Dear Parents,

Below is the information that was recently sent home on the permission form regarding our upcoming field trip to the Storytelling Festival.

We will be attending Weber State University’s annual Storytelling Festival.  Students will enjoy professional storytellers from around the country.  They will also hear storytelling performances by other elementary-age students.  This will enhance the literacy week curriculum through literature, culture, and the arts.

• We will be attending WSU annual Storytelling Festival at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center (next to the Egyptian Theater).
• We will listen to professional storytellers from around the country.
• We will learn proper audience etiquette and how to be a good audience
• We will develop an appreciation of literacy through drama and the arts

• Students should wear dress code for this field trip.

• Students will need to arrive at school at the normal time to take attendance.We will then walk to North Shore.
• Parent arranged car pools will be departing from North Shore parking lot at 8:50 am
• We will meet in the lobby of the Ogden Eccles Conference Center at 9:15 am
• Performance begins at 9:30 pm and will end at 11:20
• Parents will meet in the main lobby of the Eccles Conference Center by 11:20 to return children to school.
• For assistance in coordinating carpools for your child please contact our room mother, Dena Stephenson at: lanejay2002@yahoo.com

Spelling words:

List A:  brush, dish, trash, fish, radish, ship, shrimp, splash

List B:glue, blue, statue, rescue, screw, jewel, crew, blew, spoon, root, raccoon

List C and D:  Both C and D groups will be practicing the spelling bee words that were sent home 2 weeks ago.  If any student from group A or B wishes to do the same then they can.  We will be doing a practice spelling bee in place of spelling tests for groups C and D and anyone else who wants to participate.