Thanks to the students who remembered to dress appropriately for the weather! Wearing a rain coat and boots and even carrying an umbrella are a good idea to help you stay warm and dry on wet days like this. There were a few students who came to school just in hoodies. Please remember that it is important that your child dresses appropriately so that they don't spend the day cold and wet. This is good advice especially as we will be going on our FIRST FIELD TRIP tomorrow. A large portion of the day will be spent outside, rain or shine. Please make sure your child has appropriate clothing so that they are comfortable for the entire day! Also please make sure they pack a large and HEALTHY lunch for tomorrow as they will be burning a great deal of energy and will need to have plenty of food to replenish themselves. Please remember to pack a water bottle as well. Juice should be left at home as we don't want to risk any spills while on our field trip!!
What a busy day! We started off the morning by sharing our comments from the blog! I enjoyed reading about what the students did while I was an my conference. I shared with them a few picture books that I purchased for the school and the students were eager to listen to one of the stories. The chose to listen to "SPOON" by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
This story was all about a spoon who was jealous of all the things that the forks, spoons and chopsticks got to do that he couldn't. The students listened to the story and were asked to think about what they thought the message was. Some of the messages they heard were:
-Be happy with what you have as others may have less than you.
-Love yourself for who you are.
-Be happy with who you are and what you can do.
Ask your child what they thought the message was that they heard.
The afternoon was quite busy with our first PEACE ASSEMBLY lead by our Peace Ambassadors! We discussed Pinwheels for Peace and the school, while we are on our field trip tomorrow will be gathering on the field to take a large school shot with their made pinwheels. After the assembly we worked very hard on our messages of peace that we put onto our pinwheels and then room 51 joined us and we listened to Mr. Southworth read one of his 100 favorite picture books! Then we took our picture of all of us with our pinwheels! After the field trip we will be putting our pinwheels outside along a tree. When you come for the Meet The Teacher Night tomorrow, please ask your child to show you their pinwheel and ask them what their messages of peace were.
reminders:
Tomorrow is our field trip.
Tomorrow night is Meet the Teacher Night
Friday is NO SCHOOL.
Homework: forms if they have not been handed in.
Students: read the blog and read for 15-30 minutes and record on your home reading shirt.
help your parents to pack you a healthy lunch and snack for tomorrow's field trip.
Question for the blog: What do you like to do on rainy days?
See you tomorrow, I am vey excited for our field trip!!
Ms. Handelsman
