Monday, May 21st, 2012

Good afternoon!

Wow! What a busy time of year.

Last week, I sent an email from Julie that contained paperwork for next year's Fall Voyage. Please print the paperwork, fill it out, and send it in to me, with your child no later than this Friday. Again, this is paperwork for the 3rd Grade Voyage. We've just found in the past, that it is much easier to have all of this paperwork turned in before the end of the year, since the Fall Voyages are close to the start of the school year. If you have any questions, please let me know.

I want to share with you, the Douglas County Libraries Summer Reading Program. We have spent a lot of time this year building reading stamina. I would hate to have all that hard work lost over the summer. Please take a look below and consider joining the reading program. It's for children and adults, and kids will be much more willing to participate if they see their parents participating also! Let me know if you have any questions!
http://douglascountylibraries.org/content/dream-bigread

Stay tuned to your email for details about plans for our last day of school, next Thursday.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Good afternoon!

Our hike is this Wednesday to Dawson Butte. We will leave school around 9:00, so please be here at the normal time of 8:40. Students will need their day packs as well as two snacks and a sack lunch. We'll be back before the 1:00 dismissal. Please let me know if you have any questions.

We had a wonderful fieldwork experience this morning to Channel 2 News/Fox 31. The children were able to see where meteorologists use tools to forecast the weather and communicate this information with the public. We got to see ourselves in front of the green screen, as well as see the news set. We even had a chance to be in the audience for a live show, Colorado's Everyday Show. What a great experience!

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Good afternoon!

There's a lot of news this week.

First, we have two trips next week. The first is next Monday, May 14th. We will be doing some fieldwork for our Science Expedition at Channel 2 News. We will be touring the weather station with Meteorologist, Chris Tomer. He will be answering some of our wonderings. We're very lucky to have this chance to work with a real Meteorologist! Our Crew, along with Ms. Sarah's Crew, will be taking the bus for this fieldwork. The bus will be leaving school at 8:30. All students need to be here at 8:15 that morning. We will return to school at 11:15, so there is no need to pack a sack lunch. I do need 3 chaperones who can go with us. Please let me know if you are available. Thanks!

Later next week, on Wednesday, May 16th, we will be going to Dawson Butte for a day hike. We are still in need of some drivers and chaperones. Right now, I don't have enough volunteers for us all to go. Drivers will be needed from 9:00-1:00. Students will need a day pack, snacks, and a sack lunch. I'll send home the day pack checklist early next week. Please let me know if you have any questions or are able to drive for this trip.

Also, next week is Spirit Week. Each day is a different theme. Students are not required to participate, but are welcome to! Monday is Twin Day. Tuesday is Crazy Sock or Shoe Day. Wednesday is Crazy Hair Day. Thursday is Sports Day and Friday is Hat Day.