End of the First Semester

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars. Les Brown

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Alva Edison

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James (1842 - 1910)

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. Les Brown, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004

An Opportunity to Celebrate

Last week we had the sad time of saying good bye to one of our students but the exciting time of knowing as he left that he had made great progress! We celebrated with a pizza party that was a suprise! Some of the pictures from the festivities are above...

Opportunities this week...

Words for this week:

1. Monster
2. Pumpkin
3. Corn
4. Dog
5. Bowling
6. Pin
7. Lane
8. Alley
9. Ball
10. Holes
11. Costume
12. Halloween
13. October 31
14. Dance
15. Music
16. Loud
17. People
18. Lassie
19. Candy
20. Sweets
21. Food
22. Trick
23. Treat
24. Roll
25. Candy Bar

Remember that tommorrow is the Monster Mash! Don't forget if your student would like to dress up they can but it is not a requirement!

The above words have meanings that are part of every day things that we will be working on all of this week. I encourage you to print off the list and once a night at least to go over them with your child. You can ask them to use the words in a sentence and also tell you the meaning of them. By going over the words multiple times and connecting them will real events during the week there will be a great possibility of recall.

For the homework Packet this week I will be sending home reading logs and a book. When the book is finished send it back and I will send another home. Students at this age try to hide that they may not know a word. They will guess, skip over the word or substitute something else for it! That is why I encourage you to let you child read to you! Watch the words they read or they may be so good at hiding their difficulty in reading that you will not know that a word or even an entire sentence might have been skipped! On Friday send the reading log in so that I can see how much has been read. I ask for at least fifteen minutes a night to be read.

The bowling will need your permission slip and $6.00 sent in so that everything can be ready for Thursday. Please go ahead and send it in on Tuesday so that we can know everyone will be able to go!

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)