March 24, 2017

Dear Parents,

            This week we talked about spring and plants.  We began by discussing where we see plants - the different habitats that plants grow in.  Then we talked about the parts of the plant and we did 2 experiments: one where we looked at how the roots soak up the water in the ground and one where we saw how the stem sucks up water to take to the other parts of the plant.  Then we discussed what plants need to grow and we planted our own bean seeds.  We will keep our plants at school next week and watch them grow.  We will record the things we see in our plant journal.  We also worked on writing in story form.   We also finished this week discussing the story Jack and the Beanstalk.  In math, we reviewed covering pictures with pattern blocks, the different ways to make 10, and solid and flat shapes.  We worked on decomposing the numbers 13, 14, and 15. 

Next Week

Theme: Culture                                                            Word Family: -ame, -ide, -ite,

Story: The Little Red Hen                                           Nursery Rhyme: My Black Hen

Reminders

·      Be sure you have checked the culture sign-up to bring in an item for our culture day celebration.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Food can be prepared from home.  We have one food allergy – peanuts.  Please be sure your dish does not contain any nuts.  We will have food for students and adults that come.  However, remember we will have a variety of food, so even though you may need for 40 people.  You will only need small portions.  Food will need to be brought in on that day around 11:45. We will begin lunch at 12:00.  Then about 12:45/12:50, the students will present about each country.  We will go to the gym after that for a short parade and for grades to present something about one of their countries.  Once this is over we will be done.  I know it may make for a long afternoon, but it will be a good and fun learning experience for the kids.  I hope you can come and join us.

·      Your child’s assignment for their country needs to be sent in on Tuesday.  You can just print the pictures out and clip them together and put your child’s name on them.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

·      Friday will also be the end of the month.  We do not need Homework notebooks.  April’s calendar is behind March.  All you have to do is pull out March and it is there.  You do need to send in your reading logs if you do not do it online.  Reading logs should be sent in by Monday April 3^rd.  Please put your child’s name on the log before you send it in.  This is the last month for the pizza certificates, but you do have a log for April, so you can continue reading.

·      Please do not forget that the fieldtrip money and forms are due on Thursday March 30^th.

·      I still have a few more pages to take and develop pictures for on the kid’s memory books.  I am looking for anyone that is able to donate money or gift cards to Walgreens to help finish these last pages.  I know many of you are unable to do this with the many things we have going on already and I completely understand.  But if there are some of you that can help it would be greatly appreciated.  Any donation amount you can contribute would be great.

·      Easter is coming up soon.  Please don’t forget everyone needs to send in $6 by March 28^th.to cover lunch for that day.  Also, send in at least a dozen prefilled eggs.  You can start sending your eggs on anytime.  All eggs should be in by Tuesday April 4^th.

·      Congratulations to Ariana.  She received the most donations out of the whole school for jump rope for heart.  Way to go!!

·      Congratulations to Gabby for receiving the compassion value award this month.

·      On Thursday, the second graders are having a wax museum.  This is where these students dress up as a famous Americans.  Then when you put money in there cup they will tell you about themselves.  We will go visit the wax museum that afternoon.  For students to be able to have them speak they will need change.  There is no set amount.  Any amount is appreciated.  The money they raise will go to Lisa Brogdon, who is our speech teacher who was recently diagnosed with cancer and just had surgery.  Please send your donations/change in a plastic Ziploc bag.  You can either put your child’s name on the bag or put the bag in the money envelope.

·      Enrollment forms went home this week.  They are due April 7^th.  A form needs to be filled out for every child. You should fill out a form for every child you have.  Please go ahead and fill them out and get them turned in as soon as possible.

·      Collection for the pop tabs ends April 1^st, so please send in any you have. 

Dates

Monday March 27^th:  Return books for Book-In-Bag & Library Books           

Thursday March 30^th: Send in change for the wax museum

                                    Fieldtrip money due

Friday March 31^st: Reverse Raffle

                                                                                                Mrs. Hodges & Mrs. Roycroft