We are sooooo excited about tomorrow’s trip.

Parent chaperones….you may meet us at the Village tomorrow or car pool from school and meet us.  Since most of my parents are going and Miss Shepler needs a few more chaperones for her class, some of my parents will have more than 1 child in their group.

One of our Howard School focuses for these remaining weeks is always engaging in appropriate behavior.  The Kindergarten teachers have been stressing this expectation with our students.  Thanks for your support.

There is a playground area near the Carousel which is a good recess area.  However, this trip is an educational trip and we hope you will encourage learning about and investigating the different parts of the Village.  When I was an Elementary student, we were ALWAYS taking Field Trips to the Village.  Since I am small and short I could not see much nor was I interested in the buildings because we went as a large group and no one was there to talk to us.  I am so glad that my students will be in very small groups, which will allow for listening, questions, and learning about the past.

( Guess where my first job was when I was in high school…you guessed it…Greenfield Village and I loved it!)

We had a reader today…We were reading a story about a trumpet (Mo Willems) and the kids suggested that Mr. Blessing should read it because he likes music.  So, I sent down 2 messengers and back he came.  We even worked with “accents” (part of the story).  So glad he was able to accommodate our request!

“The difference between school and life?  

In school, you are taught a lesson

and then given a test.

In life, you are given a test

that teaches you a lesson.”

Mrs. Smith