Friday, November 21, 2008

Coming week

Hi everyone~

Next week is full of fun things happening at Washington Elementary! We will start introducing decimals in math. We will continue with our reading groups and novel studies. We will take a quiz on Motion and Simple Machines. We will practice the Nutcracker with the whole third grade!

Also going home next week is a permission slip for the Natural History Museum on December 8. I do need parent chaperones, so let me know if you are available. Look for the permission slip on Monday!

Nutcracker is December 3rd at North High School. Students should arrive at 6:30 to get makeup and get dressed. Show starts at 7! We expect all students to arrive on time... this is a great traditon at Washington and we're looking forward to a great musical.

Don't forget to send in your pringles cans.

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Edible Car Race

We have successfully completed two days of the Edible Car Race! We will be calculating the top three vehicles from each class along with the speed of each car. We had so many fantastic vehicles come to school and I was so pleased with the creativity. Mrs. Stevens even stopped upstairs to visit with the children during the race.

I have posted a few pictures from the day and hope to post a few more later on!





Wednesday, November 12, 2008

What's new

11/12/08
Lots is new in our world!

Today we had a science presentation from the Natural History Museum on forces and motion. The children participated in several activities that reinforced Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. (click here to get more information)

Monday is our Edible Car Race! Make sure to have your car ready for Monday's class... AND - I need parent (or aunt, uncle, friend, grandparent, etc) help. Please let me know if you're available.

The Nutcracker is coming up soon! All students are to participate in the performance on Wednesday, December 3 at 7pm. We will also perform twice during the school day - once on Tuesday and once on Wednesday. Speaking of the Nutcracker, we will be making a Nutcracker during art time. I am asking for donations of Pringles cans. If you have one (or many), please send them in... every child needs one for our project, and my husband and I can't possibly eat that many pringles!

Continue reading for AR points and practicing those math facts! YAY!

Have a great week:)

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Conferences

It was so nice to meet with so many parents during conference time. I still have a few more next week too!

Let's continue to work as a team to ensure the best for your child... keep reading and practicing math facts at home! You can do it!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Fall Party


A huge thank you to Mrs. Fiebig (who organized) and all the parents who helped out for the Fall Party. I'll post more pictures soon, but wanted to put the class picture up now!

Pumpkin Day pictures






Pumpkin Day was a lot of fun:) Make sure to have your kids explain the fun centers we spent our day working on.

more of Grandparents Day