24 Minute Relay

Tomorrow you are welcome to join us to walk or run in our annual 24 minute relay.  K-2 will be 2-2:30 and 3-5 will be 2:30-3 in the front of the school. 

 

If it rains we will be in the gym

K-1  2-2:15

2-3  2:20-2:35

4-5  2:40-3:05

 

Have a great night!

Lanisng

A huge thank you to all of my wonderful parent volunteers that went with us to Lansing Friday.  It was so fun and the kids haven't stopped talking about their favorite times.  What a memorable day for our children:)

This Week

Tomorrow we start our M-Step testing.  Please remind your child not to worry or stress out over this but to just do their best.  I will provide breaks and snacks for them:)

As an added bonus, no homework or spelling for the next two weeks.  Enjoy!!!

 

Friday we have our field trip to Lansing.  We leave at 8 a.m. sharp and return at about 4:45 p.m.  Your child will need a sack lunch and I will provide a snack that we will have during our bus ride.  Currently I have 16 parents going for sure, if you would still like to go just let me know.  I look forward to a busy yet fun day!

 

As always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.  Have a fabulous week!

Camp Science

Wow what a wonderful and exciting experience!  We had a fun filled day of our Fifth grade students teaching science all day around the school.  Fun was had my all!!!

Animal Reports

Just a reminder, you are invited to come in and see the children present.  They will be in the computer lab presenting Wednesday morning from 9-10, and again in our classroom on Thursday afternoon from 1-2:30, and 3-3:30. This is an open format of everyone presenting at their computer all at the same time so you can come and go as you please.

Due to all the hard work by students on their animal reports, we will not be doing homework this week.  I hope that if you have a trip planned this gives you some extra time to pack and prepare:)

Also remember we have no school this Friday and we resume Monday April 11th @ 10:30 because it is a late start.  Have a wonderful evening!

Animal Reports

We are almost done with our animal reports.  The at home assignment is due Monday.

If your child misplaced the information, see below.  Also you are invited to come in and see the children present.  They will be in the computer lab presenting Wednesday morning from 9-10, and again in our classroom on Thursday afternoon from 1-2:30, and 3-3:30.  I'll try to take pictures while they present and put them on the blog so you can enjoy it that way if you can't make it in.  Have a wonderful Easter!

Name: _____________________________                              Michigan Animal: ________________

Due Date: Tuesday,  March 28,  2016

Directions: Complete one of the projects below.  Put a check mark by the project you have   completed.  The project will be done at home.  They will be graded on accurate information, personal best, correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, creativity and quality.  Good luck!

_________ 1.  Design and make a puppet of your animal.  This could be made of paper mache, sock, clay, paper, fabric, etc. 

_________ 2.  Design a crossword puzzle or word search with at least 10 questions and answers telling interesting facts about your animal or 10 words if it’s a word search.  Make your crossword on graph paper or paper like it.  Be sure to supply an answer key.

_________ 3.  Make a dictionary booklet using at least ten vocabulary terms related to your animal and its behavior.  Your dictionary must be in “dictionary” format (ABC order, bold words, etc.), include at least 10 terms/definitions and some illustrations.

_________ 4.  Write a poem, fable or story about your animal.  Include at least 5 interesting facts about your animal. The poem must be at least 10 lines long.  The fable or story needs to have a beginning, middle and end and be at least 1 page long without skipping lines.  Include an illustration.

_________ 5.  Make prints of your animal’s tracks.  Compare your animal’s tracks with 2 other Michigan animals.  Use vegetable prints, clay, plaster, Styrofoam, etc. 

_________ 6.  Create a diorama showing the habitat of your animal.  Use a shoe box and real or fake materials to create your habitat.

Storm Therapy Dog

We were fortunate enough to have Mrs. Cruttenden bring her amazing therapy dog Storm to our class today.  She brings him to our school for the Kids Hope program and Storm helps many others in our community.  The children were so impressed with how helpful Storm is and we really appreciate Mrs. Cruttenden, Mrs. Adgate, and Mrs. Shantz for making it such a fun experience!