We will be walking across the street Friday, Feb. 10th to Camelback High School to watch the play, "Disney Dreams". A permission slip went home today but it was 'borrowed' from another class. It says to wear fancy clothes - I WOULD RATHER HAVE OURS WEAR THEIR FIELD TRIP SHIRTS. There are six classrooms walking across the street and I think it's easier to keep track of everyone if they're wearing their shirts.
There is a generic field trip form on this site if your child misplaced theirs (we found several on the ground after school).
We are having a small Valentine party next week. Please have the children send in 24 valentines. The list of names is below (with the Australia topics)if your child would like to practice writing the names, otherwise just have them sign them and leave the 'to' blank.
Australia topics have been handed out. We take the children's top three choices, put them in a hat and draw. The child's first choice is given if available. If not, we go to the child's second choice and so on. This seems to be the most fair way to handle this. I have the printouts of the cards and brainstorming sheets on this website if anyone is eager to get started. It is under the 'research project printouts' tab. The schedule isn't up yet because I need to check my school calendar to make sure the dates will work. I am hopeful we can start presentations on March 20th and have our luncheon on Thursday, April 5th (the day before Good Friday which is a half day this year). This way we can be done prior to AIMS and shadow day. I will have a sign up on this site as soon as I can. I will also print out packets for the children and go over them in school as we always do....but for those of you who have children that want to start right away (you know who you are:) feel free to download the packet and get started!
Topics:
Vylet: sea dragon
Kamal: duck billed platypus
Gundry: devil lizard
Chloe: kangaroo
Sam: frilled lizard
Cassidy: dingo
Andrew: kookaburra
Rylie: koala
Noah: Sydney Opera House
Lucy: Mt. Wilhelm
Dylan: Dunedin Railway Station
Kevin: Great Barrier Reef
Reese: Aboriginal music
Trent: Sky Tower
Sophia M.: Lake Eyre
Nickolette: the outback
Adia: Western Australia
Sophia H.: New South Whales
Tonio: Tasmania
Alec: Papua New Guinea
Lydia: South Australia
Ceili: Victoria
Mary: Northern Territory
Nadine: New Zealand