News Coming Soon Weekly Focus Items We absolutely love our new classroom! If you haven’t stopped in to check it out yet, I have posted pictures on the classroom Facebook page. I created this page for all of us to share pictures, to ask questions if needed, as another line of communication, or to get to know the other parents. I will also occasionally post pictures from activities throughout our day. Coming Soon January 8th – 12th – Skate Week January 8th – BOE Meeting @ Central Office 6pm January 12th – Count Your Kid in Screening January 15th – No School – Teacher Inservice Day January 18th – Book Order Due January 18th – Red Blood Drive Presentation 8 am January 18th – Mrs. Brown’s Class Swimming @ YMCA @ 9:30 am January 18th – Spelling Bee @ Elementary Gym 2 pm – 3 pm January 21st – Douglass Community Open House 2 pm – 5 pm January 22nd – Site Council Meeting @ Elementary Library 6 pm January 26th – DARE Graduation @ DHS Auditorium 7 pm January 29th – Kansas’ Birthday January 29th – Blood Drive @ Elementary Gym 3 pm – 7 pm January 31st – AR Assembly @ Elementary Gym 8 am Weekly Focus Items January 8th – 12th Letter: S Shape: Pentagon Color: White Number: 10 January 15th – 19th Letter: J Shape: Oval Color: Review Red Number: Review 0 & 1 January 22nd – 26th Letter: D Shape: Review Cross Color: Review Green Number: Review 2 January 29th – Feb. 2nd Letter: P Shape: Review Square Color: Review Yellow Number: Review 3

Monthly Attendance Report News We would like to give a big welcome to our newest student in our morning class, Amberlee. In February, parents who have younger children ages 3 or 4 or if know of a parent with kids ages 3 and 4, keep an eye out for Role Model Applications. The applications will be due March 1st and we will hold role model tryouts the week after spring break. Lions Quest Lesson Birthdays We introduced a listening light for the classroom. Red light means stop moving and talking. Yellow light means look at the person talking. Green light means listen to the person talking to hear and follow the directions. Read each night and earn a Book It for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! Bryan – January 25th Monthly Goal Sheets You may have noticed the monthly goal sheets have been removed from your child’s folder. I have chosen to add them to the newsletters. That way parent’s can work with their child on them at home. That way my focus can be on teaching the standards and monitoring their progress on those standards. Contact Info AM PM Last Month’s Attendance 86% 73% Students On Time 100% 83% Monthly Attendance Report aperkins@usd396.net 316-747-3350 The website below is the direct link to my classroom webpage http://usd396.net/page/115251_3