Happy Sunday All,
The next Boxtops store will be next Tuesday, March 21.
This coming Friday, the 17th, is a half day for the students. Please arrange for your child to be picked up at 1 p.m. We also do not have school next Monday, the 20th. This Friday is also St. Patrick’s Day. We are aware of the tradition of St. Patrick’s Day and wearing green. However, if any student pinches another because of this, they will lose a whole weeks worth of recess. We appreciate your support in this.
To celebrate our love of reading and learn more about each child’s taste in reading, for the rest of the year, each week 4 students will be asked to bring their favorite book to school on Monday to be shared with the class and displayed for the week. I would like for them to bring their favorite picture book so that either they or myself can read it aloud to the class. However, if they also want to bring a chapter book, that is fine too. I will create a page with the schedule for this as well as share it in the blog every week. Ms. SarahJo and I will also be participating in this and the other students names were drawn randomly. This coming week Irelynn, Ava, Grayson, and I will be sharing.
For this months home project we were planning on doing a science fair type home project. However, in science with Ms. Kaley on Fridays level 3s are participating in a science project that will be due in April. To coincide with this, we will be switching out March and April home projects. This month the home project will a cultural subject of your child’s choice. They will need to pick something that has been taught on their level. Some ideas for things a level one can do their project on are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants (they can pick a type or anything about them). For level 2’s: Space, stars, planets, moon, parts and functions of the body (skin, teeth, heart), earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks, minerals, leaves. Level 3’s: prehistoric life including dinosaurs, invertebrates (insects, starfish, jellyfish), weather, flowers.
Please be as creative as you like. Let me know if you have any questions about this or about an appropriate topic.
Starting the week of March 27th, we only have one parent signed up for snack for the rest of the year. If no one signs up and volunteers, we will not have snack for those weeks. Ms. SarahJo and I cannot be expected to provide snack for all those weeks. Please support our class if you can.
Finally, the annual school Gala is Saturday, March 25, at 6 at the Timbermine Steakhouse. Tickets can be bought at the door or online for $35. This is a wonderful way that we make money to buy necessary things for our school. There is a silent auction and live auction for many wonderful prizes and pieces of art. You can buy tickets at Gala Tickets.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Jalee
