I am so excited to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year!
Good afternoon parents/guardians, we have had a wonderful week. We are so excited for next week and ready for our Thanksgiving Feast!!!
Reminders and Upcoming Events:
-November 26 - For parents attending our Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday, please sign in at the Front office, and meet us in the cafeteria. Anyone who gets here early is welcome to go down and help with set up. We appreciate all you do!!!
-November 27- 29th - Thanksgiving break- there will be no school these days.
- December 2nd-6th is homecoming week. Please refer to the paper that was sent home on what to wear for the dress up days if you choose to participate!
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December 18th will be our movie field trip. We will be going to the movies to see the Grinch. The permission slip for this will come home the week after Thanksgiving so be watching for that!
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December 19th will be our class party.
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December 20th will be the last day (half day) of school. This will be the morning of our Holiday Concert.
Homework- Homework will come home on Monday and will be due on Friday.
Although this is not required, reading with your child for 20 minutes a night will help your child their confidence and reading fluency. This is wonderful practice. All students have fluency passages in their bookbags that we have practiced in small groups. These passages are things they can read independently with little reinforcement and can be practiced in the car, at a game, at home, etc. Let us know if you have any questions!
** Unfinished work- If your child has unfinished classwork in their unfinished folder at the end of the week, they will bring it home in their take home folder to finish over the weekend. This is not punishment but to help teach the importance of time management and finishing what we start. If it is coming home, it is because they have had ample time to complete it during class. Thank you so much!
Dress code: If your child wears leggings or tight pants to school, please make sure their shirt covers their bottom and their front! This is in the school handbook this year and we are doing our best to follow this with fidelity. They also are not allowed to wear 'spandex' material biker shorts, but cotton ones are allowed. Their bottoms must be covered with those also.
Take-Home Folders: Be sure that your child is returning their green folder each day and that you are checking regularly for any important papers. There is also a list of the words we will teach this year for anyone that would like to get a head start😉
This Week:
Reading- We will do a Thanksgiving read aloud and Thanksgiving activity.
Math- We will review past math skills using Thanksgiving themed activities.
Writing- What are we Thankful for writing and share.
Phonics- Thanksgiving themed /nk/ and /ng/ review words and phrases.
The theme of this year's Homecoming is To Infinity & Beyond. We will celebrate with space theme attire the week of December 2-6. Please remember that all spirit day attire MUST stay within River Mill Academy's dress code.
Monday,
December 2 |
Space Jammies Day
(wear your favorite handbook
approved pajamas) |
Tuesday,
December 3 |
To Infinity & Beyond
(wear your Buzz Lightyear
or any Toy Story attire) |
| Wednesday, December 4 |
Cosmic Jeans Day
(decorate your jeans in
fun themes and colors) |
Thursday,
December 5 |
Space Jam Jersey Day
(wear your favorite team jersey) |
Friday,
December 6 |
RMA Spirit Day
(wear your RMA colors or your homecoming shirt)
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