Welcome back after a nice break and welcome to the 2nd quarter of this school year. I hope that you all had a nice break. The weather surely cooperated. I will print off your child's grades tomorrow and send them home in your child's homework folder on Thursday. I hope that reminds you to send your child's homework folder back with them everyday!
This week is Red Ribbon week. Today we started by participating in a rotating class schedule. There we learned about the dangers of drug use, we were able to see what drugs actually looked like, and talked about healthy eating. All of the students signed a pledge to be drug free and were given a red bracelet to wear. Please encourage your child to wear these bracelets everyday this week. I sent home two notes about the highlights of this week. Tomorrow is pajama day and read-a-thon day. Your child is welcome to wear their pajamas to school tomorrow. They can also bring a pillow, blanket, stuffed animal, treats, or books from home to read. Our read-a-thon will be after lunch tomorrow. On Thursday, the students can dress up as a "hero". Please make sure if your child participates in this dress up day, that they actually dress up as a "hero" not in their Halloween costume. On Friday, it's wear red day.
Next Tuesday, October 29th, at 1:30. I've scheduled our Dads, Uncles, Grandpas, Big Brothers, step-fathers etc. and pumpkin carving day. I sent home a note today explaining that activity. If you can help us carve pumpkins that day please let me know through e-mail or a note. You could also call the school and let me know. My students always ask if their "mom" can come and help and I only want "male" volunteers this time. Every year I have had several Dads of all kinds that help out. It's a fun activity and one that is a big hit every year!
We had a fun time at the Braithwaite gallery last week. We were able to view the art of a Cedar City artist Jim Jones. We then used i pads to match the colors on the paintings using a color palette. Then, the children created masks reminiscent of Mexican "Day of the Dead" masks. The mask making correlated perfectly with the art, since Jim Jones spent the winter in Mexico and several of the paintings in the gallery depicted his time in Mexico. We also visited the Natural History museum. In that museum the children were able to identify skulls of various animals and then they participated am ancient fish identification process called Gyotaku from Japan. In that identification process the fishermen would coat their catch in ink and press it onto paper in order to identify the fish they caught. Now, it has developed into an art form.
Starting in November I will include two sentences with the list of spelling words for the test on Friday. If your child is consistently missing several words then that indicates that they need more practice at home. The students practice those spelling words independently during our reading groups in the morning, but sometimes extra practice at home is needed. I will test on Sight Word List #3 on Friday, November 1st. If you child hasn't passed off that list yet, please make sure you are working on that at home too. The faster they master these words the better readers they will become!
Happy Reading!
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