Hello Everyone,
Hope you are all surviving moving the clocks forward an hour. Should be an interesting week. 🙂
This week is Literacy Week.
The theme is “Finding Peace Through Reading and as a school we will be reading the book titled I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness, by Susan Verde.
We will be having a book swap again this year. There will be tables in the north and south kivas as well as the Jr high commons. The idea of the book swap is for kids to be able to donate books as well as take a book or to if they choose. We will be talking to the kids about using grace and courtesy in regards to this.
We would also like each child to bring in the cover of their favorite book to post outside our classrooms. It does not have to be printed off the internet, the students can draw a picture of it. As teachers, we will be including our favorite books as well.
We also have a large tree in the front hallway that we want to cover with leaves. When a child finishes a book, either on their own or with parents, siblings, family, friends, they can write the title on the leaf and hang it on the tree. For children reading chapter books, they can add a leaf for every chapter or for a certain amount of pages read.
Literacy night is this Tuesday night from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Please come and bring your families. There are lots of great activities to participate in and an Usborne book fair. You can come dressed up as your favorite book character or just come as you are. We hope to see you there.
We will be having a school wide read-a-thon on Friday from 10 to 11. In our class, students can bring a blanket, pillow, and/or stuffed animal as long as it fits in their locker (keep in mind our lockers are not that big). They can also bring some of their favorite books.
We are excited about Literacy Week!
We have our field trip to Union Station on 25th street this Tuesday afternoon. We will be meeting at North Shore to leave at 12:30 p.m. Our wonderful room mother put the sign up on Track it Forward. Please sign up if you can chaperone, drive, or if your child needs a ride. Right now it is looking like we have rides for everyone. If you do not sign up that your child needs a ride, we will assume that your child has a ride.
We have a half day this coming Friday, March 15 for a teacher professional development. Please make sure your child can be picked up by 1 p.m. We also do not have school next Monday, March 18, also for a teacher professional development.
Thank you for all that you do! I am so grateful for all the wonderful parents our students have and appreciate all your support.
Jalee