Welcome February,
As I look out the window typing this, I feel like I should be saying welcome April, but then my weather app is giving me a winter storm warning for Sunday night, so you just never know.
Ground Hog Day is tomorrow. In class yesterday we did a bit of Ground Hog Day activities. The kids all made a little ground hog face and after learning about why it is celebrated and what it means, they all got to predict if they thing the ground hog will see it’s shadow or not. Almost all of them said no, they all want an early spring. We shall see what happens.
This week is our school’s STEM week, and as part of the celebration, science home projects are due this week. We have already had two students present and their projects were wonderful. We are excited to see the rest and learn what the kids have to teach us. If you have any questions about this, please email me.
We will be having our annual class Valentine party on Friday, February 14th, in the afternoon. This will be like our other parties with four different stations the kids will rotate to and then handing out Valentine cards/treats at the end. In class I will give each child a brown paper bag they can decorate and then store their treats in. If they want to make a box or something different, they will need to do that at home. Students are invited to have a Valentine for each student in class. This is optional and not required. If a child does not have Valentines, they will still be given them by the other students. If for any reason you are unable to get your child Valentines to share and they would like some, please contact me and I will be happy to help. We have 20 students in our class and 2 teachers. I don’t think we need much donated for the party but be watching for a TrackItForward sign up if you would like to help.
Looking forward to a few things, we do not have school Monday, February 17, in celebration of President’s Day; Classic Skate Night for our school will be the evening of Friday, February 21; Literacy Week is the week of February 24 with Literacy Night on that Thursday, the 27th starting at 5:30 pm.
The Spelling Bee will also be held the week of Literacy Week. It will be on Tuesday the 25. This year, only level 3 and up will be part of the school spelling bee. This is because the regional spelling bee is only for 3rd grade to 9th grade. Each class will have 2 representatives participate in the bee. We will be doing our class spelling bee on the morning of Friday the 14th. ALL students are encouraged to participate in this even if they are not a level 3. I sent home the spelling list a couple week ago. If you need another one or did not get one, please let me know. Again, all students are encouraged to participate in the class spelling bee. Only the top 2 level 3 spellers from our class will participate in the spelling bee.
As always, thank you for all you do!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Jalee