Friday, September 11

Greetings on a Friday!

A wonderful first week of school is about to come to an end. No new homework over the weekend, in fact I do not plan on giving homework over the weekend ever unless we get behind or a big test is upcoming and I will push for doing some studying on Sat and Sunday. I know you guys are busy and hey, you need to spend time just being a family!

The only thing I would still require would be to ask your son/daughter to still read a minimum of 20 minutes per day. NO DAYS OFF ON THIS ONE! KEEP THE IDEA ROLLING TILL IT IS REALLY DRILLED IN!

For Monday:

1. Make sure you're ready for gym (gym shoes please!, non-marking)
2. Make sure your writer's notebook cover is decorated
3. Make sure any and all information papers have been turned into Mr. K (office papers, and Mr. K papers)

*Last but not least, I hope to see you all on Thursday night at Open House, a note went home yesterday
I'll see all of you from 7-7:30pm (I'm going to get started right away, I want to chat with you about my basic expectations specifically from you as parents concerning my views on homework, communication between you and I, and also concerning the help I'll need from you during the year. Come ready to take some notes or to just absorb.)

7:30-8 Book Fair

8-8:20 or so will be an information meeting on Camp Pendalouan (if you've had 5th graders who have experienced this before, nothing has really changed so you can skip if you wish, but the kids might still find it interesting.

Take care and have a great weekend everyone!

MR. K

Thursday, Sept. 10

Hey everyone,

Great Thursday today, but very busy. Here is the homework:

1. Parent information packet due Friday!

2. Klanderman Handbook (two sheets to be returned, you keep the rest) due Friday!

3. Math: pages 13 and 14

4. Decorate your Writer's Notebook

5. Science Parent Letter (doesn't need to be signed, just for your FYI)

Have a great day!

Mr. K

Specials Schedule

Good morning everyone,

I keep forgetting to update the kids on our specials schedule and I know that is very important for all of you to know so, my apologies, but here it is:

Monday: Phys. Ed. from 1:50-2:40

Tuesday: Music from 9:00-9:50

Wednesday: Art from 3:00-3:50

Thursday is our free day from specials

Friday: Library/Media from 1:50-2:40

Thanks for you patience everyone, and I have loved how if you have a question you just ask, that's awesome. I'm a bit slow answering sometimes, but the answer will come. Again, thanks for your patience.

Have a great day,

Mr. K

Wednesday, Sept. 9

Good Evening everyone,

Tonights homework included the following:

1. If you haven't filled out and turned in the school information forms, please try to get those in before/on Friday.

2. Two forms from the Klanderman Handbook (pull the pages out and send back with your son/daughter)
a. the Accelerated Reader Goal Sheet
b. the Parent communication information

Tomorrow night will begin our first Math homework so get ready everyone. Thanks for a great day.

Mr. K

Tuesday, September 8

Hey everyone,

Wow! What a great day of school. I felt good to be back, especially with a group like ours. Not only are they good looking, polite, and thoughtful in conversation, but they are just simply cool people. Thanks parents for sharing them with me for this year.

Tonight's Homework:

1. Parent Packet (if that could come in by Friday it would be AWESOME. Sorry to give the parents so much homework on the first night.)

2. The Klanderman Handbook will come home tomorrow with just a couple things to sign and talk about with your kids. Look for that tomorrow.

That's it. Pretty easy for a first night. We'll gradually build to about 30-40 minutes of homework per night, but hopefully no more.

Thanks guys, I look forward to seeing you on our first "normal" day of school tomorrow.

See ya tomorrow,

Mr. K

Night before the 1st Day of School

Good evening class,

Well, here we are. I hope all of you are getting a great nights sleep, tomorrow's the BIG day. I always am a little nervous the night before the 1st day. Seems weird right? I mean, I'm the one who actually knows about all of the cool things we are going to experience together tomorrow, I should be relaxed. I'm not worried, I think it's more just that I'm excited and eager! I don't know you guys that well YET, and I know you don't know me that well YET either. That makes all of us anxious. But trust me when I tell you that I feel this every year...and you know what...every year has been GREAT! I know that sounds cheesy but it's true. I know this year will be great, and you are going to learn a lot, and I'm going to learn a lot from you as well. So I just wanted to say sleep well, and I can't wait to see you in the morning.

Mr. K

Good to see many of you!

Hello again.

Since you are checking this out you must have stopped by "Meet The Teacher" time at Peach today. It was wonderful to see all of you. Get ready we are going to have an amazing adventure this year. Get some rest and enjoy the Labor Day weekend. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU TUESDAY!

(by the way, get ready to head out quick we actually have our introduction to Music class in the gym right away when you come in from 9:00 - 9:35am, we'll settle into the room after that, so come in, don't worry about all of the stuff in your backpack, we'll get it straightened out after Music.)

Enjoy your remaining summer.

Mr. K