Thanksgiving Party - Tuesday 11/20

In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, I would like to invite parents to eat in the classroom with us. Children will pick up their lunch from the cafe at 11:00 and bring their food back to the classroom. I would like to encourage as many people as possible to join us. Due to the short notice, the cafe will not be able to accomidate too many additional adult meals. If you would like to eat with your child that Tuesday, please donate $3.00 so that we can purchase food to have in the classroom.

I will be sending home a checklist of items needed for our lunch. Please watch for this information to come home. If you can let me know by Friday, November 16th if you will be joining us I would appreciate it. This will allow us to plan accordingly for food and desserts.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Classroom Fall Party - Tuesday 10/30

We will be having our classroom fall party. Please let me or JoAnne Kilner, our room mother, know if you are able to help.

The party will begin at 1:00 the after of Tuesday, October 30, 2007. No costumes will be allowed.

Pumpkin Grams - Week of 10/22 through 10/26

Student council will once again be selling pumpkin grams this week each morning in the cafe' for 50 cents a piece. Students can purchase a pumpkin gram to send to a friend!

Pumpkin grams will be delivered the following week. Please stop by the cafe' and help support our student council.

Report Cards and Parent Teacher Conferences

It's hard to believe that the first quarter will end on October 5th. It has been a very busy quarter for all of us and I am looking forward to the next one. I know that the students are ready for a well deserved break!

Report Cards will be sent home on Monday, October 15, 2007. There will be a sign off sheet attached to your child's report card. Please be sure to sign and return this information to school.

I will also be sending home information next week in regards to Parent - Teacher conferences. They will be scheduled for Wednesday, October 17th and October 24th. Please let me know if you need to meet in the morning as soon as you recieve the information . Those slots tend to fill up the quickest and I also have to be available for my morning duties.

Thank you in advance. I look forward to meeting with you!

Fall Festival

Pima Butte will be holding its 2nd Fall Festival this year on Saturday, October 27, 2007 from 2pm - 6pm.

2nd grade will have a booth. Please contact myself or JoAnne Kilner if you are interested in volunteering time at our booth. If we have enough people to volunteer, time spent at the booth will be minimal and allow you and your family time to enjoy the festival!

Original Works Art Project is Back

Students will be completing art work for the Orignal Works art project at school. Please let me know if you are interested in viewing your child's art piece prior to submitting the art. Information will be coming home soon regarding the purchase of products.

Teachers have been instructed to have all art turned in promptly to ensure the products ordered are recieved in time for holiday gifts.

Pen Pals

Remember the excitement of waiting for mail? Running to see if you received mail that was addressed to you and not your parents! It seems that modern technology has given way to the good old fashioned letter. Writing letters is a standard for second grade writing. We will begin learning the format of letter writing soon in class.

My goal is to have class pen pals. Each student can pick their own pen pal to write to some where in or out of the country, it can be a family member or a friend. Please provide your student with the correct spelling of the name and their address. We will be writing letters as part of our writing and incorporating this with a social studies lesson. If you do not have anyone for your child to write too, please let me know and I will set up a pen pal for them.

I will be sending additional information home as our project unfolds. I just wanted to send out information now, so that we can start compiling a list of names and addresses. Thank your for your support with our classroom project!