Hello there. Day two without a voice…yuck! It is funny how the kids want me to continue to read the Riding Freedom book out loud to them though, even though I sound horrible! Love it. (By the way, kids are telling on you for reading ahead! Ha Ha!) Just make sure you keep a lid on the events that come up. It is a great book and it moves very fast. Kids feel as if every chapter is a cliffhanger!
Tuesday Folders came home tonight. They are packed with stuff. Things for this summer, PTA news, and their upcoming field trip permission form. I am pretty excited about this field trip as it will be new to me as well. Love when I get to learn too. Please empty and return signed folders and permission slips tomorrow. Please have the $7 turned in starting tomorrow, but not due till the day we go. This trip will not have a fake money buy in cost with it. Everyone will be invited to go. Thanks.
PTA is asking for people to step up for next year. Mr. Pertuit and I have agreed to take on the Back to School Night. When working together, we find it is very easy to organize a fun event for kids. Please consider taking on an event so that it doesn't have to be cancelled. :0( Halloween….NOOOOOOO! You just can't allow them to cancel my birthday! :0) See the green sheet in the Tuesday folder for details.
Homework tonight is to find a baby picture of themselves. We need these for egg day next week on Friday, but I need time to put them into a slideshow. So, I would like them tomorrow. Please have kids send them in a sealed envelope with their name on it to keep them a secret. We will all try to guess who is who on that day. Shhhhhh. :0) Taylor brought hers in today so she has no homework tonight. Yay.
Haylee used her show n tell coupon today. She shared her cheer competition video with us. How fun to see her in action. Yesterday, Tyler also shared his passion with us. He is a Judo champion! We watched his matches on youtube in class as well. How cool! Thank you so much for sharing kid's lives with me!
I am looking forward to Nicolas's piano recital and Casasha's dance performances coming up soon. Keep inviting me. If I can swing it, I will be there. Love, love, love it!
With so many after school activities now, I have had a few kids say that they just no longer have time for homework. My response to them is, "I am so sorry to hear that. " Kids that can't do their homework at home will have plenty of time to catch up on them when they are sitting at school instead of going to the Ranch or Pompey's Pillar. Homework is and has never been optional, and there is always a standard $50 fine. If kids can't fit in a half hour to devote to their homework, then it may be time to rethink the activities that start right after school and don't end until bed time. I have a feeling that there is time, but it is not being used wisely. I find this odd, as part of homework is to learn how to prioritize and organize one's time. Please encourage kids to put their studies first and to find time right after school to finish up their homework. I also talked to the class about this one, so they know the consequences as well. Thanks for your support on this one.
Speaking of class discussions, I had a parent call last night. Apparently there is a boyfriend girlfriend issue going on. I have not seen this with my own eyes, but that doesn't mean it is not happening. We had a pretty serious talk about what age we should start to think about this. It is NOT at age 10 or anywhere near that! It is inappropriate to be thinking, talking, or writing about specific boys at this age. Right now, it is all about friendships. Please make sure that kids are not writing this stuff in journals or on notebooks at home. I advised them to throw it away if they are. There brains need to focus on school and having fun with friends right now. People are now living to be 90 or 100 years old. They should not be worry about this stuff when they have 80 to 90 years left to do so. Please follow up at home with a quick talk about what 10 year old and 11 year olds and so on are supposed to be focussed on and why. If you do write, TALK in the planner for $50 tomorrow. As I tell my Emma and Beau all the time, I will find two giant bricks and tape them to their heads in order to slow their lives down! They just grow up faster and faster each day, don't they?
On that note, I think that is about it. Have a wonderful evening.
Ms. Erickson
