Week 26

Book Fair!

This week is the book fair! We will preview the fair on Monday, so students have an idea of what is available for purchase. Students will be able to shop the book fair Tuesday-Thursday, 8:00 am-8:15 am, with a parent. Or after school on Thursday from 3-4 pm with a parent. Friday, the Book fair will be open for students and their Grand friends from 8 am-12 pm. Students will also have the opportunity to shop during recess on Tuesday through Thursday. If you are ok with having your student shop alone, you can send them with cash in a marked envelope, and I will send them during their recess.

Grand-Friends Day!

Grand-Friends Day is this Friday, March 6! 
A few things to note:

·       It’s a half day.  Dismissal is at 11:15 AM.

·       Click the link to register your child—this gives us updated numbers so we can better plan:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvg8_43h3lPu-hAgeeVI7loBOXPeOMg2KSr1_KaDaS3jdJcQ/viewform

·       Parking Info:

o   Grand-Friends can walk out with their students from the closing in the gym.

§  Students who don’t walk out with a Grand-Friend will be brought out the pick-up line or sent to Eagle’s Nest.

§  The normal 3-5 line will be closed.  Please use the pick-up line closest to the playground to pick up all students.

§  Please let whoever is picking up your student know that as usual, the lane closest to the road traffic travels east to west, and the other 2 lanes west to east.

Aside from all of the craziness happening this week, we will also be doing some great learning!

Christian Studies: 
This week we’ll learn about a couple of healing miracles Jesus did: healing ten with leprosy and healing a blind man.  We’ll connect this healing with our lives and we’ll discuss gratitude and how we can praise God in all circumstances.

Language Arts:
Our phonics concept is contractions, specifically those using “have,” “will,” and “would.”  We’ll practice shortening the words and will discuss where to put the apostrophe.

We’ll also be diving into our informational text, A Home on the Prairie, and we’ll focus on using text features and graphics to better understand the text.

Science:
This week the kids get to design and build a pollinator!  We’ve already done some analysis of what makes a good pollinator; we’ll use that information to choose materials and design a pollinator.  We’ll get to test them out, too!