August 12, 2011

Have a great off track!! We have had a successful three weeks. Your children have worked hard and learned a lot. Mrs. Adams has sent home books with some students. If you would like books and did not get any please email Mrs. Adams at marcy.adams@jordan.k12.ut.us and she will meet you at the portable and give you some books.

There are still spots available for volunteering. We have spot with Mrs. Adams class the first and third Thursday from 1:30-2:15. Also the first and third Monday from 1:30-2:15. The first, second, third, and fourth Wednesday from 1:30-2:15.  The first and third Thursdays from 10:10-10:55. You could be in either classroom.

The spots for Mrs. Craven's class are the fourth Tuesday from 1:30-2:15. The first, second, third, and fourth Thursdays from 1:30-2:15. The first, second, third, and fourth Tuesdays from 10:10-10:55. The second and fourth Thursdays from 10:10-10:55.

We know this is asking for a lot of help, but Mrs. Adams needs your help supervising  and helping students during guided reading. Mrs. Craven needs help with correcting Rocket Math and working with students on understanding math concepts.  We will have you in the classroom the entire time helping with students not copying papers out of the classroom.

If you have not filled out a "Volunteer Form" at the office, please do so quickly!!

The Chinese Website is up and running on a trial basis.  You may log in to see how it works under that site:  www.betterchinese.com with the user name of janet.craven@jordan.k12.ut.us and the password of 123456.  Those who expressed interest will be happy to know that the cost is NOT $40--only $25.  Those who are interested, please write a check to Foothills Elementary and put it in an envelope with Mrs. Craven's name on the envelope.  Just take it to the office.  We need 20 at least and so far more than that have shown interest.  The site correlates with the Better Chinese Series.  We are using the Singapore Series, so the website does not correlate with our Literacy Series, but it still a VERY excellent website that will help your children to progress in Chinese.  As teachers we know that a variety of approaches is best for students and this provides more variety.  Any one can get on the trial log-in site to "check it out".  I will be doing the same :)

Have a wonderful time off track.  We will see you on September 6th.  Make sure you check the BLOG on September 2nd for information about our first week back.  Thanks for all your support and help!!

August 5, 2011

Welcome to the third week of second grade. Things are going well. We will be excited to have Mrs. Craven back next week. She learned a lot in her Dual Immersion Workshop and she is excited to get back. Spelling will start this week, so please remember to practice every night.  


We have twelve families who have shown interest in the $40 Chinese Website. We need twenty to get the license.  If you think you might be interested, please email Mrs. Craven as soon as possible at janet.craven@jordan.k12.ut.us. It should be a very helpful resource.

Thank you for all those who have come in to volunteer. It has been very helpful. Mrs. Craven will welcome you next week if you are on her schedule. Just remember she can't speak English to you in the classroom. She try to show you what to do or she will leave written directions in English.

Your children are working hard and doing well. We enjoy teaching them. Thank you for your support. Please remember to email us if you have any questions:  marcy.adams@jordan.k12.ut.us and janet.craven@jordan.k12.ut.us.

Thank you!

Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Craven