Ms. Christie's Classroom

BOOK REPORT

Reminder that tomorrow (Friday) your child’s book report home project is due. I have been getting a lot turned in already and they are awesome. Everyone is being so creative and they are turning out amazing. Thanks for all the support you are doing to help your children create these amazing works at home.

NEXT HOME PROJECT

Just wanted to give you a heads up, our home project next month is a school wide International Fair. I am assigning a country to each child next week and they will be creating a poster display and an oral presentation. This is an amazing day where the entire school all sets up their projects at the same time and families and students go around and learn about many different countries and places in the world. I will be sending home specifics next week along with the country assignment.

HALLOWEEN

Next week is Halloween. We will be having a class party in the afternoon from 1-3. Just a reminder children must be in dress code that day. Costumes are not allowed. The children all met and decided together what they wanted to do for the party. Our plan is to have food, read scary stories, have a Halloween art contest, play Halloween music and do games and crafts. They all signed up for a different treat, drink, or appetizer type food. If you want to change your child’s choice to something else or can’t bring the item it isn’t a big deal, just send me a quick email. They also should bring any utensils or cups they might need for the item. We have plates. They may have also signed up to do a craft or bring a game. If you have other ideas for a game or crafts that would be awesome, just send me or Candice Roberts an email so we can make sure it is realistic and will fit into our other plans. If you child wants to enter the art contest it will have to be something that will need to be worked on at home. It sounds like this will be amazing and I am so proud of how well all the children got together and planned this out. They were in charge and they did an amazing job.

AJ- Pumpkin Pie

Aysa- Caramel/ chocolate

Kailyn- Goldfish

Mari- Fruit

Mahki- Doritos

Evan- fruit salad

Calvin- ? dessert

Carson- Soup

Andrew- Jar candy/Cider

Sailor- didn’t decide

Sophia- Egg Nog

Robin- witches hands

Sianne- String cheese

Ethan- Craft/Egg Nog

Londyn- apple cider

Peyton- didn’t decide

Stevie- Pumpkin Pie

Emmi- Halloween cookies

Harper- chips/salsa

Toren- witches brew/craft

Picture Day is Tuesday the 22nd. Please remember your student needs to be in dress code for the picture. Every child gets a picture, even if you don’t wish to purchase any pictures, for yearbook.

Red Ribbon Week Flyer

Red ribbon week starts off Tuesday with an assembly and will go all next week with several activities. Click on the flyer link for more info.

BALLET WEST

This Friday we have the amazing opportunity to have Ballet West come to our school and do an in school field trip. They will be going over the history of ballet, demonstrating different techniques and styles, and giving a shortened performance of the ballet Sleeping Beauty. Through out the week, we will also be going over some of this information to prepare for Friday. It will be a great experience for our class and school.

Just a reminder the 4th grade field trip is tomorrow. You need to have your permission slip turned in in order to attend. We cannot make exceptions about this for legal reasons. You are also responsible for bringing your child to and from the field trip or arranging a ride with another parent. You can email our room parent Candice Roberts if you need help getting a ride and she may be able to help you coordinate with other parents. We will meet in the North Shore parking parking lot about 9:20 so we can leave by 9:30 am. We will be back to the school by 3 pm for pick up. We will be outside part of the time so please make sure you send your child with a coat. Also, make sure their lunch does not require heating up as we will be eating at the park. Thanks and I am so excited for this opportunity to attend the Dinosaur Park. Let me know if you have any other questions.

4th Grade Field Trip

We have a 4th Grade Field Trip coming up to the Dinosaur Park. It is on October 15th. I sent home a field trip permission form last week. Please get those into me if you haven’t already. It will be a really fun experience and goes along with the 4th grade science curriculum of fossils and rocks. Remember you are in charge of getting your child there or arranging a carpool.

Fall Festival

Thanks to all who came to our amazing Fall Festival put on by MAPA. They always do an amazing job. It was so fun to see many of you there and to see all the fun costumes.

Home projects

Here is the information for the book report for this month. Apparently several children lost theirs between the classroom and home 🙂

Book Report 

Each child needs to pick a book on their reading level to read at home. Please don’t have them pick a book that is way to easy for them. They may pick any subject they like. Fantasy, adventure, comedy, biography, non-fiction, etc. They will read this book at home and do a book report at the end of the month. It is due Friday, October 25 and we will present them to the class over the next few days.

**Students need to present a book report from the following formats. We will do several book reports throughout the year. They may only do each format one time, so each book report will be presented differently.

Brochure 

storyboard 

diary/journal

blog/webpage 

advertisement 

comic

powerpoint 

timeline 

commercial script 

Diorama

Oral presentation w/ visual

The kids voted on making pizza for our activity tomorrow (Tuesday). They all signed up for different ingredients. I tried to have at least 2 people sign up for each item. You shouldn’t need a ton of each ingredient. Like I said before, if you can’t get the item here just send me a quick email so I am aware and can bring the item myself. The sign-up list is below. Feel free to bring anything additional your child might like.

This month we are doing a book report home project. All the children are expected to read a book at home that challenges them a little bit, write a book report, and give a class presentation about the book. I will be sending home a rubric with details this week.

Tuesday we are doing a fun measurement learning activity and cooking some yummy things so hopefully everyone can be there that day because it will be awesome. Some of the children will be signing up to bring some things for this project on Monday. If they sign up for something and you can’t get it to school Tuesday just send me a quick email and I will get it for them.

Thanks again for everything you do to help and hopefully we will see you all at the Fall Festival this Friday.

Fall Festival is coming up. This is an awesome activity and fundraiser for the school. Kids can dress up in their Halloween costumes, play in several bounce houses, and participate in other activities.

Purchase Tickets Here

MAPA’s Mugs and Muffins

We have started doing a show and teach moment with the children. The goal of this time is to give the children a chance to speak publicly and to teach their peers about something. I think I was a little unclear in my expectations and I never posted here for parents last week, so we ended up with a few things that weren’t appropriate. I apologize for the oversight and confusion. Here are some examples of appropriate things to bring/share during this time.

Anything brought in must be able to fit in their locker unless you get prior approval from me. They also have 2-3 minutes depending on the subject. Toys are not allowed. This time will be on Fridays but it will not be every Friday. I will tell your children the weeks we do it as they come up.

• Tell about a family vacation they went on and teach the other children about where they visited and what they saw. 1 souvenir is acceptable to show.
• A story they wrote that they want to share
• A rock or fossil they want to show the class they found/bought.
• Artwork
• Tell about a favorite book they have read.
• Act out a short skit or sing an appropriate song
• Share a work they are especially proud of
• Pictures of them learning a new skill at home like rock climbing, swimming, or riding a bike.
• Tell about a science experiment they did
• Teach the other children about something they learned that really excited them.

Please just email me if you have any questions.

Here is some information about the schools upcoming fundraiser.

MMA Fun Run (Boosterthon)