THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the parents who attended conferences last week. I truly believe that students will be most successful when their parents are aware and involved. THANK YOU for your commitment to your child's learning. THANK YOU for showing you care and taking a few minutes of your night to visit with me about your child's progress. THANK YOU for admiring our artwork and sharing successes. THANK YOU for caring about your child!!!
Red Ribbon Week is this week!!!
Students are celebrating being drug free and spending time discussing the harmful effects drugs can have on our bodies. The #1 prevention for drug and alcohol abuse is awareness and education...you will play the most important role in this area of your child's life and decisions!!!
Tuesday - Dream about Being Drug Free (PJ day)
Wednesday - Sock it to Drugs (wear crazy socks)
Thursday - Doing Drugs is Crazy (wear crazy, backwards, mismatched clothes)
Friday - Slam Dunk, Drugs are Junk! (wear basketball attire)
What We're Learning:
Math - Measurement
Reading - Fact and Opinion
Word Work - Adding -er / -est or Using more / most
Grammar - Verb Tenses (past, present, future)
Science - Properties of Minerals
Quick Reminders & Announcements:
- Westside apparel order forms went home during conferences. Due November 9th!!!
- Fargo Force Reading is underway, and we are almost halfway through our first "period." The goal is high and there are GREAT PRIZES for the class and student who read the most minutes. So let's READ, READ, READ (and don't forget to record those minutes)!!!!! :)
- FOLLOW OUR BLOG!!! If you enter your email address, it will notify you every time I post. Or, if you are a regular "blogger," you can follow our blog and it will be included on your Blogger Reading List.
Our latest art project! Pumpkins!!!!!!!!!!
Pizza Party
Wow! Westside students raised $19,000 for our school through sales of the Chamber of Commerce coupon books! Thank you for supporting this effort at home. WOW!!!!! Our class sold over 100 books, so we earned a pizza party. YUM!!!!!
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