Spring Book Fair

Loretto will have a spring book fair May 22-25.

Our class will attend the sale on May 25 at 12:10. Please let Mrs. Guerrero know if you plan on attending.

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AR store

If you're available to come help, the kids will go "shopping" at the last AR store this year on May 10 at 12:10.

Please let Mrs. Guerrero know if your able to be there.

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Bradley James Cushnir

Born Friday April 20 @ 1:39 pm.
He weighed 6 lbs 6 oz. Measuring 19.5 in long.

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Our new family

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Book-It

These 5 students made their Book-It reading goal every month Oct-Apr. They were rewarded w/ a pizza party & colorful icee treat!

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Maternity Leave

I know a lot of you are curious as to my plans for maternity leave, so here goes...

I plan on working for as long as possible.  Our baby boy has an estimated due date of April 23, so my plan is to work until Friday, April 20, pending that I don't have to go out earlier.

I have a long-term substitute lined up.  She has been in the classroom a few times now and will be back at least on more time before I leave so she can learn our rituals and routines.  Her name is Jessica Guerrero.  She has taught before and is currently subbing while she and her husband are stationed here through the Navy.  She has two boys who attend Loretto.  She knows about folders and I think that will be the best way to communicate with her while I'm out on leave.

Homework will continue as normal for the most part and Mrs. Guerrero has been instructed on how to reward children for books they read, so please continue to have your child write their books in their reading log.  We are working on achieving a school-wide goal so that Mr. Begley will have to kiss a pig during reading celebration week in May.

I will not officially be back before the end of the school year, but hope to see the kids one last time before school lets out for the summer.  I will let you know when that might be as the year comes to a close.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns during these last few weeks.

Field Trip

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Scholastic Book Order

Our last order of the year was placed in your child's folder today.  Please take a look at all of the great offers on books.  Think ahead to summer if you're able.
The attached yellow paper has instructions on how to order online.  This is the best way for me to gather all of your orders.  If you would rather send a check with your order forms, I can input the orders for you.

Orders are due next week, before we leave for Spring Break.  Please make all orders online by Saturday, March 17.  Thanks for your help!  Remember, every dollar you spend, earns points for the classroom to buy books and other materials.

Sunshine Math Drawing

Congratulations to Wyatt!  His name was drawn along with another first grader for a prize of a Target gift card!  Each paper that is completed gets the student's one entry into a drawing.  I believe this is only the second time the drawing has been done.  The first drawing Jared won a Toys-R-Us gift card.
You'll be hearing more about the Sunshine Math Contest coming up at the end of March or early April.  There should also be a party towards the end of the year for students who attempted the majority of their worksheets.

Practice website

We have been focusing on building our vocabulary each week.  These are words that are separate from our high-frequency words.  These are typically words that the children need to learn in order to read the story of the week.  We also spend some time discussing what they mean.  Here is a really fun site to practice the words:

Houghton Mifflin: E-Word Games

The kids are familiar with how to use this game and I encourage you to try it out a few times a month.