Hello All,
Parent teacher conferences are this week. They will be held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday starting at 1:40 and going until 6:40 with a break for dinner. Wednesday is completely full but there are still lots of openings Thursday and Friday. You can go to track it forward to sign up. https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/events. If you are able, please bring your child with you so they can help lead the conference. During this time the book fair will also be open in the library. Hope you can make a trip there to get a book for your child and support our school.
We will be having our class Valentine party on the morning of this Thursday, February 14 starting at 11:00. A sign up for the party is on Track it Forward. For the party, students can bring cards and/or treats, gifts for the other students. This is completely voluntary. We will be decorating bags in class for the students to put their cards in. We have 27 students in our class and 3 teachers. We will be having an early lunch this day and the parfait we have at the party will be our snack.
A bit over a week ago we finished the book we were reading aloud in class. The book was The Invention of Hugo Cabret. In celebration of finishing the book, we will be watching the movie based on it, Hugo. We are hoping to watch the movie later this week, after I get approval from Ms. Rene. When I have a set date, I will let you know.
The school spelling bee will be held Tuesday, February 26. The lower el spelling bee will be held at 9 and the upper el/Jr high will be at 11 in the Jr. high gym. We will be holding our class spelling bee Thursday, February 21 to decide on the top kids from our class going to the lower el spelling bee. I sent home spelling bee lists at the beginning of the month. I really want to encourage all kids to participate in our class spelling bee. This will be held in our classroom and I think would be a good experience for the kids to do. However, I do understand that not all kids will be comfortable with this. They can also participate in other ways. If your child decides not to take part in their classroom bee, they will need to use the spelling bee words in another way to share with their classmates. Some of these ways include but are not limited to writing a story using as many of the spelling bee words as possible, creating multiple funny sentences using the words, create a board game using the words, create a game involving good, physical activity with the words, create a classroom scavenger hunt with the words. I cannot share the list electronically but I can send another one home if you need it.
Yearbooks are on sale for only $20. You can even personalize it by getting a foil name imprint on it for only $3 more. If you buy them after March 1st, there is a $5 late fee. Please keep in mind that the payments are due by March 29th. If you want to order one to keep the memories or just want to support our school, you can order you yearbook with the code 13283719.
We will not have school next Monday, February 18 in honor of Presidents Day.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Jalee