Welcome to January!

I hope you all have thawed out from the artic cold we have had! Here in school, we are continuing to work on mid-year assessments and are looking forward to seeing your child's progress so far this year! We will continue to work on reading and math assessments for this week.

Also, this will be a shortened week this week with students being out on 1/22 for a teacher work day. Report cards will also go home this week. Please sign them and return them.

As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out on Dojo! Thanks!

I feel like the old man sitting on the bench asking everyone what do they think about this weather, but how about this weather?! I live on a mountain so just about every morning this past week I have experienced all types of weather just driving to work. I say all of that to say, please stay safe as you travel and please make sure to send a coat with your child every day.

This week will be a short week with Monday 1/15 being MLK Day-- no school. I hope you enjoy time with your family. This week, we will also be working hard to get ready for middle of the year assessments. Your child has done a wonderful job of working hard since coming back from Christmas break and they are ready to rock it! Middle of the year assessments will be taking place for your child sometime between 1/17 and 2/7 in both reading and math. I am looking forward to seeing how much they have grown so far this year!

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know!

We had an awesome start to our new year last week and I am looking forward to what the rest of January has to bring! We are starting on some addition and subtraction techniques in math and your kids are working hard to understand. I am so very proud of them!

There is sickness going around still. Please make sure to let me know if your child is absent due to sickness. I worry about them when they are not here and I appreciate a short note to let me know how they are doing.

Also, please make sure to send a coat with your child every day. We go outside every day unless it is actively raining and there are some cold days in the forecast.

As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Welcome back! I hope you all have had a beautiful Christmas break with your families. I have missed the kids and am looking forward to seeing them and getting back into the swing of things.

We have a busy few weeks coming up with middle of the year assessments. I will be touching base with you in the coming weeks with your child's progress.

Please make sure to sign up for a snack week if you have not already. We have many open slots to choose from!

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know!

-- Bring a water bottle each day

-- Sign up for a snack week if you have not already

--https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A044BA4AA2AAAF58-snacks1

-- Remember, homework should be taking somewhere around 20 minutes. If it is taking longer than that, please reach out to me and let me know so that we can discuss a plan for your child. Thanks!

Just in case we have a snow remote day, here is the link for my Zoom. Do not worry about this in case we need it. I will let you know! :)

Josie Hendren is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Josie Hendren's Personal Meeting Room

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2231174414?pwd=TzFucENEbm1aU3dRdEF0NDhrc2RjUT09

Meeting ID: 223 117 4414

Passcode: hendren21

-- Read and spell one and two syllable words with -igh, kn, mb, and wr

-- Understanding place value

-- Representing 3 digit numbers

-- Understanding the connection between 3 digit numbers and money values

-- Retelling stories including key details

-- Answering questions in a complete sentence

-- Collaboratively working with our classmates

You are welcome to contact me anyway at anytime, but sending me a message in Class Dojo is the best way to contact me. I do have quiet hours set so that when I go home I can enjoy time with my family, but I will get back to you as soon as I come back to school. I look forward to getting to know you and your child!

Email: hendrenj@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: wes.wilkescountyschools.org
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: 336-838-4261