What a busy day!!  We had 2 guest readers and a super skating adventure!!  Thanks so much to Joelle’s Mom and Maya’s Dad for reading to us today.  Plus, a huge thanks to all of our drivers and chaperones for our trip today!!  We are so lucky to have such amazing parents 🙂  If you didn’t get to go with us today, we missed you, but here are some pics for you to enjoy.

• Field trip tomorrow: Students should pack a brown bag lunch. They are welcome to bring their own skates/rollerblades if they have them. Drivers should be at school by 9:00 a.m.
• Bingo for Books: Wednesday 5:30 – 7:00
• Pennies for Patients:  We have one more week to collect donations. The last day for students to bring money is this Friday, March 23.
• Guest Readers:  It is so fun to have guest readers come in to our classroom!  Thanks so much to Mariam’s Mom, Dede’s Mom, and the DHS football team for taking the time to come and read to us 🙂

  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

A huge thank you to our first guest readers of the month, Zach’s Mom and Lily’s Mom!  We loved having you 🙂

Brookies were a success on Friday!  Thanks to Hussein’s Mom, Deanna’s Mom, and Hassen’s Mom for coming in to help us!!

Reminders for this week:

• Concert tonight.  Please arrive around 6:45 so we can get started promptly at 7.
• Late start tomorrow.
• Pennies for patients started yesterday.  A note is coming home today with more info.  The day to turn in your boxes is March 23rd.
• Don’t forget to have your child write down their reading minutes every day.  The goal for the week is 120 minutes.

Congrats to our students of the month for February:

Adriana Dwyer and Zachary Zahr!!

YAY for us!  We have filled our brownie points pan again and are really excited to make brookies.  Is anyone available to come in Friday morning around 10:00 and help us with the mixing/clean up??

The skating field trip is rescheduled for Tuesday, March 20th!

• UPDATED:  Our field trip has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 20th.  Please let me know if you are still able to drive.

• Everyone should be counting their minutes for March is Reading Month.  On the days your child doesn’t bring home their reading bag, please remember that RAZ-Kids is a great option since it is books already at their level and it includes a quiz.

• Calling all parents…we would LOVE to have you come in and read to us!!  There was a paper in the reading month packet that you can fill out and send in.

The choices for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday have been changed to the following:

Tuesday – 1st choice is fish patty

Wednesday – 1st choice is hummus/pita

Thursday – 1st choice is 3 bean chili

2nd choice for the week is grilled cheese.

• Field Trip – We will be going to the Lincoln Park Skating Center tomorrow for our field trip. Students should pack a brown bag lunch and are welcome to bring their own skates or rollerblades if they have them. Reminder notes went home to our chaperones with who you will be driving and what time to be at school.

• March is Reading Month – An information packet went home today with all of the exciting things in store for the month. Please send me an email with any questions you may have.

• Guest Readers – We LOVE having guest readers! If you are interested in coming into the class to read a book, please fill out the form that came home today with a few times or days that work for you.

• Writing Research – today we started a new piece for writing that will explain how to make hot chocolate.  Of course, we had to try it out first to make sure our writing is accurate 🙂

I have lots of pics waiting to be posted, but for some reason the blog won’t let me upload them 🙁

• SAVE THE DATE:  Curriculum Night will be Wednesday, February 28th from 5:00-6:30.  There will be activities, games and prizes 🙂

• Thanks so much to everyone who volunteered to drive on our field trip!!  We are super excited!!

• Please read the following information about the color run:    COLOR RUN