Monday, October 29th, 2012

Happy Monday!

I'll start with a few reminders (because I know I'm having trouble keeping track of everything!)

*Our Halloween parade and breakfast are Wednesday. The parade will begin at 9:00. This year it will be a little bit different than it has been in the past. The Kindergarten students will start the parade in our hallway. We will parade through 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classrooms only. After the parade, we will have breakfast and an activity in our classroom. Students need to wear their costumes to school, but bring a change of clothes for the rest of the day. Please leave any weapons that are part of costumes at home. If you have any questions, let me know.

*Please note a change to the lunch menu for Wednesday: The only menu choice will be hamburger. 

*Our Crew will be climbing in PE the week of November 5th. We will need volunteers to belay for us, otherwise we won't be able to climb. The signups for the training and belaying are on SignUp Genius. Search using Doug's email. Doug.baker@dcsdk12.org 
Or, here are the links to both sign ups.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094DADAC229-belay3
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094DADAC229-fall
Again, please let me know if you have any questions.

This week's IA: Music
Next week's IA: PE~ This is when we climb!!

This week we are busy preparing for our Student Led Conferences.

Here's what you can expect for your child's conference. Each conference is 30 minutes long. You will rotate through 3 stations. At one station, your child will share some learning with you at his or her desk. Here, you will hear about what kind of reader he or she is, be able to view his or her personal narrative, from the draft all the way through editing and publishing, as well as what he or she knows about himself or herself in math. Most likely, you will have time to hear part of his or her just right book. At a different station, your child will share about our Expedition. You will learn why we are studying Dearfield. Finally, you and your child will meet with me so I can share all the great things I know about your child. I'm very much looking forward to spending this time with you and for you to hear from your child about his or her learning.