February 19, 2013

Dear Parents,

It was great to see so many of you at our Grandparent’s Program last Monday.  The students did a fantastic job!  I was very proud of them.  I also was impressed by how many grandparents and family members came to see the program.  Thanks so much for your support! 

     Thanks also for helping to furnish the refreshments.  They were great!  We also used the left over refreshments on Thursday for our Valentine’s Party.  We had a fun time. Thank you so much.

SEP Conferences:  SEP conferences will be held the week of  March 4^th – 8^th.  A paper with a suggested time for you to come with your child to meet with me will be sent home this week.   Watch for it.   Please sign and return the slip as soon as possible.  Thanks!

CLASS PARTY:  The students have earned a class party because of 100% attendance at school.  They voted to wear their pajamas (if they want), bring their pillow, bring 2 treats and we’ll watch a movie. We’ll have it from 2:30 – 3:30 on Tuesday.   

It should be a fun hour for the students.

Spelling:  The spelling words for most of the students this week are question words.  Watch for them to come home today.

Math:  We will continue with time and start regrouping with addition.  You may know regrouping as carrying and borrowing numbers. We will also review the concepts learned thus far. Watch for math papers to come home.  If your child has missed problems on them, these would be good for you to go over and review with him/her.  We go over them at school but any additional practice is helpful.

Language:  We will continue to work with the two uses of the apostrophe- in contractions and to show possession.  We will also work with similies and long vowel patterns in words.    

Science Fair:  Just a reminder that the South Elementary Science Fair will be held on Thursday March 21st.  We had quite a few of the students in our class sign up to participate.  Have fun with your child in preparing their project.  If I can be of any help, please let me know.  Science Fair Boards will be on sale at the PTA Book Fair during SEP Week.   An information and rules packet will be sent home this week with those who signed up to participate. 

Spelling Bee:  The school spelling bee will be held on Monday February 25^h.  Jonathan Kelly and Ava Parson are the two students who got the most words correct on the e qualifying spelling test.  They will represent our class well.

Field Trip:  We have a walking field trip to the Caribbean Drum performance this Friday.  If  it is bad weather, we won’t go since we will be walking.  It’s quite a ways to the Heritage Center. 

Book Orders:  If you’d like to order from the book order I sent home last week, please have your order to be by Thursday Feb. 28^th. 

Pretend Birthday:  We will celebrate Talon’s pretend birthday this Thursday Feb. 21^st. 

Pretend Birthday Schedule:  Here is the schedule of when I have students who have summer birthdays scheduled for pretend birthdays.  Let me know if it doesn’t work for you.

Ava Parson                    2-12

Talon McCurdy    2-21

Karter Imlay         2-26

Ashlyn Williams  3-19

Chancellor Sheehan 4-9

Lelia Karmeli        4-2

I appreciate your help and support.

Sincerely,

Brenda Haight