**Please send a potato tomorrow (Monday, March 17th) for our Super Tuber Activity! It can be any kind. Don't cook it. We have G. Shelton, J. Smyth, H. Lim and Reid's grandma helping us out. Thanks so much! Please come at 10:00 am. Stop by the office to get a visitor's badge.
**REPORT CARDS for Trimester 2 will go home this Friday, March 21st.'
**Route to Reading Rotation 6 will conclude on Wednesday, March 19th. At that time you will receive information on you child's skill mastery. Route to Reading Rotation 7 will begin on Tuesday, April 1st.
**Spring Picture Day is Monday, March 17th! If you are having a sibling picture taken--those will be taken at 8:05 am. Please let me know if you are. Our class will have their pictures taken at 8:50 am. This is an individual posed picture with a background.
**Next week Student Council has decreed---It is SPIRIT WEEK! Monday --"Smile at Everyone Day!" A flyer is in your child's homework folder about the other days this week. Thanks to reps, Ally and Colin for their contributions to the week. Those kids are sure busy!
**This week is also PACK Week. Pack the color of the day in your lunch! Think fruits and vegetables. We are encouraging students to "Eat the Rainbow." Monday-pack GREEN, Tuesday-pack WHITE, Wednesday, pack PURPLE, Thursday-pack YELLOW/ORANGE and Friday-pack RED. The school lunch program will also be participating.
**In preparation for Irving School's Annual Spelling Bee---We will have our "Classroom Bee" this Wednesday to see who will represent our class in the K-2 Spelling Bee. The "bee" will be cold-meaning that there is no study---anyone who wants to be a part of it can. Some students have expressed an interest. Others are thinking about participating. No worries! Remember--students can only spell what they have knowledge of in terms of consonants and all the different vowel combos. Words will be given at random starting with a Kdg-1 list. I will make it fun. We will end up with the 2 top spellers and 1 alternate. Their names will be submitted to Mr. Packer.
**Field trip permission and info for our trip to the Adler Planetarium are in your child's homework folder. The trip is April 10th. I would like to have all the permission slips and money in by this coming Friday before break if possible. Thanks. I will be able to take 4 chaperones. The chaperones will carpool.
**Information on the ACADEMIC FAIR/EGG DROP CONTEST (Wednesday, April 23rd) should also be out sometime this week. I believe it is an online sign up. I have spoken to my students about it. It is a great opportunity for them to research something they are really interested in!
**Spring Break begins March 22nd thru March 30th. Let me know if your child needs a TRAVEL JOURNAL for that week. Classes resume on Monday, March 31st.
**In Friendship Club this week, Ms. Bell Bey presented a lesson on feelings.
**In Mr. Packer Math Enrichment this week, Mr. Packer began a unit on superlatives by reading a special story. The students will be doing a project on this topic.
This week:
It was all about Art Start and Bagpipes! First Art Start--Chef Ashley was out of town, but her mom, Ms. Kris spoke to the students about the continuing cold, snowy weather. Something warm is need when you come in from the cold.......Ms. Kris read the story, "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Elhert. In the story the kids grow vegetables which will eventually become their "vegetable soup." The students talked about the types of vegetable they like and some students commented about growing them in their home gardens. Ms. Kris demonstrated how to make a layered soup mix using dried vegetables and spices. All the liquid and/or meat can be done at home. The students worked at measuring
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