Conference Day!

Please get your conference notes back to me as soon as possible. It is very important for me to know when you are able to come in or if you feel a conference is not necessary. PLEASE let me know as soon as possible.

I sent book orders home on Monday. Please turn those orders in by Tuesday, October 16. (You could even bring them to your conference!) Remember you can also order online by clicking right HERE. Class user name is-- karraker and our password is--bookorder.

Also, notes were sent home about Jones P.I.E. (Partners In Education) donations. If you want to contribute your $45 pledge to P.I.E., your child will be able to participate in the "Inflatables Party" next week. Those donations must be in to the school by THIS Friday in order to count toward the party!

I need your help!! After Christmas we are anticipating the arrival of some new computers in the library. Mrs. Sharp and I are making plans for a project of some sort utilizing our technology. It all sounds really good and exciting to me, but there is something I need to ask of you. Our students are really quite skilled when it comes to using a mouse and pointing and clicking. Most of what we will need to do on the computer will required typing, and this is not so fluid or automatic for the students. I admit that I am not the world's best typist, but the students could really use some practice typing. If you have a computer in your home, PLEASE allow your child to type words and sentences. Show them how to use the "shift" key to capitalize one letter. Many don't understand that only one space is needed between words, but two are needed after a sentence. Many also don't realize that if a mistake is made, they needn't erase everything to fix it! Typing skills that we take for granted are really lacking with our children. And when you think about it, these students will need to know how to use computers as they grow up. Any practice you can offer your child with typing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much and have a great week!