Welcome!

Winter is here! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your families. I can't believe we only have four weeks before heading off for Winter Break. I continue to be amazed by the hard work all the students are demonstrating. Thank you, families, for the hard work you are putting in to helping your student continue to learn responsibility by completing homework each week. Remember, homework should be done independently or with minimal parent support. The focus of homework is for students to learn time management, routine, and independence. It is not time for students to be learning new skills! If your child is struggling with homework, please contact me ASAP or write a note on their packet. Students have been motivated to earn stickers on their popcorn chart when they turn in completed homework; continue to use this as motivation! As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Important Announcements

November 27th- Community Advisory Partners (CAP) meeting after school in MPR

December 19th- NOT MODIFIED DAY

December 21st- Modified Day

December 24-January 4- Winter Break: No School

January 7th- Staff Development Day: No School for students

Clever

Clever is the new district-wide login for students. Students have been practicing using their Clever "Badge" in class to login and access their educational websites (Moby Max, Reading Eggs, Code.org, Typing Club, Prodigy Math, etc). Students were a paper-clipped packet with all the necessary information to login to clever and other educational programs we use at school! You can access Clever on the ARES homepage or TVUSD homepage. Feel free to have your child use the educational websites on Clever whenever they want at home! Any questions, please ask!

Classroom Wishlist

**THANK YOU for all the generous donations that have already been sent in. Your contribution greatly helps our class!

We currently could use more of the following supplies:

• tissues 
• Crayola crayons
• Colored pencils
• Stickers (for rewards)

*If you wish to donate gently used toys or items from the dollar store, please send them in labeled "treasure box" so they can be added to our box! Students earn money throughout the week and go shopping every Friday from the classroom Treasure Box/store.