Put on Your Walking Shoes

Come join Pima Butte staff and be part of the "Zack Pack" to raise money for CureSearch. CureSearch unites the world's largest childhood cancer reseach organization. We will be walking in memory of Zachary Schumann. Zachary Schumann was a Pima Butte student who lost his battle with Cancer on July 31, 2008.

There will be a walk benefiting CureSearch on Sunday, September 14th, from 7:30 - 9:00 am. at Pacana Park. All money raised will go directly to CureSearch. The cost of the walk is just $10.00 per person. The $10.00 can be paid onn the day of the walk! If you are able to join us, please wear a royal blue shirt! More information about CureSearch can be found by visiting their website at http://curesearch.org/.

Student council will be collecting money for the month of September to donate to CureSearch. Please bring any small change to school. There will be buckets to collect change for the remainder of the month.

McTeacher Night at McDonalds

Come and support your teachers and Pima Butte at McDonalds, on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Beginning at 4:00 pm, teachers and Mr. Montoya will be working shifts to raise proceeds for our school. That night is also the DiamondBacks game in Phoenix. Stop by and grab a bite to eat on your way to the game!!!

2nd Grade Field Trip

2nd Grade will be seeing a live theater performance of Miss Nelson is Missing. We will be visiting the Tempe Center for the Arts on Friday, September 26, 2008. All reservations have been made for students and chaperones! I will be sending home reminders to chaperones as we get closer.

Week of August 18th

Homework will begin on Monday, August 18th. You will see your child's math homework and their phonics journal that will be used weekly. I will be sending home a note on Monday explaining in detail the use of the phonics journals. If you have questions please let me know.

Phonics journals will begin with Day 1 on the menu that is located on the inside of the journal. Students will return the notebooks to school on day 6, which is also the day of the test. I will be giving points for the journal each week.

I will also be sending home agendas for the students beginning on Monday. This is a new tool that has been made available to us. Students will continue to color their behavior for the day as well as record any additional information. Please continue to sign their agenda daily as that counts as part of their homework.

Welcome Back

It's hard to believe that summer has ended and we are off and running for a new school year! There are so many new and exciting things that will be happening and I can not wait to share all of the adventures with you and your children. I hope that you take an opportunity to view some of the old posts that are still on my blog from last year. It will give you an idea of how I post messages and share some of the fun things that we do in our classroom.

I hope that you find this tool useful. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at school. Email is the best source of communication, since it is difficult to always answer the phone. Thank you for your support! I look forward to a fantastic year.

Ms. Palmer
dpalmer@musd20.org

2008 Pima Butte Field Day

Pima Butte's Annual Field Day will take place this year on Friday, April 18th! What a great way to end a week worth of hard work testing. Our team colors for this year's event will be PURPLE! Students can be creative putting together their uniform. We will make class posters for the event. Our 5th grade buddies would like to make team visors for that day. I will be requesting $1.00 from each student to assist with the purchase of the visors. I will be sending a note home this week. If you are able to volunteer that day to assist with any events, please let me know or contact Mrs. Jones, our PE teacher, directly!!

Terra Nova Testing

Monday, April 7th and Tuesday, April 8th, 2nd grade students across the district will be taking the Terra Nova test. This is a state standardized test that is mandatory.

In order to increase attendance, Mr. Montoya is offering some great incentives to students! Each day that students are on time to school, they will have the opportunity to win some great prizes being raffled off for the week. There are 4 brand new bicycles!!! Yes, 4! MP3 players, games and much much more!

Please encourage your student to get a good nights sleep. Eat a healthy breakfast and bring a healthy lunch. We have been discussing great test taking strategies that will hopefully ease any stress. Students have been encouraged to bring water bottles with them also.

There will be no homework, except for the 15 minutes of reading on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Our regular homework routine will begin on Thursday, April 10th.