Dear Teacher, 

January flew buy us and it is already time for February! My students are loving all of the books we have been reading and it is giving us a lot of examples to reference back to. 

Remember, picture books don't have to be read only once and you don't have to read the whole thing. You can read just a piece of it and focus in on a particular skill or strategy you are teaching. 

Dear Teacher, 

Happy 2021! I have never been so happy as to see 2020 disappear. Who would have guessed the year that we had? School closings due to a world-wide pandemic, teaching remotely, a toilet-paper shortage, curb-side delivery, wearing masks, hand sanitizer galore, and the blessing of lots of family time! 

Last year I began the one-word tradition instead of resolutions and both my students and I loved it!