Friday, March 7, 2014

Weekly Update 03-07-14


Important Announcements:

*We had TWO birthdays this week!  Cooper celebrated his birthday on Monday, and Joey is celebrating his birthday today!  Happy Birthday, Cooper and Joey! 

*March book orders were sent home today.  If you would like to order, please turn in your order with payment by Thursday, March 13th.  I want to place the order and have the books in time for spring break reading.  If you want to order online and pay with a credit card, you can!  Visit the Scholastic website and use code GVCWL to order. 

*Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school!  Our reading competition continues until March 21st! 

*Friday, March 14th will be Red for Riley Day.  Wear red in support of Riley Children’s Hospital!

*Friday, March 14th marks the end of the third nine weeks grading period.  Report cards will be available online starting on Friday, March 21st. 

*Friday, March 21st will be Sunglass Day.  If your child donates $1, he / she will be allowed to wear sunglasses to school. 

*Does your child have a talent that he/she wants to showcase at our annual “Delaware Trail, You’ve Got Talent” show on Thursday, May 15th?  If so, have your child ask me for an audition form.  Forms are due by Friday, March 21st.   The talent show is one of the ways that we raise funds for Relay for Life.  It is always a fun-filled evening so mark your calendar and come support our amazing students and their talents! 

*March 24th – April 4th is our spring break! 

*Smile!  Spring pictures will be taken on April 16th. 

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30th.  Mark your calendar! 

*I believe in building relationships with the children both inside my classroom and outside the classroom.  If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports, dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come! 

*The blog will also be updated with this information as well so if you need to see it again visit http://misswhisman.blogspot.com .

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health

Nutrition

Spelling

Consonant patterns: kn, wr, gn, mb

Reading

Story: Bad Dog, Dodger!

Skill: plot and theme

Math

Perimeter; Travel Interview; Capacity and Area; Area and Perimeter

Social Studies

Economics

English/Writing

Planet reports