New Year, New Routines!

Dear Parents,

Thank you all for your continued patience as I am very slow with my updates! I hope everyone enjoyed their break! Your children have been fantastic after break, and have received glowing reviews from the half day sub I had on Monday!

I have a few important changes that I want to make known to you:

1) The most important one is that your child is now purposefully using their agenda to write down everything that we are doing in class, not just homework. We have been spending about 10 minutes every day to organize our binder and write down in our planner. Students should be bringing their planner and binder home every day. 

2) We have redesigned our PAWS slips to reward good behavior, and the students are really enjoying it! They will be able to "spend" their PAWS slips for rewards from Mrs. Penrod on Fridays, and are entered into a raffle in my classroom for some fun things too.

3) Next week there will be a parent night with Author Trudy Ludwig at Woodinville High School, I HIGHLY encourage you to attend. She will be talking about how to help your child safely navigate things like cyberbullying, internet safety and security etc. Please check the Bear Tracks or school calendar for more information. You may think your child is too young to worry about their safety online, but you aren't! I have had Instagram follow requests from 3rd graders, so the more you know, the more prepared you are!

4) Next Tuesday, January 15th, we will have some wonderful parents coming in to teach us about a harvest festival that starts on that day in India. I am so grateful that you will share something so special with our class. Thank you!  I would LOVE to have more lessons involving the culture and traditions of your family or ancestors, and am happy to work with any schedule. Please let me know if you have something in mind!

Grad School classes start up again this week, thank you again for making my first quarter so much more manageable with your participation! As always, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

All the best,

Mrs. Hart