Upcoming Field Trips
A reminder that the 5th grade will be embarking on their BizTown field trip tomorrow, March 10 and the 6th grade will be taking the FrontRunner to experience the planetarium Wednesday, March 11. I have individually emailed parents of students in these grades to give more information on this. For both field trips, students will need to arrive earlier than normal, so please make sure you are checking your emails! Please email me with any questions.
March Take-Home Project
The take home project for March has been assigned! It is due back the Monday after spring break. This project is a fairly open-ended project intended for students to deep dive into ancient civilizations. I have added the digital version of the assignment to the document tab above.
9th Annual Gala – March 21, 6-9 pm
The annual gala will be held at the Timbermine this year. My students are participating with an art piece which will be auctioned off. All proceeds come back to the school and help pay for exciting experiences like the Redwoods. Tickets must be bought in advance and include dinner.
Get your tickets here: https://checkout.square.site/buy/PKXZDD452OSKDFNIUZVB2LTK
If you would rather just donate to the school you can do so here: https://checkout.square.site/buy/W2ZB3OIQ3QOEGBPXKPKGBJTE
We also are creating a basket as a class to auction in the silent auction. We are in need of donations to this basket to help make it happen. Remember that making donations counts towards your 40 hours annually of volunteer time. Please see the below email from our room mom Ms. Christine:
Dear Parents!
As you know the annual Gala is fast approaching. Part the fun is the silent auction in which each class room is assigned a basket to put together. This year Ms Laura’s class basket is Summer fun: this can include yard toys, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, beach towels, goggles, sunblock, water toys, sunglasses and any other fun ideas you may have.
Please send your donations with your student to Ms. Laura’s class by Friday March 13. If you prefer to donate cash (information redacted for security purposes, please shoot Ms. Laura an email to get contact info.)
Any questions please feel free to call or text.
Thank you all for your help and support with this fundraiser!!
Christine Garcia
Ms Laura’s Room Parent
Yearbook Orders
The deadline for yearbook orders is fast approaching! Get yours by going to ybpay.lifetouch.com and entering the order code: 13283720 The order deadline is 3/27/2020 and the cost is $20. There is an additional $3 fee to have your name on the cover! Unlike previous years, the office will not have extras available for purchase so get yours today!
Home Support of Curriculum
I often get the question what parents can do to support student learning outside of the classroom. You can help by encouraging your child to read a book at their reading level for 20 minutes as well as 20 minutes on the website Prodigy every evening. I’ve also included the spelling list so you can practice with your child. This weeks list focuses around the Greek affix “phon” meaning “sound”
- phonics
- telephone
- homophone
- microphone
- phonetic
- phonograph
- xylophone
- symphony
- smartphone
- gramophone
- megaphone
- cellphone
- cacophonous
- accomplish (bonus word)
March At-A-Glance
March
- 10- field trip to JA BizTown (5th)
- 11 – field trip to planetarium (6th)
- 13- professional development for teachers – No School
- 21- MAPA Gala
- 26-Redwoods chaperone Meeting 5:30-7
- 30-April 3 – spring break – No School