Book Shopping

We have had lots of fun learning all our new routines and procedures this week. I will post more information soon, but wanted to get a few photos up from our book shopping day.

Every now and then, I will pull books from my library and allow the kids to switch out their browsing box books. Today was our first day and we had a lot of fun reading to find "Good fit" books.

(don't mind the quality, I only had my phone this time. Next time I will break out the camera.)

Back to School Night

Thank you so much to everyone that was able to make it to Back to School Night. It was so great to see everyone and start to put some names with faces. Here are a few quick updates/reminders from the night.


*  First day back is Monday, August 25th. First bell rings at 8:00 and second/tardy bell rings at 8:10 (5 minutes before it did last year).

*  Follow my blog. You can enter your email address on the side where it says "follow by email". This way as soon as I post, you will get an email.

*  Sign up for the Remind App. You can do it online or on your phone. This is a free service that will let me text you. From your phone the number is 701-214-4697 and our class code is @farkas305.

*  Remember to bring all your school supplies and any forms with you on Monday.

*  We will have gym almost every day so either wear tennis shoes or bring them with. You can even leave them in your locker if you wish.

*  EAT A BIG BREAKFAST! After looking at our schedule and what time will work best, we are going to test having snack at 11:20. It is super late, but so is our lunch. So ALWAYS eat a big breakfast.



Get a good night's rest on Sunday. I will see you bright and early with a big smile on. I can't wait for the year to begin.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns feel free to email me or call. Everyone that attended back to school night went home with a magnet containing my contact information.

Jenna

Another year!

Oh my gosh!

I can't wait to begin a new year. It is amazing how many hours go into a classroom before it is ready for kids. I have been in my classroom a ton! I have brought out my sewing machine as well and will (finally) be making some really cute curtains for my room. I am also working on t-shirt reading buddy pillows. So fun and the kids are going to love them.

For those of you that might be curious, I stepped out of the classroom last year and worked in our district as a Student Performance Coach. I loved my job as a coach but realized I love kids more. So... that is what is brining me back to the classroom. I am so excited I can't even contain myself.

Hopefully I can get some pictures up and going soon. In the mean time, if you are a parent from my classroom and wish to stop receiving notifications of my posts, there is a link on the bottom of the email. Just click that and you should stop getting my updates.

Enjoy the rest of the summer.

Mrs. Farkas

Final Fotos

Here are the photos I had taken.

Have a fabulous year!

Blessed and Goodbyes

Words cannot describe the flood of emotions I am feeling. Today is the last day.

Before today, we calculated that I would be in the classroom until mid-October. However, after "trying" to be in the classroom and "co-teach" yesterday and even trying to sit in the back of the classroom, the kids have helped me decide my presence is not a good thing. There was tons of energy and lots of confusion. Mrs. Cariveau and I decided together that it was best for the students for me to be finished earlier than expected. Please keep an eye on our blog for a little while longer as I will post all the pictures that I have taken throughout the school year and you can pull them off for your keeping.

I want to THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your child with me. They will all hold such a special place in my heart as being my "last class" (insert the tears here).

I LOVE Dr. Seuss quotes and I think this one is very appropriate to end on...

                                     "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

Welcome our New teacher!!

We are welcoming our new teacher this week. Mrs. Cariveau! I am so excited for her to begin. I am gone this week through Wednesday so the kids will have lots of time to get to know her. When I return, we will be working together and then I will fade out the end of this week/early next week.

I have enjoyed working with all of your children and I am so sad to leave them. However, I am so excited for my new role in our district. This has been a personal goal of mine and the doors finally opened in the right direction, so I had to step through.




Coming home this week are usernames and passwords for xtramath.org and our typing website. Feel free to let the kids practice their math facts and practice their typing. As they master each of the typing "rows" they can move into prescriptive typing and practice until their hearts are content.


Also, our first math test is this week on Tuesday. The kids should be brining home their study guide on Monday so you can look it over and review skills with them. The study guides are set up VERY similar to the tests so if your child struggles in an area on the study guide, please spend a few extra minutes on it.


Fundraiser... is over. If you happen to have ANY coupon books left over, they need to be sent to school asap. I think we did SUPER and sold a ton. Thanks to Jordan who made it his personal goal to sell the most in the school, we are WAY above 100 books so our class will be getting a pizza party sometime soon once all results are calculated.

If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to email me as I will have access while I am gone.

Mrs. Farkas

Up and Running

Reading groups are up and running, so watch for books to be coming home. At this time, there is not a parent signing sheet, however students are still expected to read at home. They should be encouraged to read the book twice, however if they only get through once, that is fine. They need to read aloud to "someone". We talked that it could be a big/little brother/sister, parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent or even the dog/cat. As long as we are reading aloud.

Update on my departure:

My third grade position was posted online and they are currently in the interview process. If everything continues to run smoothly, my last day in the classroom would be October 4th. Then I will continue to be involved and co-teach with my replacement. This also allows me to practice "coaching" for my new role. I would be completely out of the classroom by Friday, October 11th. I WILL be doing conferences the following week, alongside my replacement.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I plan to make this transition go as smoothly as possible.


Other classroom updates:

*  Fundraiser booklets ARE DUE NOW. :-) We have done an amazing job selling as a class and I look forward to coming back and celebrating our success.

* Math homelinks will come home on a more consistent basis as we are moving along in our curriculum.

* "Stuff" needs to be left home. Some students are bringing jewelry, action figures, perfumes, lipsticks, bouncy balls, stuffed animals, etc.. However, all these items need to be left at home.