End of January

Lots of things are going on at the end of the month. Please take note of these dates.

Monday 1/27: Jog A THON pledges are due. All monies will be collected following the Jog A THON on Thursday. All fundraiser money goes back to the students and will allow an opportunity for field trips.

Monday 1/27: Beginning of Spirit Week. Students will be encouraged to wear their school shirts all week to show school pride.

Monday 1/27: "Why I love my school" poster due. Winning students will win a prize TBD.

Monday 1/27- Wednesday 1/29: Shoe and clothing drive to support the Philippines Relief Campaign

Wednesday 1/29: Prospective Parent Info Meeting 5:30-6:30. Know anyone who may be interested in sending their child to REACH next year? Encourage them to come to the meeting for a chance to see all that we do.

Thursday 1/30: Jog A THON at approximately 12:50 for TK/K. Students will jog for a chance to raise money for our school.

Thursday 1/30: Singapore Math Training at 5:30 PM.  Come to a quick meeting on our math program to learn ways that you can help your child succeed using the Singapore Math model.

Friday 1/31: Awards Assembly 8 AM. Winners from the poster contest will be announced during assembly.

Technology Device Update

Welcome back, I hope everyone had a wonderful break!

Once you have read through and signed the technology release waiver, you are allowed to send a device with your student to school. Because readjusting to school after a break may take a few days for some students, we will not be introducing the use of the technology until Thursday of this week. Now for the apps...

There are a variety of apps for different academic areas that would be just fine for students to be using. I am more concerned with the skill being practiced than the app they are using to practice it. Therefore, this is not going to be a list of the specific apps to download but rather a list of skills to search and find apps based on. Simply type in what I have put in the bullets and select some of the more popular that look appropriate for this age group. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Reading

• phonics 
• word building
• sight words
• word family
• rhyming
• BOB books

Writing

• tracing 
• sentence building

Math

• number sense
• skip counting
• number bonds
• basic addition

Schedule Change

Monday Jan. 20th is a Holiday, therefore, Brandon and Brooklyn will have their share day on Wednesday Jan. 22.

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