• Unit 9 review came home today for math.  There are a few problems for them to complete at home, so please send it back tomorrow.  They will bring it home again tomorrow night so you can help them practice.  We will have our test on Friday.
• We had a visit from Fireman Mike today.  He showed us a video and talked to us about fire safety.  The students brought home a note explaining his visit and our upcoming trip to the fire safety house on May 19th.  The permission slip for this trip will not come home until the end of next week.
• I can use 1 more chaperone for Friday.  No pressure!!  The students are loading the bus at 9:00 and then we have another class to pick up at Long, so parents will just meet us at the Dearborn Historical Musuem at 9:30.  We will be back to school in time to eat lunch in the cafeteria like normal.

• Last call for book orders 🙂  You can order online using our classroom code, MK4VL.  I will submit the order later tonight.
• Reading groups should be back to normal by Thursday or Friday (at the latest)…I am finishing up testing the last few kids.
• We have two more field trips coming up in May.  On May 1st, we will be going to the Dearborn Historical Museum from 9:00-11:30. The cost of this trip is $5.  Permission slips will come home on Friday.  On May 19th, we will be going to the fire safety house from 9:30-11:30. There is no cost for this trip. I am only allowed 4 chaperones per trip.  If there are lots of volunteers, I will just pick randomly 🙂

• Book orders went home yesterday.  If you would like to purchase something, please turn your order in by Monday, April 20th.  You can also order online, using our classroom code MK4VL.
• Don’t forget we are collecting returnable cans/bottles to help the environment and raise money to plant flowers around the school.  Mrs. Galvan has offered to help return them for us 🙂

• Originally tomorrow was going to be a late start. The late start has been cancelled.  School will start at the regular time.
• We are collecting empty returnable cans/bottles to raise money for flowers to plant around the school.  The City Beautiful committee has asked that I have a homeroom parent pick them up once a week and return them…anyone?  anyone?
• We had a SUPER field trip today!!!  The kids LOVED it 🙂  The biggest THANK YOU to all of our chaperones – you are awesome!

I wish you all a happy, safe spring break!!

I didn’t send home any homework for over break, but hopefully you can squeeze in some reading – maybe on Raz-kids?  Students have also been introduced to MyOn by Mr. Neff.  This site seems to have lots of high interest books that kids can listen to and take a quiz on – similar to Raz-kids.  They use their student # (which most of them have memorized) and their birthdate (mmddyyyy) to log in.

Zoo Field Trip – Since the zoo trip is the 2nd day we come back (Tuesday the 14th), I just wanted to remind you that students will need a bag lunch that day. Also, please make sure that your child dresses for comfort and to fit with the weather that day. If you are a chaperone, you may want to have a backpack with you to help carry lunches.  Chaperones should meet in the classroom at 9:15 so that we can go over stuff, but then you will drive yourselves to the zoo and meet us by the front gates.

• Tomorrow is the last day for field trip money!!!!  We will have to pay the zoo over break, so please make sure you send in the permission slip and money!
• Since we won’t be here on opening day next week, tomorrow is Tiger’s Day.  Let’s dress in our Tiger gear!!!
• Library check-out was today, but if you forgot your books, bring them tomorrow.  I will find a time to send them to check-out.
• Math test tomorrow.  We went over the review today and they have it in their red folder.  The test looks exactly like it with different numbers.
• We had another guest reader yesterday and she was great!  Mrs. Hammoud read us the classic Corduroy.  A big THANKS to her for coming in to read!