Hello Everyone,
September is here! We are that much closer to Fall! I love the fall season and look forward to it every year. October especially. It is probably my favorite month. How can you go wrong with the changing of the leaves, the cooling air, football, basketball, baseball, and Halloween!
Thank you to everyone who was able to come to Parent Ed Night. I had the privilege of helping and presenting there and I felt like we had a great turn out. I loved getting a chance to present and share some of our lessons with parents and I hope those who attended felt the excitement I feel when I give these lessons and see the growth and understanding students experience.
We started our cultural lessons this week. For the next month or so we will be doing history lessons. For history with lower el, we focus a lot on time and understanding the length of things like years, weeks, etc. This week we did a whole group lesson on what is a year, how long is it, what it is made up of, how it was decided how long a year is. Then in small group lessons, with level 1s we focused on solidifying the months’ names and order, with level 2s we talked about a year and it’s parts and compared that to fractions, and with level 3s we explored the Clock of Eras that compares time with a 24 hour clock to show students how long our earth took to be ready for life and the different eras and what was happening during these times.
We have also been doing a lot more math and language lessons to help get the students more independent in their work cycle.
Our first field trip of the year will be Friday, October 11. We will be taking the Frontrunner to the Planetarium. We will have the opportunity while there to see an IMAX movie and attend a Science Around the Sphere presentation. We would love all parents who can to attend. If you would like to see the movie and presentation with us, you will need to let me know by October 1st. You will also need to pay the Planetarium $6 for the movie as the school will only be covering the cost of students. Anyone who does not let me know by this date will not be allowed to see the movie and presentation with us. More information and a permission slip for this will follow at a later date.
Last week we sent home an order form for a t-shirt. This t-shirt will be for our school’s Fun Run. What the Fun Run is, students can run laps around the gym and parents and family can pledge per lap and the money will go towards our school. Last year we put the money towards field trips. The school is looking for sponsors for the t-shirts. We are hoping to have a free t-shirt for all students. In order for this to happen these order forms need to be returned with your child’s shirt size. In case yours was misplaced, I have attached a copy of one you can print and also more info on the t-shirt sponsors.
2019 Boosterthon Business Sponsorship Form, 2019 Boosterthon T-Shirt Order Form
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for all that you do!
Jalee