Waterbottles, Hats, and Snacks

Please ensure that your child comes to school everyday with a hat and waterbottle. This is especially important over the next few weeks as they will be having P.E. outside.

Also, sometimes students eat the majority of their lunch as their snack at 9:40. Then, they do not have enough to eat at lunch time. Sometimes the issue is that they're not sure what portion is the snack and which is the lunch. Please talk with your child about what you are packing for their snack and lunch. In the past, parents have put the snack in a ziplock bag labeled snack or put it in a different container to help their children know which is the snack. 

Finally, check in with your children every few weeks and ask if they're still hungry after they eat lunch or if they need you to pack more. During lunch duty, I have had students raise they're hands stating that they've eaten everything but are still hungry.

As always, thank you for your support!

Collections Needed by Next Tuesday!

Dear Families,

For the next few weeks, we will be learning about how to write reviews during Writer’s Workshop. In order to do this, we will be bringing in collections to write a review about. Each child will need to bring in his/her own collection of anything that they collect in a gallon sized ziplock bag. Some good examples of collections to bring in are marbles, rocks, shells, Barbie dolls, stamps, coins, sports cards, small Lego toys, etc.

If the collection your child would like to bring in is expensive or very large, I ask that it not be brought in, but you could instead take a picture of the collection and describe them on a piece of paper. I also ask that they collections be brought in by next Tuesday, March 1. We will use them for about 5 school days and then students can take them back home.

Thank you so much for your help with this writing unit!

Writing Celebration

You're Invited...

Tuesday, February 23rd     9:00 - 9:30   in the 1MW Classroom

Hope to see you there!

Conferences & Upcoming Reminders

I am looking forward to meeting with parents this week for conferences. I am excited to show you some of your child's work and talk about next steps for learning. See you this Wednesday or Thursday!

Here are a few reminders about the upcoming weeks:

• February 17 & 18: No School
• Sunday, February 21st is a Day 1
• Tuesday, February 23rd, 9:00-9:30: Publishing Celebration (invitation will be sent home tomorrow)
• Sunday, February 28th: No School

Musical: Dorothy in Wonderland

During Sunday's assembly, we saw a preview of the musical, Dorothy in Wonderland. The students were enthralled by the wonderful MS actors! If families would like to see the musical, there will be two performances in the Bosch Center this weekend.

Thursday, February 11:  7:00 pm
Saturday, February 13:   2:00 pm

Tickets are on sale for 2RO until the evening of the show. You can purchase tickets from any MS actor or MS Reception. If you buy your tickets at the door, the cost is 3RO.

The play essentially begins where The Wizard of Oz left off, with Dorothy getting ready to go back to Kansas.  Only she is swept up in another tornado along with the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, this time to Wonderland.  Once there she meets a lot of new friends and tries to escape the Queen of Hearts who is trying to cut off her head!  It is a lighthearted show that is appropriate for all ages and very family friendly!

Pics from D.O. Beach Day

We had a fabulous time at the beach last Thursday for our last Discover Oman fieldtrip! Thanks to our parent volunteers for accompanying us: Amanda (Ellen's mom), Busola (Timi's mom), and Manal (Jad's mom).

Playing in the sand...

              Swimming and riding the waves...

Burying a friend in sand...

 

 

Camouflaged with sand...

 

Making sand angels and more fun...