Week 6

 Weekly Greetings!

The beautiful fall weather just keeps on staying! Hopefully, we will have a clear day for our field trip to Deadman Lake on Wednesday. I still need some permission slips returned, and will be sending another copy with those students with their homework. Please look for it and return it by Tuesday. If students cannot go, I will have to make a plan and leave work for them to do for the day.

Some students are asking to bring electronics on the trip, and don't think it is a good idea for a couple of reasons. First, I cannot be monitoring what they are doing on the electronics, as I will be driving. In addition, we will be in two vans and a Tetlin Refuge staff person will be drive one so I will not be able to monitor that van. There will be aides in both vans, but with such a large group it is hard to  monitor what is on the electronics in the back of the van.The trip will be over an hour each way, and I would feel better if they brought a CD for music to be played in the van, view the beautiful scenery, read a book, or draw in a notepad instead.

Thursday we will also participate in a special program through AK Teach.  We will join scientists working with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on a webcast to learn about the importance of fresh water. This will also tie in nicely to our ecosystems unit, and a poster contest we will be participating in.

The Tok calendar that was sent out before school started this year shows another early release day this Friday. Unless something has changes, the students should be out of school that day at 1:45pm. If there has been a change, and we end up with a full day, I will send a special note home by mid-week.

As for a few snapshots from last week, the class was able to plant birch trees with some staff from the Forestry Service last Wednesday. The outing fit in perfectly with the ecosystems unit we were starting last week. The students worked in small groups to plant and water at least one tree. It was a lovely activity, and we were thankful that the foresters made time to work with all the students at the Tok School. 


I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 11

Image
 Weekly Greetings! Our first quarter is officially over, and I will be contacting you soon about Parent/Teacher conference times for November 10. With the short week last week, in addition to basketball and my absence for medical appointments the week before, Halloween preparations sort of crept up on me. We will have a class party on Tuesday after the Halloween parade, and I will provide nachos and popcorn. If you would like to join us, or send a treat in with your student, it would be most welcomed. The party will start after the costume parade. On Tuesday, students can bring costumes as long as it does not distract them from the normal morning routine of reading and math assignments. During class, any masks or distracting accessories will have to be put away.  The Halloween parade will be from 2:00 to 2:15pm. It will start with the lower grades, and pass from grade to grade adding all the grades through fifth to march the halls. Last week raced by with only three days, and we
Read more

Week 28

Image
  Weekly Greetings! As they end of February draws near, there are a number of assessments required through March. We will begin the MAP testing on Thursday, March 1, with the Language Arts test. Next week we will do the two other MAP tests.  In addition, next week we will begin the two-week window for the district writing assessment. After Spring Break, the state required PEAK testing will be scheduled. Some fun activities for the class to look forward to this week will be the "Reading at the Beach" activity on Tuesday. Please see the yellow note attached to my weekly parent letter. Also, I am attaching a flyer I received over the weekend about celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss.  I did not hear about the event until I got the flyer, but if your child wants to participate they still can starting on Tuesday. Now for a recap of some highlights from last week. On Monday after discussing Presidents' Day, the students made George Washington Cherry Thumb Print
Read more

Week 29

Image
Weekly Greetings! Thank you to those that have started sending in food items for the Food Bank. Please continue to search your pantries for any things you are not using. We still have a couple more weeks to gather food in the competition. Another piece of important information you need to be aware of is that for the next two Fridays, there will be an early release at 1:45pm. Also, Spring Break will be the week of March 19 through 23. There is a lot of additional information to share with you about this week of school. First, I would like to remind you that we will be doing more testing this week on Tuesday and Thursday. Furthermore, we will start the district writing assessment on Monday and have two weeks to complete it. In between juggling those priority items, we will try to fit in a class Science Fair project. Last Friday, I just found out that there will be a school Science Fair on Monday, March 12.  I would have preferred for the class to work in small groups and researched t
Read more