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Cell Phones, Cell Phones, Cell Phones!!!! We are in need of Cell Phones. I know families have many just laying around the house. The Green Club is looking to take them off your hands. Please just deposit your old, no longer used, cell phones in the boxes in the Main Office. The Green Club is looking to collect 250 cell phones which will be used to help those in need. If you have any question, do not hesitate to drop me a line!!!!

The Book Club is starting! Mrs. Moretti and I will be reading the story The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo. Please return permission slips ASAP for those who are interested in participating. This is open to grades 3-6. We are going to have a wonderful time.

Parents, please feel free to contact me whenever possible. I am usually able to respond to emails in a quick fashion.

Book Club please finish Book One

Book Club Meeting- Thursday October 30th from 3:00-4:00

- Thursday November 6^th from 3:00-4:00

- Thursday November 13^th from 3:00-4:00- Book Club Canceled this day

- Thursday November 20^th from 3:00-4:00

- We ARE NOT meeting on Monday November 24^th – Enjoy Thanksgiving Break

- Next Book Club Meeting will be on Thursday December 4^th from 3:00-4:00

* If you wish to bring a snack for book club please remember that there are about 35 students in the club. If we do not use your snack on the week you bring it, we will be using it for future meetings (my room has become the storage room for our snacks). Thank you to those who have already brought in snacks.

Green Club Meeting- Tuesday November 18^th from 3:00-3:30

Please try to attend the Barnes and Noble presentation on Friday, November 21^st . Many great books will be on display AND the next Book Club book will also be there!

I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Buffalo State College and just completed my Master’s Degree in Students with Disabilities from Daemen College this summer. I have a concentration in English and Literacy. I am permanently certified in Elementary Education (Pre-K-6^th) and Students with Disabilities (1-6); I will start work on my B-2 certification this spring. My classroom teaching experience includes having taught Pre-Kindergarten for 3 years as well as having many years of substitute experience.

I have had the incredible opportunity to coach girls’ volleyball and boys and girls basketball. I enjoy these sports, as I played them in college. I would love one day to coach softball.

I enjoy playing volleyball and watching football and hockey and spending time with my family.

1^st Period- 5^th grade ELA

2^nd Period- 1^st grade Reading Group 2

3^rd Period- 3^rd grade Reading Group 2

4^th Period- 4^th grade Reading Group 2

5^th Period- 2^nd grade Reading Group 2

6^th Period- LUNCH

Afternoons are reserved for working with students on skills

Please have a notebook and folder for class, a pack of post-it-notes, pencils and erasers

I am in need of large coffee cans to be used as mailboxes in my classroom.

National Institute for Literacy- www.nifl.gov

Wrights Law- www.wrightslaw.com

6 Trait of Writing- www.nwrel.org/assessments

http://skenoyer.org/writing.html

No Child Left Behind- www.nochildleftbehind.gov