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We Love To Write!

I wanted to take the time to share with you more pictures of our students writing.  Today a student informed me that they were both an illustrator as well as an author!  Wow! 


Today we sent home your child's first set of  sight words with an envelope to keep them in.  Please cut these cards out and keep them in the envelope in a safe place.  Review these cards nightly with your child.  We also sent home the Reading Logs, try your best to read with child for at least twenty minutes every night.

We truly appreciate all of your support at home!

Good Times

Wow! It has been so great to hear from Mrs. Stinard all about the learning that is taking place in Rainbow Valley.  I am so thrilled to know that everyone is trying their best with writing, learning about reading, following rules, and being kind to one another. 
I have been busy doing alot of reading and learning too.
Each day I read many stories to Gus.  Some of the stories we have been reading are When I Grow Up, Go Dog Go, Goodnight Moon, The Cat In The Hat, and Are You A Bunny? You may have read some of these before. If not, check and see if they are in the library for check out they are really fun to read. :)
Keep up the great work!
Mrs. Chiaverotti

Free Choice Writing Time

Today we had the opportunity to have "free choice" writing time.  As you can see by the pictures the students are having a grand time with their writing!


We also had our very first visit to the Library.  All students were able to check out books!  Please read the flyer that went home in your child's back-pack today regarding the library books.  Each student was so happy that they were able to actually borrow a book from our school library.  We hope everyone enjoys reading their books this weekend!


Thank you for another great week!  Have a great weekend!

Healthy Snack and Read To Self

I would like to share a few pictures with you!   You will see students enjoying a nice healthy snack.  We also continued learning "Read to Self".  Each student loves to read their books.  As you can see from the pictures, each student is in their own quite spot and is looking through fun books. 


Today we also learned all about the numbers Zero and One!  We also had Day 2 of Making Meaning with the book My Friends.  We are in the process of drawing pictures, illustrating how a friend has helped us.  These pictures will be placed in the hall for everyone to see!


Thank you for making Rainbow Valley a special place.

Fun Times In Rainbow Valley

What a wonderful Friday!  Congratulations to our table ticket winners - table 4!  All four students where able to choose a prize from the treat basket!  It was a tight race with all tables earning quite a few tickets this week.  We were able to go outside and explore our playground with Mrs. Ventura.  We heard the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and created our own hungry caterpillars which will be on display in our hall.  Everyone had a great time drawing in their journals.  What colorful illustrators we have in Rainbow Valley. 


Please remember to check your child's folder daily and initial your child's behavior chart.


We thank you for a wonderful week and wish you all a great weekend. 

In the Groove!

It seems like all of our Rainbow Valley citizens are getting in the "groove!"  Everyone wore a smile to school!  Today we started our day learning two new songs on our Smartboard calendar.  Ask your student to share these with you.  We also had our first day of music and PE.  We read two stories, the first being A House For Hermit Crab, which we followed with a picture of our own homes in our writing Journals.  We learned how to share our journals with our friends - that was fun!  At the closing of our day, Mrs. Stinard read I Don't Want to Go to School by Stephanie Blake.  I do believe it was a fun day not only for the students but for the teachers as well:)


Reminders for parents:  Please remember to check blue folders daily and return them to school.  This is our way of communicating with you.  Also please initial each day so that we know that you have checked your child's folder each night.   We do have snack time everyday, so please remember to pack your child a light snack.

Thank you again for sharing your wonderful children with us!