Hello!
Here are some things that are coming up in the next couple of weeks…
We are supposed to go on a field trip to Astro Camp on Thursday. I will admit that it kind of snuck up on me and I am not as prepared as I should be. In order for this field trip to happen, I need parents who are available to drive students as well as stay and chaperone for the day. It is located at Odyssey Elementary School in Ogden, so it isn’t too far to drive. If you are a chaperone for this trip, please be prepared to lead students in an activity, as well as step in and help with the launch simulation if necessary. I apologize for the last minute request. If you are available on Thursday, please let me know by Monday. If we don’t have enough drivers, we will just postpone this trip for another time.
Our biography reports are due on February 12th. I posted the requirements on the blog and sent home paper copies with the students who requested them. If you haven’t seen anything yet, please check with your student.
It is time for Parent Teacher Conferences! The sign ups will be a little different this time. Instead of using wejoin, we will be using track it forward. If you haven’t signed up for an account with track it forward, you will need to do that before you can sign up. You go to https://www.trackitforward.com/site/mapa to sign up. After that you should look at the event calendar and find “PTC Ms. Kirsten” on February 14, 15, or 16. If none of those dates or times work for you, I’d be happy to accommodate you on another day. This conference is student led, so I’d like your student to join you if possible. Also, all three days of PTC will be early out days and school will dismiss at 1:00 PM.
The Box Tops store is on Tuesday, February 20th.
The science fair is coming up on February 21st! This is for 6th grade students only. I need the exact title that will be on the display board no later than Monday. Please go to https://www.sciencebuddies.org and then click on the Project Guide tab for help with the science fair process. Each student should have a display board, a lab notebook, and a research paper to display.
We have been focusing on Math a lot in class for the last couple of weeks. One thing that we would really like to accomplish this year is to have all of the students memorize their multiplication facts. Many of them can do complicated multiplication and division problems, but they still need to use a chart to get the facts right. Anything you can do at home to practice multiplication facts and reinforce what we are doing in class would be great.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything. I look forward to meeting with all of you at PTC soon!
Kirsten