Kindergarten-1st Grade Weekly Newletter 2/26/13

NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM
February 26, 2013
Gayle

River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future.
Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences.
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OUR CLASSROOM
We have been learning about the Antarctic region. We are writing and drawing about what we have learned. Penguins are a popular subject.
For the kindergartners, I will be sending home books from A-Z. I would like for your child to read it at home and then return it to school to read with me. The sense of accomplishment the feel as they read keeps the desire for reading alive. Plus, I love the excitement and light in their eyes when they are proud of themselves.

One of our crafts next week is making a penguin. Please have your child bring an empty plastic water bottle by Monday. Aren’t you glad it is not made of sugar?

Our First Graders have begun taking Spelling Tests!

ADVENTURE FRIDAY
Lunch on Friday will be chicken strips, fries, and corn on the cob. Our class does not need to bring anything.
Our Adventure is going to the Davenport Hotel for a tour and scavenger hunt! We will leave about 12:45.
We do not have plan for next week yet. :}

IMPORTANT NEWS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH at 6 P.M.
Brainstorming/discussion session begins at– 6:15 pm.
We are excited to announce that next year we are going to be in a new facility. We would like to show you the building and the share in the excitement of the new place. There are renovations being done now, but we would like your help and input to determine when and how we should make the move. The children have visited the new facility but they are welcome to join us. Address you ask? 1627 E Trent

Open House for new families on Thursday, February 28th from 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Get up early to check this out:
Friday March 1st – Our FLL team will be on KHQ Channel 6 news with Shelley Monahan and Sean Owsley at 6:40am. Last weekend the FLL team (first Lego League) went to Ellensburg to compete at the state level. Their robot placed 7th out of 24 other robots. Nicely done!!!