Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you all well and warm! Tonight Report cards will be coming home in your child’s homework folder. Yesterday we completed the Reading NWEA assessment and today we completed our Math NWEA assessment. Reports are not available for me to print for 24 hours, so I will be sending the printed reports next week!(The “Reading and Math Level” on the report card are still reflective of the first semester because the NWEA testing window is still open. The district will update the new scores from the January tests will be on the third report card). I am very proud of our class. Overall, we are improving in all our subjects and you will see an increase in scores. Yay for our efforts and hard work! Thank you again for all you do with your child at home to support their academic and social growth. If your child was absent last week or today then they will make up their assessment as soon as they return! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Stay warm!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

I will send any updates of school information as they come. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

1-25-2018

Dear families,

Due to the short week and the unexpected snow day, we will be taking our first spelling assessment of the -at word family on Monday. This will allow students two extra days to work on them in class and the weekend to read and practice writing them at home! I hope you have a wonderful and WARM weekend! Happy Friday.

-Mrs. Ross and Class 🙂

-at word family (cat, *bat, rat, *sat, mat, *fat, hat, vat, pat)

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you all well and warm! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a wish you meaningful day off on Monday. I just wanted to take a moment to mention how much I love my profession, my students and appreciate our diverse school community. I am very proud to be a teacher in this district and hope I can continue to nurture and teach for many years to come!

We had a another great week last week. We are learning so much about penguins and continue to read, write and share our knowledge. We have finished our individual reading assessments for the end of the second card marking period, and have continued working on our math assessments! Make sure your child is reading every night for 10-15 minutes. Reading groups will resume next week, so make sure those reading bags come to school every day! In addition, students can work on the zern website for additional math practice. I am SO proud of all the progress we have made thus far, and am excited to see our growing scores on the NWEA math and reading assessment this month! I will send any updates of school information as they come. Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Dear Families,

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation and got the chance to spend time with your families and friends. Most of all, I hope you got to RELAX! I had the most relaxing break and look forward to being SO much healthier in the coming year. I am very excited to hear all the fun that your little ones had over vacation. As we reset our alarms and get back into the swing of things, here is what we will be working on this week in school. Tutoring resumes this week for any students that attend. I will update and add any changes to the blog as they come. Have a wonderful week!

1-5-2019

Dear Families,

This is a message from Yasmine Hicks our PTA President. If you’d like to donate to this event you can use the link below to re-paste. Thank you in advance for your generosity. I hope to see you all at the pancake dinner it’s so fun!

Yasmine Hicks sent the following announcement from the Everyone hub.

Join the DuVall PTA/Staff as we cook you up a FREE Pancake dinner! We’ll have pancakes (nut free available),sausages, milk and orange juice. Please click on the link provided to donate! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4aaaaa23a0fd0-pancakes   If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me! Thank you! Yasmine Hicks

Dearest Families,

I wanted to thank you all so much for all your generosity and support helping us make this day so special! Below are some pictures I snapped at the party today of our precious penguins. Thank you all for the beautiful gifts as well I am so spoiled. My house and I smell so good from all the beautiful lotions and candles. ♥️ I wish you all a Happy Holiday and New Year! I will see you all on January 7th!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break with family and friends. I had a lovely and lazy break with my darlings and am also happy to be back at school with yours 🙂 I wanted to thank you all once again for all your help and beautiful donations to our Friendsgiving feast! We had such an amazing meal and wonderful time together. We appreciate you so much. Here are a few things to know this week as we finish up the end of November lessons and head into December. How did that happen so quickly? Life is sweet I guess when you work with such wonderful children every day!

Important Dates and Information:

DuVall Book Fair is here: Yesterday we went to the DuVall bookfair and previewed all the great books it has to offer! Your child picked out some very special titles they liked and wrote down the prices. Please don’t forget to add tax! I will only send them back during school hours if they have money to spend now. So you can help by making sure they have their book fair money in an envelope or plastic baggie with their name on it and also have your child bring back the slip with the book titles for the ladies to help them locate the books 🙂 If you would prefer to visit the book fair with your child after school we have been told it will be open until 4:15pm (ish!).

*Homework: We have completed all the homework pages for module 1 in math, so this week we have sent two homework games for your child to add to their binders! Yay! Now your child has 12 games to play with every night! Make sure they are in sheet protectors before writing on them to ensure that your child can play them over and over again this year!

*Popcorn: This week there will be popcorn sales so bring those quarters at 8:35 am! 

*Library check out: No check out this week because the library is filled with the wonderful books for the book fair! Your child may enjoy their library books for one more week!

*Reading Packs: Make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the books, letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week!

LA Book: Sneezy the Snowman

Writing Topic: A Snowman Should Not…

Letter(s) of the week next week: W,J, Y,X

Words of the Week: here, you

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has, for, are

*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather cont. (working on a weather tracking sheet this week!)

*Social Studies: Continue New Unit on Needs and Wants. This week our focus is on how needs and wants can be satisfied by purchasing “Goods and Services”! You can help by sending in more pictures of goods and services for us to sort, discuss and learn about this week! In addition, when you go to the store from now on with your child you can discuss and review if you are purchasing a good (something that I can touch, possibly hold in my hand and take home with me) or a service (something that someone does for me that helps me). Thank you in advance for all your continued support. Here are a few examples that we sorted yesterday:

Goods: vegetables, dolls, chicken breast, a doll house                    Services: mechanic, teacher, hair stylist, chef, dog walker

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you well and wanted to wish you a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for my wonderful job filled with the most special children. I am so blessed that I get to spend every day with your precious child and I thank you for your hard work and support on our journey this year. DuVall is a wonderful school and I am so proud to be a part of this community.

I am looking forward to our “Friendsgiving” meal this afternoon and just wanted to send out our blog post this morning to remind everyone coming of the last minute details. In addition, I wanted to THANK YOU again for your generosity and time you have given to help make this new tradition a success!

*Friendsgiving is from 2:00pm to 3:00pm

*Parents are welcome to join! Please just sign in at the office and get a visitor’s pass

*If your child is donating anything to the meal you may send it in the morning, or drop it off in the office in a bag labeled “Ross 106” at any time before or at 1:45pm. Your child may also walk it in at 8:35 am if that is most convenient for you!

*If you’d like to leave with your child after we eat that is fine, please just remember to sign them out in the office before leaving because I don’t have the authority to dismiss students early 🙂

Important Dates and Information:

*Homework:. A new packet was sent home last night.

*Conferences: Conferences are back to back so please be prompt 🙂 Make sure to check your child’s reminder slips and back of the folder for your highlighted date/time on the behavior sheets 🙂

*Popcorn: This week there is no popcorn sales but next wee we have popcorn sales so bring those quarters at 8:35am! 

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on today. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: I know it’s hard on a vacation to remember to read, but make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the books, letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Reading progress is coming along SO WELL! I am so proud 🙂 Thank YOU ALL for all you do at home with your child!

Letter(s) of the week next week: W,J

Words of the Week: here, you

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has, for, are

*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather

*Social Studies: Continue New Unit on Needs and Wants. THANK YOU to all the students that have been bringing in pictures from magazines that were examples of “needs and wants.” We have really enjoyed discussing the difference between the two and sorting them on a t-chart! Thank you again for all your support!

Dear Families,

Hello November! As we begin this week there are a few important things to remember. Here is what you need to know for this week. Have a wonderful week and I’ll update you if there are any changes or additions to our plans and schedules.

Important Dates and Information:

*No School Tuesday November 6th: Mid Term Election day

*Thursday, November 8th Conference Day #1: Please check your child’s permission slip reminder sent home on Friday (or Monday if your child was sick on Friday Morning last week) or behavior calendar for your child’s conference date and time. I look forward to discussing your darlings progress with you on your scheduled date! Please remember to be prompt because conferences are back to back 🙂

*Homework: The homework packet from last week is due on Monday the 5th. A new packet of lessons 23-27 will be coming home tonight along with a new math game! This week in math we will be working on regular lessons to finish module 1.

*This week in social studies we will begin a new unit on “needs and wants”. Please help us gather materials for sorting and writing activities by printing or cutting pictures of needs and wants from magazines, computers, newspapers etc. and sending them in in zip lock baggies or envelopes. We thank you in for helping us make these lessons clear, hands on and realistic!

*Popcorn: This Friday popcorn sales will be back on, so bring your quarters!

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there this week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Woohoo these students rock!

Letter(s) of the week: U, L

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B,a, A, D, O, I, C,G, H, F, P, E, V, Z

Words of the Week: for, are

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has

*Science: Begin Unit on Climate and Weather

*Social Studies: Begin New Unit on Needs and Wants

Dear Families,

I can’t believe it is November already! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween and relaxing weekend 🙂 I wanted to share a few Halloween Pictures with you from our party and to THANK YOU ALL once again for donating all our party items and helping us during the party. it was such a success and ran so smoothly because of all of your help! I appreciate you so much and am so lucky to have your child in my class this year. Enjoy the pictures, the kids were so adorable! Ps more emails have come in from parents pics. Thank you for sharing them. I will continue adding pics today so feel free so share any through email if you want to!  ☺️