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June News, 2014

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Dear First Grade Families,

It has been a pleasure getting to know your


family and being your childs teacher. Each and every
child has so many gifts and qualities to offer others.
I look forward to watching them grow up through the
rest of their elementary years. All of them together
made for a fun, light hearted, warm and wonderful
place to spend the past year. I will truly miss each
child!! I learned so much from them and I believe
they learned a lot from each other as well. Because
of the compassion they showed each other, their
wit, and kind-heartedness, I couldnt imagine a better
way to spend the past 169 school days then being
with them! I love them all and am very proud
of them all!
Field day was so much fun and I know the
kids had a great time. I took a few pictures of the
students that I will down-load to my classroom blog.

Because this will be my final newsletter to you, I
want to thank you for your contributions of time
and extra supplies you gave to our class. The time
you spent with your child practicing their take home
END OF YEAR PACKET:

I cant believe how fast the
year went. It seems just
like yesterday we were on
day 10. I am very proud of
your child. They worked
very hard in first grade.
Each child will be bringing
home an envelope with
many things in it on Friday,
our final day. I will have it
in an envelope with other
treasures including the
progress report, a small
parent letter that includes
suggestions for summer
activities, more scroll pag-
es you can copy for them,
information on summer
reading, a note from the
2nd grade teachers, and a
special book that I hope
you love which shows the
growth your child made
this
year.

T
he H
appenings in Room
21!
June 5, 2014
ENJOY YOUR
SPELLING:
I am keeping these 40 words on the
newsletter. Although we have taken the end
of the year test, you can practice these over
the summer. If your child really wants to do
more, have them practice more words from
other lists of words in the giraffe book.
Have fun!

Warmly,

Kim Donze

kdonze@rockfordschools.org
Room #21
Phone 863.6363 ext. 4721
Have a Great Summer!
40 Word Wall Words to be Spelled Correctly
by End of Year
the it she him there we
to of for with some am
and in on up out then
he was they all as a little
said but look be down
I his had is have
you that at her go
Please encourage your child to continue reading over the
summer. They all worked so hard on getting to the level
they ended the year with. Each child was retelling sto-
ries with important details, using strategies to help them when they
get stuck on a word, reading with expression and fluency, and their
confidence soared at the end of the year. My worry is, many chil-
dren will regress over the summer because they choose not to read
in the summer, and I dont want that for these young readers! They
will also have their giraffe books to practice reading. Your child
will be receiving an orange pamphlet in their end of the year packet,
that will tell you all about Rockfords Summer Reading Program. Get
excited with your child about this reading this summer!

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