Congratulations, Ananya, Anna VB, Diego, James, Julia, Leo, Luna, Mitchell, Olivia R., Sean, and Tyler for reaching your 200-minute or 300-minute goals . I loved looking at everyone's reading log to share what your are all reading :) The rest of you are close!
Hello Parents.
I am attaching here a copy of the Reading Log so you will be able to print it up on your own. Feel free to change the bottom-line-question to something engaging for your child to answer. It currently asks, "Where do you like to read?" Other questions you could cut and paste there might be:
Which character from this week is most like you and why?
Does one of your characters remind you of someone you know? Tell why.
What do you like about the way your mom or dad reads to you?
What is hard about reading?
What is fun about reading?
Does one of this week's books remind you of another book you have read? Explain.
Did you read a book this week that one of your school friends would like? What is it called? Who do you think would like it?
If you could magically enter into one of your books from this week, who would you like to spend time with and why?
Think of the characters you have come across this week in your reading. Which one is most like your Dad or your Mom? Why? ...etc.
Notes from this week:
Just an hour ago, we Skyped with Mrs. Hartshorn's First and Second Grade class from Moretown Elementary School. We watched as they opened their Care Package we had sent. It included a picture of all the Horizon kids. They enthusiastically thanked us, and we gave them a hearty Moretown Cheer. One of the second-grade girls named Anlou told us how the river had risen up (her house sits next to the Mad River) so high that debris had smashed her roof. She still is not yet back in the house. Students in my class also wrote "Good luck!" letters to our Moretown friends. I copied them and they are in your child's Friday Folder today.
Please post the What is Due -- When? schedule I emailed a couple of days ago. Some parents and kids put it on the fridge or right next to where the child hangs his backpack. That way, the kids can have a visual reminder and learn to be responsible for getting the folders and notebooks and reading logs handed in. Generally, if students occasionally don't hand in their things that are due on time, I give them a pass. If it happens frequently, I have the student stay in for recess to complete the work -- not as a punishment, but simply as a way to get the work completed and as a way to begin to teach these youngsters that it matters if they are asked to complete a task and they don't complete it. It matters if they do!
In second grade math, we sorted ourselves in a big class-wide Venn Diagram: ex: "stand in this circle, everyone who has played frisbee. Now stand in this circle, everyone who has a dog -- Now, where should you stand if you don't have a dog and you've never played frisbee? Where should you stand if you have a dog and you also have played frisbee?"
We have a no-school day coming up. Look on the WSD website for this and other calendar questions you might have.
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
David
Friday, October 14, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
June 7, 2011
Dear Parents and Families,
End-of-Year Events:
Tuesday, 6/7: Step-up Day: 2nd-graders visit WCS (during school day)
Weds. 6/8: WCS Band Performance: 2nd graders only – to WCS (during school day).
Thursday, 6/9: Fun Day @ WCS (during school day).
Friday, 6/10: Fun Day Rain Date
Weds., 6/15: Horizon’s End-of-Year Picnic at Maple Street Park.
Friday, 6/17: Last Day/half day. Report cards go out.
In Second-Grade Math, students are continuing their work with place value – working on really understanding how you regroup and why you regroup when you are dealing with problems like 183-48.
In Writing, students finished up their I Am… poems. Most kid shave brought them home to you already. Just a couple still need to do a final edit. If you haven’t seen your child’s yet, please let me know. I thought they were quite poignant and perceptive for 7 and 8-year-olds.
Read-Aloud: Mrs. Frisby is finding out how the Rats of NIMH became so smart. Nicodemus, the leader, we find, had once lived in the city. He and his friends were captured one night in the marketplace and brought to a laboratory. They got injections that doubled their life span and made them so smart they learned to read and problem-solve. When we left them today, they had just sneaked out of their cages for the first time, and they were preparing to head down the air ducts to escape!
Bolger Summer Book Club Reading Blog: I will be hosting a Summer Book Club again this summer. Last year a half-dozen students participated. We met once every two weeks at the Dorothy Alling Library, to eat potato chips and talk about our books. I ran a Summer Book Club reading blog, and posted questions for students to answer. They wrote to me and responded to each other’s comments. It was a lot of fun, and kept kids linked in to each other and to a common reading experience in the midst of their many differing summer activities. I have to charge a fee to pay for gas and for the work involved in working with the kids via email, phone, and the blog, but I think parents found it reasonable. I will be sending out a flyer giving more details early next week. Visit the blog using the following link:
http://bolgerbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-2-2010.html
Former Students: We were paid a visit by former students, Mark Lang, Doug Schmidt, and Emma Lieberman. They read memoirs they’d written – memoirs about facing difficult situations and gaining strength from them: the Penguin Plunge, an audition with a national theater company, or a run down a very difficult ski trail.
Harmony House’s Reading Restaurant: We all walked over to Harmony House at the end of the week and were treated to their Reading Restaurant dress rehearsal. Our kids were excited to read other kids’ writing; they were happy to be “old hands”, and gladly offered suggestions to their Harmony friends as they prepared for their Reading Restaurant that night.
The Sylvia Love Benefit: Last week, students made posters and did problem-solving problems related to Sylvia Love’s upcoming benefit. On Saturday Night, as you know, friends and family held the spaghetti dinner at the Federated Church to benefit Sylvia. Many parents, kids, teachers, and community members were able to contribute by attending, getting take-out, or simply donating. Sylvia was there with family; she spoke about having received a cut-off notice from the electric company and the cable company just that day, so the proceeds from the dinner (more than $3000.00) could not have come at a better time. Sylvia especially thanked the kids of Allen Brook who have been so loving and solicitous towards her over the recent weeks.
Report Cards will be going home on the last day of school. I will be in school through Wednesday, June 7th if you have any questions.
Thank you again to the parents and kids for the wonderful cards and goodies and the Kindle you gave me for Teacher Appreciation Day. I look forward to being able to try out the Kindle with our next Read-Aloud book.
Take care, everyone
(And, um, where has the time gone?)
David
End-of-Year Events:
Tuesday, 6/7: Step-up Day: 2nd-graders visit WCS (during school day)
Weds. 6/8: WCS Band Performance: 2nd graders only – to WCS (during school day).
Thursday, 6/9: Fun Day @ WCS (during school day).
Friday, 6/10: Fun Day Rain Date
Weds., 6/15: Horizon’s End-of-Year Picnic at Maple Street Park.
Friday, 6/17: Last Day/half day. Report cards go out.
In Second-Grade Math, students are continuing their work with place value – working on really understanding how you regroup and why you regroup when you are dealing with problems like 183-48.
In Writing, students finished up their I Am… poems. Most kid shave brought them home to you already. Just a couple still need to do a final edit. If you haven’t seen your child’s yet, please let me know. I thought they were quite poignant and perceptive for 7 and 8-year-olds.
Read-Aloud: Mrs. Frisby is finding out how the Rats of NIMH became so smart. Nicodemus, the leader, we find, had once lived in the city. He and his friends were captured one night in the marketplace and brought to a laboratory. They got injections that doubled their life span and made them so smart they learned to read and problem-solve. When we left them today, they had just sneaked out of their cages for the first time, and they were preparing to head down the air ducts to escape!
Bolger Summer Book Club Reading Blog: I will be hosting a Summer Book Club again this summer. Last year a half-dozen students participated. We met once every two weeks at the Dorothy Alling Library, to eat potato chips and talk about our books. I ran a Summer Book Club reading blog, and posted questions for students to answer. They wrote to me and responded to each other’s comments. It was a lot of fun, and kept kids linked in to each other and to a common reading experience in the midst of their many differing summer activities. I have to charge a fee to pay for gas and for the work involved in working with the kids via email, phone, and the blog, but I think parents found it reasonable. I will be sending out a flyer giving more details early next week. Visit the blog using the following link:
http://bolgerbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-2-2010.html
Former Students: We were paid a visit by former students, Mark Lang, Doug Schmidt, and Emma Lieberman. They read memoirs they’d written – memoirs about facing difficult situations and gaining strength from them: the Penguin Plunge, an audition with a national theater company, or a run down a very difficult ski trail.
Harmony House’s Reading Restaurant: We all walked over to Harmony House at the end of the week and were treated to their Reading Restaurant dress rehearsal. Our kids were excited to read other kids’ writing; they were happy to be “old hands”, and gladly offered suggestions to their Harmony friends as they prepared for their Reading Restaurant that night.
The Sylvia Love Benefit: Last week, students made posters and did problem-solving problems related to Sylvia Love’s upcoming benefit. On Saturday Night, as you know, friends and family held the spaghetti dinner at the Federated Church to benefit Sylvia. Many parents, kids, teachers, and community members were able to contribute by attending, getting take-out, or simply donating. Sylvia was there with family; she spoke about having received a cut-off notice from the electric company and the cable company just that day, so the proceeds from the dinner (more than $3000.00) could not have come at a better time. Sylvia especially thanked the kids of Allen Brook who have been so loving and solicitous towards her over the recent weeks.
Report Cards will be going home on the last day of school. I will be in school through Wednesday, June 7th if you have any questions.
Thank you again to the parents and kids for the wonderful cards and goodies and the Kindle you gave me for Teacher Appreciation Day. I look forward to being able to try out the Kindle with our next Read-Aloud book.
Take care, everyone
(And, um, where has the time gone?)
David
Friday, May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011
Dear Parents,
Here are some highlights from this week:
Our Horizon Banner
With Ms. Beeken, Horizon students finished creating the HORIZON banner that will be hung above the lockers on the wall as you enter Horizon House. It started with a Kiva meeting where we showed many slides of different horizons, and we asked the kids to tell us how they felt looking at those slides. We got words from “Scared” to “fantabulous” to “hungry”. We got something like 180 different words. Then, we created a landscape using those very words, and painted around them. Many of the kids hadn’t seen the final banner until today. We showed it to everyone in our Kiva meeting, we sang The Horizon Cookie Baking Company song, and then we talked about how every time we see that banner, we should look at the words and let them remind us that we can be anywhere and still feel “awesome” and “proud” and “fantabulous” about who we are and what we have accomplished that day.
We will have every student sign their name to the back of the banner to celebrate that these kids are the Horizon founders.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (our read-aloud)
Mrs. Frisby, the field mouse has courageously faced threats like the Owl from the woods and the cat named Dragon to save her son, Timothy. Right now, she has ventured into the rosebush and three feet underground, she has met the leader of the Rats, Nicodemus. She has also met Arthur the engineer and she has met Justin, the leader of the guards. The owl , out of respect for her deceased husband, Jonathan Frisby, did not eat her, but instead, sent her to see if these mysteriously-intelligent rats could help her figure out how to save her buried-in-the-garden cinder-block home from Mr. Fitzgibbon’s plow. If she stays where she is, Timothy will die. If she takes her family and leaves, he will also die (from the chill of the spring air.) What will she do? The chapter we are on is called, “Powder for Dragon.” Hmmm. What could that mean? And how might it help her to save Timothy? Ask your child for his or her ideas.
In Math,
Second grade had math studio this week. The kids worked like dogs. They were figuring how to add numbers like
24
36
+28.
Some kids found 24 on the number line, then counted 36 more by ones, then counted 28 more by ones.
Other students counted up the “ones” first, and got 18. Then they counted up the tens and got 70. 70 + 18 = 88.
Other kids added the tens first: 20 + 30 + 20 = 70, then they noticed that 6 +4 = 10, so they changed the 70 to 80. What’s left? Just the 8. So, 80 + 8 = 88.
Finally, one student said, “I can do 28 + 30 + 20 = 78. Then I can just add the 6 and the 4. 78 + 6 + 4 = 88? A lot of students decided this was the most efficient way to solve these problems.
Amanda showed the class how she does it the “traditional” way … adding up the ones, and carrying the “1” to the tens column. The kids tried to think about why it is that that method works, and then, they figured that when you “carry” the 1, it’s the same as taking 18 and “trading” ten of those 18 “ones” for 1 ten and putting that ten (from 18) into the tens column to join the other “tens”.
Today, Evan challenged the class: “Hey guys, if you have 150 presents to divide up among 30 kids, how many presents does each kid get?”
First, they all drew a picture/diagram of the presents and the kids. They tried to give each kid ten presents, but that left half of the thirty kids without any presents. Harley said, “Wait! Let’s just give those fifteen kids half of 10, or five each. That way fifteen of them will get one half of ten, and fifteen will get the other half of ten…so, I guess that means they all get half of ten presents, or they all get 5 presents.” Andrew added, “Yah. That means that 150 divided into 30 = 5.”
In Mrs. Powers’ 1st grade Math, students are using paper and tape and markers and “money” to create their own farms with pens and animals. They are figuring area and perimeter and lots more!
In Writing, we wrote short pieces on “What would it be like if my backyard got completely flooded?” We also wrote letters to our buddy, Nico.
Our New Word Wall: thank you, Sally Polley, for redoing/moving our Word Wall! It’s beautiful. We moved it closer to the door so that kids would look more frequently at those words-to-know-in-first-and-second-grade.
In Science, second graders did an experiment on magnets, and first graders did an experiment sorting rocks.
A word about Friday Folders: due to assessments last week and Studio Math this week, (and there will be a couple more next week) I have, unfortunately, been out of the class for a total of four days in the last ten. Consequently, We did not do a Fundations test this week (or last week). The math and writing the kids have done, I have had time only to take notes on as I prepare for report cards.
And beyond that, there are times when I have to make a choice: either spend an hour preparing an engaging, effective lesson on the front end, or give that time to writing notes on a second-grader’s math work so they can take it home and maybe or maybe not look at it over the weekend. Most of the follow-up I do with these kids at this age happens right in the classroom -- usually verbally, (“Come here, Sean. Tell me what you were thinking here…” or “Jagger, what do you need after a period…?) or in writing I talk with them about notes I have put on their classwork as they they move, for example, through revisions towards a final draft. If you feel that you are not sure how your child is doing or if you have specific questions about a Fundations test or an end-of-unit math test, please don't hesitate to email me or call me so we can have a chat.
That’s it for now. Thank you everyone, for the goodies and the cards. We teachers feel very appreciated. Always. Today we were talking about how we are getting sentimental as we look out into Morning Meeting and see the faces of these second graders who will shortly be moving on. On to new Horizons.
Have a great weekend.
David
Here are some highlights from this week:
Our Horizon Banner
With Ms. Beeken, Horizon students finished creating the HORIZON banner that will be hung above the lockers on the wall as you enter Horizon House. It started with a Kiva meeting where we showed many slides of different horizons, and we asked the kids to tell us how they felt looking at those slides. We got words from “Scared” to “fantabulous” to “hungry”. We got something like 180 different words. Then, we created a landscape using those very words, and painted around them. Many of the kids hadn’t seen the final banner until today. We showed it to everyone in our Kiva meeting, we sang The Horizon Cookie Baking Company song, and then we talked about how every time we see that banner, we should look at the words and let them remind us that we can be anywhere and still feel “awesome” and “proud” and “fantabulous” about who we are and what we have accomplished that day.
We will have every student sign their name to the back of the banner to celebrate that these kids are the Horizon founders.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (our read-aloud)
Mrs. Frisby, the field mouse has courageously faced threats like the Owl from the woods and the cat named Dragon to save her son, Timothy. Right now, she has ventured into the rosebush and three feet underground, she has met the leader of the Rats, Nicodemus. She has also met Arthur the engineer and she has met Justin, the leader of the guards. The owl , out of respect for her deceased husband, Jonathan Frisby, did not eat her, but instead, sent her to see if these mysteriously-intelligent rats could help her figure out how to save her buried-in-the-garden cinder-block home from Mr. Fitzgibbon’s plow. If she stays where she is, Timothy will die. If she takes her family and leaves, he will also die (from the chill of the spring air.) What will she do? The chapter we are on is called, “Powder for Dragon.” Hmmm. What could that mean? And how might it help her to save Timothy? Ask your child for his or her ideas.
In Math,
Second grade had math studio this week. The kids worked like dogs. They were figuring how to add numbers like
24
36
+28.
Some kids found 24 on the number line, then counted 36 more by ones, then counted 28 more by ones.
Other students counted up the “ones” first, and got 18. Then they counted up the tens and got 70. 70 + 18 = 88.
Other kids added the tens first: 20 + 30 + 20 = 70, then they noticed that 6 +4 = 10, so they changed the 70 to 80. What’s left? Just the 8. So, 80 + 8 = 88.
Finally, one student said, “I can do 28 + 30 + 20 = 78. Then I can just add the 6 and the 4. 78 + 6 + 4 = 88? A lot of students decided this was the most efficient way to solve these problems.
Amanda showed the class how she does it the “traditional” way … adding up the ones, and carrying the “1” to the tens column. The kids tried to think about why it is that that method works, and then, they figured that when you “carry” the 1, it’s the same as taking 18 and “trading” ten of those 18 “ones” for 1 ten and putting that ten (from 18) into the tens column to join the other “tens”.
Today, Evan challenged the class: “Hey guys, if you have 150 presents to divide up among 30 kids, how many presents does each kid get?”
First, they all drew a picture/diagram of the presents and the kids. They tried to give each kid ten presents, but that left half of the thirty kids without any presents. Harley said, “Wait! Let’s just give those fifteen kids half of 10, or five each. That way fifteen of them will get one half of ten, and fifteen will get the other half of ten…so, I guess that means they all get half of ten presents, or they all get 5 presents.” Andrew added, “Yah. That means that 150 divided into 30 = 5.”
In Mrs. Powers’ 1st grade Math, students are using paper and tape and markers and “money” to create their own farms with pens and animals. They are figuring area and perimeter and lots more!
In Writing, we wrote short pieces on “What would it be like if my backyard got completely flooded?” We also wrote letters to our buddy, Nico.
Our New Word Wall: thank you, Sally Polley, for redoing/moving our Word Wall! It’s beautiful. We moved it closer to the door so that kids would look more frequently at those words-to-know-in-first-and-second-grade.
In Science, second graders did an experiment on magnets, and first graders did an experiment sorting rocks.
A word about Friday Folders: due to assessments last week and Studio Math this week, (and there will be a couple more next week) I have, unfortunately, been out of the class for a total of four days in the last ten. Consequently, We did not do a Fundations test this week (or last week). The math and writing the kids have done, I have had time only to take notes on as I prepare for report cards.
And beyond that, there are times when I have to make a choice: either spend an hour preparing an engaging, effective lesson on the front end, or give that time to writing notes on a second-grader’s math work so they can take it home and maybe or maybe not look at it over the weekend. Most of the follow-up I do with these kids at this age happens right in the classroom -- usually verbally, (“Come here, Sean. Tell me what you were thinking here…” or “Jagger, what do you need after a period…?) or in writing I talk with them about notes I have put on their classwork as they they move, for example, through revisions towards a final draft. If you feel that you are not sure how your child is doing or if you have specific questions about a Fundations test or an end-of-unit math test, please don't hesitate to email me or call me so we can have a chat.
That’s it for now. Thank you everyone, for the goodies and the cards. We teachers feel very appreciated. Always. Today we were talking about how we are getting sentimental as we look out into Morning Meeting and see the faces of these second graders who will shortly be moving on. On to new Horizons.
Have a great weekend.
David
Sunday, May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011
Dear Parents,
"Oh, look, children. Vermont is a good example of a rainforest..."
Writing: now that we have become better writers, we went back the stuffed animal stories we had written earlier in the year, and we are adding detail and voice to make them even better. Most of the kids are ready for their final drafts, and you will be seeing them soon.
Reading: we are doing the final round of reading assessments this week. For first graders, reading a level H passage independently (with high accuracy and comprehension) is reading “on-grade-level”. For second graders, a level H means they are on-grade-level.
Science Workshops: we just completed our second week of studying animal habitats – from deserts to rainforest to the ocean to our own backyards.
Half-day coming up: Tuesday, May 17th, will be a half day.
End-of-year picnic: On Wednesday, June 15th, Horizon House will be going on an end-of-year picnic (parents and families invited) to Maple Street Park in Essex Junction. We are looking for a couple of grilles. Please let me know if you have one and can transport it for us.
Compost: We had a great compost day on Saturday. Lots of smiles. The kids shoveled their brains out. And many thanks to the parents who came to be part of the day. Thanks, also, to Ian Batson, Janelle Poulos, and Timmy Carpenter, former students of mine who were indefatigable. The proceeds will go to buying compost and tools for our school garden.
Have a nice beginning of the week!
David
Dear Parents,
"Oh, look, children. Vermont is a good example of a rainforest..."
Writing: now that we have become better writers, we went back the stuffed animal stories we had written earlier in the year, and we are adding detail and voice to make them even better. Most of the kids are ready for their final drafts, and you will be seeing them soon.
Reading: we are doing the final round of reading assessments this week. For first graders, reading a level H passage independently (with high accuracy and comprehension) is reading “on-grade-level”. For second graders, a level H means they are on-grade-level.
Science Workshops: we just completed our second week of studying animal habitats – from deserts to rainforest to the ocean to our own backyards.
Half-day coming up: Tuesday, May 17th, will be a half day.
End-of-year picnic: On Wednesday, June 15th, Horizon House will be going on an end-of-year picnic (parents and families invited) to Maple Street Park in Essex Junction. We are looking for a couple of grilles. Please let me know if you have one and can transport it for us.
Compost: We had a great compost day on Saturday. Lots of smiles. The kids shoveled their brains out. And many thanks to the parents who came to be part of the day. Thanks, also, to Ian Batson, Janelle Poulos, and Timmy Carpenter, former students of mine who were indefatigable. The proceeds will go to buying compost and tools for our school garden.
Have a nice beginning of the week!
David
Friday, April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
Dear Parents,
The Reading Restaurant will take place this coming Wednesday, April 13th. Here is a reminder of the shift your child is in and how many people we have down for your party. Please let me know ASAP if your number has changed.
The first shift should arrive at 6:00 p.m. as the first restaurant begins promptly at 6:15 p.m. (6:15-7:00). The second-shift students should arrive at 7:00 p.m. for their 7:15-8:00 shift. Students should come dressed in their chiton (toga). We have Greek head-wreaths here for the children to put on when they arrive.
Thank you.
David
First Shift:
Amanda Li: Maitre D’ (3 guests)
Evan (3), Sean, (3) and Jagger (3): chefs
Diego (2) : busperson and food server
Olivia (3), Harley (3), Luna (3), and Kayla (5): waitresses
Second Shift
Kyle (4): Maitre D’
Grant (3) and Ruben (4): chefs
Carlie (3), Alyssa (3), Samantha (3), and Adia (3): Waitresses
Anna (3) and Amanda G (3): buspeople and food servers
Can’t wait to see you all and share the great writing these kids have done.
The Reading Restaurant will take place this coming Wednesday, April 13th. Here is a reminder of the shift your child is in and how many people we have down for your party. Please let me know ASAP if your number has changed.
The first shift should arrive at 6:00 p.m. as the first restaurant begins promptly at 6:15 p.m. (6:15-7:00). The second-shift students should arrive at 7:00 p.m. for their 7:15-8:00 shift. Students should come dressed in their chiton (toga). We have Greek head-wreaths here for the children to put on when they arrive.
Thank you.
David
First Shift:
Amanda Li: Maitre D’ (3 guests)
Evan (3), Sean, (3) and Jagger (3): chefs
Diego (2) : busperson and food server
Olivia (3), Harley (3), Luna (3), and Kayla (5): waitresses
Second Shift
Kyle (4): Maitre D’
Grant (3) and Ruben (4): chefs
Carlie (3), Alyssa (3), Samantha (3), and Adia (3): Waitresses
Anna (3) and Amanda G (3): buspeople and food servers
Can’t wait to see you all and share the great writing these kids have done.
Friday, March 18, 2011
March 18, 2011
March 18, 2011
Dear Parents,
Report Cards: look for them in your child’s Friday Folder today. If your child skied, then you can come by and pick it up off your child’s desk in the classroom.
Reading Restaurant -- Weds. April 13: Your Reading Restaurant invitation is on a bright sheet of paper in today’s Friday Folder too. Please pull it out, sign it, and return it on Monday.
Our Theme in this Classroom: Greek Inventions.
Attire: Togas – er—um, “Chitons”. See the instructions in the Friday Folder for helping your child make his or her own for the R.R.
Can You Help? I would love to have help next week tracing a dozen or so overhead-projector images of Greek inventions onto butcher paper for the kids to then color in. We also need to make a door to our restaurant –made out of either a slit butcher paper image of Greece or a door made from a fridge box with an image painted on that.
Bridges Math Night: March 29th, 6:30-8:30 in the WCS dining hall. You’ll have a chance to do some math the Bridges way-- some math activities – to get a feel for how it’s done. It should be interesting. Childcare, refreshments, and door prizes.
Conferences: If you haven’t signed up yet and don’t know how, contact me and I can resend the link. Conferences are this coming Friday and the following Friday. Feel free to bring the report card with you. I look forward to seeing you. Email if you have any questions.
That’s it for now. Oh, yah. That and the fact that it's almost sunbathing weather out there.
Talk to you soon.
David
Dear Parents,
Report Cards: look for them in your child’s Friday Folder today. If your child skied, then you can come by and pick it up off your child’s desk in the classroom.
Reading Restaurant -- Weds. April 13: Your Reading Restaurant invitation is on a bright sheet of paper in today’s Friday Folder too. Please pull it out, sign it, and return it on Monday.
Our Theme in this Classroom: Greek Inventions.
Attire: Togas – er—um, “Chitons”. See the instructions in the Friday Folder for helping your child make his or her own for the R.R.
Can You Help? I would love to have help next week tracing a dozen or so overhead-projector images of Greek inventions onto butcher paper for the kids to then color in. We also need to make a door to our restaurant –made out of either a slit butcher paper image of Greece or a door made from a fridge box with an image painted on that.
Bridges Math Night: March 29th, 6:30-8:30 in the WCS dining hall. You’ll have a chance to do some math the Bridges way-- some math activities – to get a feel for how it’s done. It should be interesting. Childcare, refreshments, and door prizes.
Conferences: If you haven’t signed up yet and don’t know how, contact me and I can resend the link. Conferences are this coming Friday and the following Friday. Feel free to bring the report card with you. I look forward to seeing you. Email if you have any questions.
That’s it for now. Oh, yah. That and the fact that it's almost sunbathing weather out there.
Talk to you soon.
David
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