hours early each day!  Make sure to let me know of any transportation changes!

Stay tuned to see who our February Stars are!  Have a great weekend!

Happy New Year 2009

Welcome back!

I hope that everyone had a relaxing and restful winter break.  We celebrated Journee's birthday in school today.  She turned 7 on Sunday.

Max is our Star of the Week.  We are enjoying the pictures that he sent in.

Our January stars for this month are Sam and Logan.  This award goes out to students that are hard working and well behaved.  They are students that love learning and add so much to the classroom.  Congratulations!

We will be learning about Teddy Roosevelt this week and his contributions to society.  We are also starting to learn about fractions this week.

Conference letters went home today, please let me know if there is a schedule conflict.

Let's have a great week!

December News

Can you believe that the year is almost half way over?  It has been a great year so far.  Here are some important news and reminders.

Our holiday party is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) from 1:00- 2:00.  Thanks to our wonderful Room Mom and other parent volunteers for getting this together.

Thank you to Sam and Brady's Mom for reading to our class every week.  The children really enjoy it.

Sam's Mom is going to share a special Hannakuh snack with us today.  Thank you for sharing with us!

Friday is a Pajama Day for first grade.

Please make sure to read over the holiday break!  Work on sight words, practice counting money (coins and bills) and practice addition and subtraction facts to 18.

Happy Early Birthday to Journee (January 4th)!

Most importantly, have a safe and wonderful holiday break!  See you on Tuesday, January 6th!

News This Week

Welcome back, I hope everyone had a nice holiday break.  This week our Star of the Week is Brady.  We are looking forward to learning more about him!

Congratulations to our November Stars, Evie and Brady.  They are always working hard and following school rules.

Evie will have a birthday this Thursday, Happy Birthday Evie!

Friday is Jumprope For Heart.  Please make sure to wear tennis shoes and bring in permission.

We are learning the terms "greater than" and "less than" in math.  Ask your child to tell you about it and practice at home!

Don't forget to keep working on the 220 Club sight word list! 

PTA is Thursday night.