Week of April 7th

Hello everyone!

Sorry this is a few days late! I will returning back to school tomorrow and am glad to hear from Ms. Weston that the children were great the last two days. I can hardly wait to see the new planter box outside of our classroom. If you were interested in donating soil and/or plants, touch bases with me either in class or through email tomorrow and we'll get that situated!

Since I was home sick we won't be doing Take-Home Reading folders this week, but will resume that on Monday, April 14th.

This Thursday we will be completeing a student-made silent auction item for the Rio del Mar Golf Tournament, Dinner, and Dance! The students will be adding fingerprint artwork to a terra cotta planter that will be part of the on-line auction at the end of the month. The students will also get to help plant flowers in our new planter (a HUGE thank you to Ted Goyette and anyone else who lent a hand)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Along with the weekly homework, please continue to practice the 33 high frequency words every night and also spend at least 20 minutes a day reading to or with your child.

We enjoyed a WONDERFUL field trip to Live Earth Farm last Friday. I hope your children filled you in on the chicken coop, fava bean field, baby goats, and bead bracelet activity! What an amazing experience for all of us.

Our next field trip will be to Long's Marine Lab in Santa Cruz on Friday, May 3rd. Please watch for permission slips and paperwork coming home in the next week or so.

Have a great week,
Amanda