HENSON HEADLINES

August 20 – 22, 2008

WELCOME BACK !!!!!

Welcome to First Grade! I hope everyone has had a fantastic summer. I am so glad to have your child in my class this year. It is an exciting time and I am looking forward to watching your children grow and learn this year.

Here are a few pieces of information that might be helpful to you:

· A daily folder will go home each day with your child and I have attached a paper in reference to this folder. Please look over all papers and make sure your child has completed homework. Initial the calendar for that date and your child should bring this folder back to school each day. (Homework will not be given the first 3 days and I never assign homework for the weekends or breaks. Homework is meant to take 15 – 20 minutes and reinforce skills we have learned that day.)

· Gym will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Your child needs to have appropriate shoes (tennis shoes) for those days.

· Music is on Friday.

· Library is on Monday so please make sure your child returns their library book on Monday of each week.

· Ice Cream is offered on Wednesdays and Fridays. If interested, the cost is $.50.

· A Newsletter will come home each Monday in the daily folder. This will inform you of what your child will be learning throughout the week and any other special activities. Beginning the second six weeks the back of the newsletter will contain the spelling words being covered that week. Practice at home is very helpful and will benefit your child.

· If your child is absent from school, please call the office to inform them of the reason and make arrangements to have someone come and pick up their work at the end of the day. We cover new material daily and a day missed will cause them to fall behind.

· When sending money to school with your child, please place the money in a sealed envelope which is marked with your child’s name and the intended use of the money.

· If you would be willing to volunteer throughout the year with copying or reading to the class or any other talents you would like to share with our students, please let me know. Also I will need a homeroom mother to help with parties and Fall Festival. If you are interested, please let me know.

· You can get in touch with me by phone at the school from 8:00 – 8:20 am or after 3:00 pm. You can also leave a message with the office and I will return your call as soon as possible. You can also email me at jehenson@bvps.org. I check this daily.

· You can also get our schedule information and other details on my webpage at www.bvps.org/jehenson.