Greetings to our 4H Families! The list of reminders and events just keeps growing as we approach the last few weeks of school! Here's an update:
Please look through your 4th grader's Take Home Folder together. You will find pages that should be weeded out, as well as new sheets that require your attention.
One new item is the May 27th Cave of the Mounds Field Trip permission slip. Thank you for signing the bottom half and sending it back as soon as you can. All the info you need about that day should be on the attached letter and top portion of the slip, which you can keep. Students will have to let me know on Monday if they want to order a school sack lunch or not. Let me know if you have any more questions. We have a great crew of parent volunteers. Now all we need is perfect weather! :)
You will also find a sheet requesting that your student bring in a baby (or toddler, perhaps up to 3 years old) photo - by EARLY in this next week. This is a fun tradition reserved for classes who are leaving the 'era' of West Middleton Elementary behind and are movin' on! Some parents are creating a bulletin board in the front entryway with these past photos and current pictures - and it is SO fun to look this display over. You'll have to see this before the end of the school year comes. You will get all photos back - remember to put names on the back!
Our school librarian has sent out info about due dates for books. She is also giving students notices of overdue books - please check with your child about this! Also, the last day for book checkout in the school library is our field trip day, May 27th. All library books are due back by June 4th. My classroom library will be open for book checkout through the last day of school. In fact, if we have anyone who is still reading any of our Room 117 books at the end, these books can be dropped off in the school office through the end of June. Just put my name on it and Sue can put it in my mailbox. Again, please check if you have any classroom books still hiding somewhere in your house. Thank you! Mrs. Dagitz, our simply amazing school librarian is transferring to Elm Lawn next year, and I am so disappointed to lose her. She has been such a supportive and helpful colleague, and just an excellent teacher for our kids.
We have each begun to create google presentations on a special feature, location, or person connected with the Western Region of our United States in Social Studies class. Thank you for your support at home if your 4th grader would like to work on this project outside of school hours. I am requiring that at least one source of information for their reports comes from a "non- computer" source - like a reference book!! All slides in their presentations must be written in their own words. Our students have really taken off with their enthusiasm for creating these google presentations, on all variety of amazing and delicious subjects! This is excellent preparation for their research efforts in future years of school.
Future events: We are scheduled for a two hour exploration of Pope Farm Park on the afternoon of June 5th, with the naturalists again, though with an entirely new focus than we experienced on our fall trip there. We will be there from 12:30 to 2:30 that day, and more info will come with a permission slip soon. If you would like to join us for a pleasant hike, reserve this time period on your calendar! Also coming later will be info about special days the last week of school including the West Middleton Hot Dog Picnic on June 10th, to which families are invited, and also a 'field' afternoon for our 4th graders on June 11th, being arranged by a group of 4th grade parents.
When I get more news and details about any activity coming up, I will keep you posted. My calendar for the coming week includes a Public Library presentation for our students this Monday in school, the Spring Orchestra Concert on Tuesday at 7pm at the PAC, and on Wednesday afternoon we have a parent special guest coming to present his experiences working at Yellowstone National Park - Mr. Corrigan! We can't wait for that! Another highly anticipated day is likely to occur on Friday of this week - we have earned our 4th Reward Day in our classroom for compliments and good behavior. You will hear more about that day once we have our class meeting to work out the details. Till next note - ! Melanie Hannam
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