Overnight Update
Forms (field trip/movie) and money for the 'Overnight' (day and night) activities are due by tomorrow please!!!!! I am still needing two more chaperones for the field trip up to dinner time. Please email me or call me if you can come. We are all set for helpers for all other shifts. If you are here for the Field Trip, you need to be here by 11:30. You will be able to take off after we return from the field trip (about 4:30)unless you want to stay for dinner. If you will be helping out for the dinner shift, you need to be here at 4 to help set up and get cooking : ) Mr. Carlson will be bringing his grill. Dinner crew shift will end after dinner is all done and cleaned up (about 7:00???). Overnight crew can come as early as they want, depending if you want dinner or not. Dinner will be served at about 5. We won't need you until 6:30 when dinner is over and the activities begin : ) If you are spending the night (adults only) you can bring an air mattress. The concrete floor is not kind to our older backs : ) Morning shift will need to be here by 7 am. Be ready to jump in for we will be a wee bit tired : ) All parents need to be here and ready to pick up their child by 8 am on Saturday morning. If you are late we will need a coffee in exchange for your child : ) Just kidding : ) Please try to be on time though :)
When packing, remember to have your child only bring what they can carry. Remember to stick to the list on what to bring. The following are not allowed for the overnight: toys, money, candy or snacks, radio or other electronics (game boys etc.). A snuggly friend is ok to bring, not the zoo : )
For Friday's adventures, bring a sack lunch. We will be eating here before we leave in our rooms, earlier than our normal scheduled time, in order to be ready for our 12 o'clock departure. You may also bring a small snack (no peanut products please : ). It is springtime in Colorado so be ready for any weather and wear comfortable shoes. The forcast does predict a nice day in the 60's. Layers are always best and long pants-not summer just yet : ) A water bottle (disposable) would be great too.
I think that is it for now. Please shoot me an email if I forgot anything or if you have further questions or concerns. Anyone not spending the night can be picked up at 8:30 p.m. through the front doors.
Project Update
This week we will be working on getting information on our specific insect. I saw many students remembered to bring in their books on their critter today. Last week we wrote down what information we should include in our projects and papers. I will be sending home the outline of information I typed up so that everyone can start working on their posters this week at home. This week we are finding the information on our critters and starting our papers by the end of this week, if not definately next week. I will be sending home their rough draft papers by Friday the 25th to type up over the weekend. Remember, projects (poster, model and papers) are due on Monday the 28th. We will be presenting our projects the week of the 28th.
Weekly Theme Update
This week we will be covering the life cycle of insects as well as discussing what is a food chain, predator and prey. Next week we will be finishing up our unit on insects with our unit test on the 25th.
Mid Trimester: New Specials, Fun Friday, Missing Work Concerns
Next Monday we will be starting our new round of specials: Computers and Spanish for the last 6 weeks of school! Yikes can you believe it already! We will be having Fun Friday on the 25th, so look in Next Monday's Weekly Folder on how they did this round earning stars. Next Monday, if your child is missing more than 4 items in any class for this trimester you will be getting a note home.
End of Year Party
I have two more spots open for the End of Year party. If you can help out, please let me know a.s.a.p. The tentative plan for the party is to have it on the Tuesday of the last week of school (June 3rd). We are hoping to have lunch at the park down Cottonwood Lakes Boulevard and then an afternoon of fun and games after specials in the school field. That Wednesday (4th) we will be having Field Day all day and Thursday of that week is an early release of 11:30. That week we will be doing last week activities and cleaning our desks and room. It will be here before we know it.