Hello All,
Can you believe we only have one more week until we have Thanksgiving break?
Don’t forget this Friday from 1-3 p.m. is our Cultural Festival. I sent home purple papers with all the information. I have also posted it on the blog and sent it in a email. For your student to participate in the Cultural Festival, they need to have their project turned in by Friday. If it is done sooner, please send it sooner so they can practice presenting to the class. Since as a school we are studying the United States from the beginning with the 13 colonies to modern day, students will need to choose something about the united states to present on for the Cultural Festival. Some ideas for the students to pick from could be things that happened during the time of the 13 colonies, such as food, clothing, job; anything related to Native Americans; pioneers; colonization of the United States; a specific state; a famous person in history from the United States; etc. The sky is the limit. As long as it has something to do with the United States from the time it was colonized to today. Students can present using a tri-fold storyboard, a diagram, or however they choose to present. To present, we will have the desks set up around the perimeter of the classroom and students will each have a space to set up their display and present to those who visit our classroom. Because this is how we will be setting up, for this presentation, I would discourage using a Powerpoint presentation.
If you signed up to help or donate something, this Thursday is the community gratitude feast. This is where we invite people from around our community, such as police officers, firemen, etc, to come enjoy a feast put on the by the school. This is not the feast for students.
Our class will be doing a holiday feast on Monday, December 10 from 11:30 to 1. All are invited. Please let me know by this Friday, the 16th if you will be attending and how many will be with you (if you are bringing a younger sibling or if both or just one parent is coming). I would like to get a number so I can create a sign up sheet for food.
Don’t forget that this Friday is the last day before Thanksgiving break. We will not have school the week of November 19. School will resume November 26.
Thanks for all you do!
Jalee