Updates

Whew!  It's been a crazy past week with the holiday on Monday and snow day on Friday!  This week will be a little different too, with a 3 hour early dismissal (12:30) tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 26) due to the MP Girls BB team playing at state, and a regularly scheduled 2 hour early out on Wednesday.

We'll be back in the week with posts updating you on our classroom happenings, but wanted to be sure you are aware of a few things:

• Next week (March 4 - 8) we'll be celebrating Literacy Week/Read Across America at KE!  We have lots of fun activities planned, including guest readers, a read and feed, and even an author visit.  On Thursday, March 7, we will also have a LITERACY NIGHT, and you're invited to come eat a free family meal at KE from 5:15 - 6:15, and then parents can listen to author/illustrator Marianne Richmond share her love of writing and drawing while children (all ages!) can participate in literacy activities from 6:30 - 7:30.  Plan to attend this FUN evening!

• A yellow packet regarding Literacy Night is in backpacks today (youngest and only students). There is an order form on which you can preorder books to purchase written by author Marianne Richmond (and can choose a personalized message that you would like her to write in the book(s).  The order form says that it is due on Feb. 22, but just return it asap.

• Live Healthy Iowa - we are still recording our minutes of physical activity, and for the next 2 weeks will also record our milk intake (in ounces).  Students have done a great job remembering their minutes to record on the charts at school.

• Donuts for Dads - We're looking forward to a fun afternoon in third grade on Friday, March 8!  Your child will be bringing home a note with the specifics regarding our Donuts for Dads event.  Each child is invited to bring their Dad (or Grandpa/Uncle/adult friend - but remember, each child should only bring ONE person, unless he/she has 2 Dads, due to space limitations) to spend the afternoon rotating through our Friday stations, and of course enjoying yummy donuts!

• Spring pictures that were scheduled for Friday (when we had our snow day) are rescheduled for Friday, March 15.