March is going to be a crazy, busy but crazy, fun month! We have so many things happening this month so I want to be sure you all know about everything as well!
Read Across America Week:
This week is Read Across America Week and we have dress up days planned for each day of the week. Tomorrow is Crazy Socks, Wednesday is Read My Shirt, and Thursday is Pajama Day!
Retro Roller Skate Night:
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End of Quarter 3:
I can hardly even believe this week is the end of Quarter 3! This Thursday, at the end of the school day is the last day for students to turn in missing work. Please have your student show you their grade book on Infinite Campus to make sure they do not have any missing work. I know there is a lot of illness going around so I am hoping students will be able to keep up on missing work while they are gone.
IditaRead:
We will NOT have a March Reading Calendar this month! We are going to be participating in the IditaRead challenge that goes along with the Iditarod race. I will be sending home the information on that this Wednesday or Thursday. We will be spending this week learning about the Iditarod and what all it entails to prepare for our own race that starts the end of the day on Thursday!
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
This set of conferences will be scheduled conferences only. I have reached out to you if I have any concerns about your student that I have not already been in communication with you about. If we have been regularly communicating over the year, I may not schedule a conference with you. However, if you would like to meet with me, please let me know and I will happily get a conference scheduled for you!
Roaring Reader:
If your student is participating in Roaring Reader, they need to turn in their reading logs to me no later than Tuesday, March 17th. I will need to get those turned in to Mrs. Martinez so that she can get them all submitted to Roaring Springs in time to get our passes before their deadline.
RAD 2.0:
The 4th and 5th grade music program is on Tuesday, March 17th as well. Mrs. Ellis and these students have been working so hard and I am so excited to see their performance! It is always so impressive!
Wagons Ho!:
We will be having Wagons Ho on Wednesday, March 18th. This is an all day event and we will be outside for the whole day. Students are invited to dress in western or pioneer wear if they want to, but most importantly they need to dress warmly! Especially for the morning, it can be quite cold! Students are also asked to bring a large 2 or 4 hole button, some firewood, and a picture of your brand if your family has one.
If you would like to help out, please let me know and I can either get you on the list of volunteers or on the list of back ups if we end up with extras. :)
Spring Break and ISAT Testing:
Spring Break is the week of March 23rd-27th. That is only 3 weeks away! We are on track to cover all of our math content before Spring Break! I am so proud of my class and all of their hard work! This allows us the weeks after Spring Break to really focus on those things that are still tricky for my students to practice and be ready for ISAT testing. We are looking at the end of April for ISAT testing. It is so important for your student to be here every day leading up to that so that they don't miss any vital instruction before that. The ISATs can be stressful for the kids and I try to do everything I can to make it easier on them!
