August 27, 2010

WORD FROM THE TEACHER

WOW! What a great first two weeks. It has been so much fun getting to know your children.  They are off to a great start!

• I will send home regular weekly newsletters every two weeks with information about what we have done and will be doing in class, and important upcoming events.
• Starting Monday, your child will be bringing home a SMILE (1 inch binder) notebook. All homework and paper correspondence will come home M-F in your child's SMILE notebook, there is a description of uses for the binder inside the front cover. This binder should be returned to school daily.  Your child's class number and name will also be on the spine of the SMILE notebook. This number will be your child's books and desk number throughout the year.
• Work completed throughout the week will come home every Friday in your child's Friday folder. Friday folders should be returned every Monday.
• Homework will be sent home every Friday. Please return homework on or before the following Thursday.
• Any work that was not finished in class will be sent home daily to complete. Please encourage your child to finish any unfinished and send it back to school.
• Student of the week. Starting in October, every child will have a turn to be "Student of the week".  I will show you what to do at the Open House.
• Thank you for sending in all of the supplies! If you have not sent in supplies please do so. The list can be found on Al Iman's website.
• We need a volunteer to take on the role of our Room Parent. The Room Parent will be responsible for arranging parents to chaperone on field trips, class parties, etc.  If you feel that you could support our class in this role please let me know.
• Classroom Volunteers needed. I will be sending home a schedule for volunteers. Please let me know if you are able to volunteer.
• **We do have a student in class with peanut allergies. Please avoid sending your child to school with snacks that contain peanuts or tree nuts so that we can keep our classroom a safe place for all children. **
• I encourage students to bring a water bottle to school every day to get water in class.  This helps limit disruptions and lost instruction time from having to leave the room for water.
• Uniform- Please have your child come to school in uniform every day. Girls should be in their PE uniform every Monday and Wednesday. Boys should be in their PE uniforms every Tuesday and Thursday.
• If you need to reach me you can in several ways:

1.    By email (the best way) - You can email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

2.    By note- just send a note in the SMILE folder.

3.    By phone- Al-Iman School @ 919-821-1699 ext. 448.

v  Thank you for all of your support!  I look forward to an exciting year with your child!

THINGS TO REMEMBER

• Ramadan Food Drive and Eid Clothes (new)- please donate generously, it is due by Monday August 30, 2010.
• Book Fair starts August 30, 2010 and ends September 3, 2010
• Al-Iman will be closed from September 6, 2010 to September 10, 2010 for Eid Break
• August 13- Eid Celebration
• Scholastic book orders are due Thursday September 30, 2010

WISH LIST

• Hand sanitizer
• Coloring pencils
• Markers
• Ziploc Bags (sandwich and gallon)
• Contact Paper
• Clorox bleach wipes
• 409 Cleaner
• Construction paper
• Play dough
• Puzzles

A LOOK AHEAD:

Math- Continue working on adding single digits and problem solving.

• Science- We have been learning about our five senses, living and non living things. We will be having a test this Tuesday.
• Social studies- We have been discussing different roles/jobs people and about different groups people belong to. Next week we will be discussing how families are similar and different from one another.
• Language arts- we are working on writing, reading and spelling.
• Health- we are discussing appropriates ways to express and cope with our feelings.