Ms. Jalee and Ms. Vanessa

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather that seems to have skipped spring and now it’s summer.

Thank you all who were able to help with the field trip. It was a lot of fun. Unfortunately we didn’t get to spend a lot of time at the planetarium but the children’s museum was great, too.

We have our last field trip this Wednesday, May 2. I am sorry, when I planned these field trips at the beginning of the year I didn’t realize they were a week apart. Our field trip this week is to the dinosaur park. We are going with Ms. Kirsten’s class. We will be meeting at the Botanical Gardens close to the dinosaur park at 9 a.m. The address for the gardens is 1750 Monroe Blvd, Ogden. We will be spending some time at the garden and on a nature walk. We will then go to the dinosaur park at 10 a.m. where we will participate in a paleontology discussion and an interactive activity. We will then spend the rest of the day exploring the park. Lunch will be eaten at the park whenever chaperones and teachers decide so students will need a sack lunch. Please also make sure they have a water bottle. It is also a good idea to make sure your child has sunscreen. The morning winds from the canyon can also be cool so a jacket is a good idea as well. Students will need to be picked up from the dinosaur park at 2 p.m.

Our class will be doing the DIBELS reading test on Thursday. The reading specialists will be taking our kids a few at a time to do the reading. Please make sure your child gets a good breakfast and a good night’s sleep so they can do their very best on the testing.

Our final home project is due in a couple weeks. Your child can bring in the project any time, but please before the week of the 21st. This home project will be based on a cultural subject.
Level 3s: Pick a dinosaur. Please include the meaning of the name, who named it, when it lived, where it has been discovered, if it’s an herbivore or carnivore, how big it was, how much it weighed, and anything else interesting they discover about it.
Level 2s: Pick a planet. Please include why the planet was named what it is, who discovered it/named it, which order from the sun it is, how hot and how cold it gets, how long it takes to rotate on it’s access, how long it takes to go around the sun, if it has any moons and how many, and any other interesting facts they learn.
Level 1s: Pick a bird. What does the bird look like, what sound does it make, how big is it, how many eggs it lays, how long it takes them to hatch, where they live, if they migrate, what they eat, and any other interesting things they learn.

We have already had one home project presented on a bird and it was wonderful. I am so excited to see the others.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Jalee

Hello All!

We made it through the first week back from Spring Break. The kids are counting down the days we have left of school. I am trying not to think about it.

Thank you everyone for your support with the field trip to Hill Aerospace Museum today. It was a lot of fun. I haven’t been there since I was in 5th grade. That place is huge and so full of amazing displays and information. I hope the students enjoyed it as much as I did. It was cold so we didn’t spend much time outside. Hopefully next time we go, it will be warmer.

Our next field trip is to Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum and Clark Planetarium on Thursday, April 26. We will be taking the frontrunner to Salt Lake and spending the morning at the children’s museum and after lunch we will spend a couple hours at the planetarium. Please let me know if you will be attending this field trip. Also, if you would be willing to chaperone. We will also be going to the dinosaur part on Wednesday, May 2nd and will need drivers and chaperones for that.

There are only a couple days left to order a yearbook. Order online at YBPay.lifetouch.com. The deadline for ordering is 11:59 pm on Sunday, April 15. Our yearbook code is 13283718. Unlike in previous years, extra yearbooks will NOT be available for purchase after April 15th when yearbooks physically arrive at the school. Please plan accordingly.

Our last home project will be due the second week of May. It will be a research based project on a cultural subject. Level 1s will pick a bird, level 2s will pick a planet, and level 3s will pick a dinosaur. I will have more details and an outline next week.

Take care!

Jalee

Hello All,

Don’t forget this week is a short week. We do not have school tomorrow, Monday the 19th. The teachers have a professional development day so you kids can enjoy the day off.

Last night was the Gala. It was wonderful. There were some great prizes and the art work was wonderful. I enjoyed seeing a couple of you and having bidding wars with you :). Thank you to those who were able to come!

Spring break is coming up. It will be the first week of April. We have our field trip to the Aerospace museum coming up on Friday, April 13. I will be sending out permission slips next week. If you are able to come, please email me and include if you would be able to transport students to and from and how many you could take. I would like to get a sign up sheet for rides ready by next week. We also have our trip to Discovery Gateway and Clark Planetarium Thursday, April 26. I will be asking about chaperones for that when it gets a bit closer.

Home projects are due the week after this week. That is the week of March 26th. Our home project for this month will be an artist study on an artist of your child’s choice. We have been studying some artists and creating art based on the artist’s work in preparation for this. As part of this home project, your child should learn information like when the artist was born and died (if applicable), where they are from, the type of art they create/d, any facts they find, some names and examples of their art, and your child needs to create a piece of artwork based on or inspired by that artist’s work. If possible I would love for the art to be done on a piece of canvas, it can be small. I want to display these art pieces in the classroom through the end of the year. Then I will let the children decide if they want to take the art home or donate it to the class. The artist does not have to be one we have studied or even a well known one. The piece of art can be done according to your child’s interpretation and desire. It does not have to look exactly like a piece done by the artist or be the exact same medium. I want the kids to have fun with this and explore their artistic side.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Jalee