Hello,
It is basically October and almost, kinda feeling like Fall. I am so ready for it. Next Friday, October 12 is our field trip to Green Acres Dairy Farm. Please let me know if you are able to attend with us. I also need to know if you will be driving your own child. If you are able to transport other children, please get onto Track it Forward and find our carpool sign up. Our wonderful room mother has set up a sign up for that. You will need to put in your name and the number of students you can transport. We will be leaving North Shore parking lot at 10 a.m. and leaving the farm at about 1:45 p.m. to return to the school. We will be eating lunch at the farm so please make sure your child has a sack lunch and a refillable water bottle. It is best if they have a small backpack to carry these things and a jacket in case weather calls for it. If your child would like to purchase a small pumpkin, they need to bring $1 or $2. A pumpkin is not included in this field trip without separate purchase. Chaperones are free, any younger siblings that come are an additional $4. I will be sending home permission slips Monday. The permission slip includes four other field trips that we will be going on throughout the year. We will also be going on one in April that is not on the slip because it is not finalized yet. Please INITIAL next to ALL field trips you are okay with your child going on. The cover is for you to keep, the permission slip needs to come back to me. You can also print get the permission slip here.
Permission slip ’17-’18 Fieldtrip Cover Letter
This year for home projects we will be doing them every about 6 weeks instead of every month. They will also be the same across the lower el classrooms. Within the Lower Elementary classrooms, students are learning about changes, both large and small. We start with the Great Lessons which include the development of the universe, life throughout history, the study of early humans to present day, and the development of language and math. Students are also learning about changes through the study of time, lifecycles, and within themselves. This project is an opportunity for children to study an area that is of interest to them. These areas may include:
- Plant or animal life cycles
- Geologic or historic periods
- The Great Lessons
- the development of spoken or written language
- the development of mathematical concepts
- the development of humans including how humans have met their needs throughout history or in differing geographical locations
- the formation of our universe, solar system, or planet
- prehistoric or modern plant or animal
- Personal timelines.
These projects will need to be turned in by Friday October 12. Please help your child with their project and help them practice it and understand the information they are presenting. You can find more project information in the Home Project page at the top of the blog.
We have our annual school Fall Festival coming up. It will also be October 12. This goes from 4-7 pm. This is a chance for students to dress up, play games, enjoy friends, and have good food.
Purchase your tickets online at:
https://squareup.com/store/mapa-9
Any tickets/wristbands purchased online will be available for pickup at the “ticket drive-thru” or at the will call booth the night of the festival. Pre-sale prices are good now thru October 11th.
Ticket Drive Thru dates will be: October 8, 9, 10, & 11 in the north east corner of the North Shore parking lot from 2:45-3:30 pm or October 8 & 10 from 8-8:30 am
Sign ups to help are on Track it Forward. Please sign up to help if you can.
Parent teacher conferences are coming up. They will be the afternoons of Monday-Wednesday, October 15, 16, 17 from 1:40 pm to 6:40 pm. Sign ups will be ready later this following week. This is also when we will have a book fair in the school library. We will then not have school the following Thursday and Friday the 18, 19 for Fall break.
Picture day is coming up October 22.
We love volunteers in the classroom. If this is something you are interested in and able to do, please let me know and get your background check at Weber or Ogden school districts. The number to write in so they will send the info to MMA is B1722.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Love all that you do!
Jalee