Outdoor Learning Day
We will be outside tomorrow from 8:30-10:00. Your child might want a water bottle. Make sure your child's name is clearly written on the bottle.

Block Party
Even if you can't help during the party-it's time to get creative! Do you have any games that children from all three classes can play? Ideas for activities? They can be formal or less structured. We want to make sure that students have a variety of games and activities to choose from. This will make the party easier to supervise and safer for the children. We don't have a budget for games, but most activities should be simple enough that we could gather supplies pretty easily. Please send in $4.00 to cover the cost of a craft and food.

Pizza Lunch/Coins for Kids
Wow! The students held a very productive class meeting on Monday about using our math coins for our Student Council fundraiser instead of a pizza lunch. It was impressive the way all ideas were respected and considered. After the meeting they took a vote and decided to give the coins to the fundraiser. It was a very unselfish act and I was proud of all the students for sharing their opinions. I am proud of the students for being so generous. In fact, I am so proud and so impressed that I have arranged for a pizza lunch that day through other means. I plan on sharing this information with them tomorrow. I want them to bask in the glow of being generous for now.

Writing
You should have received the writing assessment last week. Congratulations to all the students who scored a 6! Students enjoyed doing Madlibs in the computer lab, (see the link to the left) and during our writing time. I'm sure they are all ready for third grade. What I remember most about teaching third grade was the potty humor. If a toilet flushed 3 miles away I would lose my class to uncontrollable laughter for a good 10 minutes. The madlibs were filled with nouns like "underwear" and "toilet". Now-your sweet children seem ready to take on the challenges of third grade! (I'm sure the third grade team will thank me later.) At any rate, the madlibs were a great opportunity to review parts of speech. Try some with your kids this summer. It's a great way to fill up time in the car.