Behavior "Incentive" Plan

Beginning Monday, March 30th, 2009 we will be implementing an additional behavior system. The behavior cards will still be used but, we will also begin using "money". The colored behavior cards will continue to focus on the serious issues while the money will focus on minor infractions. Every Monday, your child will begin the week with 10 cents. Throughout the week, students will have the opportunity to earn more money or they may lose money, depending on their behavior.
At the end of each week, the children will count the money they have earned. Depending on the amount, they may have the opportunity to redeem their money for a small prize. Throughout the week, we will emphasize the ways to earn and lose money. This is a great way to give students extra reinforcement on their money skills while giving them something to work for each week.
Please feel free to email me if you have any questions and again..... thanks for your help & support at home.

A New Experience..........."Wordle"

Today, during our computer lab time, the children tried something totally new. We visited a website called Wordle. Each child typed in our 20 sight words & created a "wordle" collage & then printed a copy of the collage to share with their family.
This was a great lesson and gave everyone a chance to practice learning how to spell our sight words & how to locate the letter keys on the keyboard. If you would like to let your child show you what they learned today, please visit http://www.wordle.net/create. They can create a new wordle collage by typing our sight words from the ring attached to their folder. One child even experimented making a wordle collage with the names of family members. This is a great site to use with older children in your family or in future years for learning spelling words & vocabulary terms.