As you are signing up for your ILP conferences, please remember that we are only able to meet with our families from our homeroom during those two days. Unfortunately we don't have the availability to meet with everyone in our math and reading classes as well because each teacher sees 70 or more different students each day. If you do have questions you would like to discuss with your child's reading or math teacher, please email us and we can answer your questions by email or phone. If you have already signed up with your child's reading or math teacher in addition to their homeroom teacher, please cancel your other appointments so we have enough time slots to meet with the families of our homeroom students. Thank you!

Thank you so much to all the families that attended and sent food in for our Friendship Feast last week. It was a fun time for the kids and we had great food to enjoy! We hope you all enjoyed the holiday with your families and friends.

Today a field trip permission slip is coming home and will be due back next Monday, Dec. 5th. We will be going to the Heard Museum in Phoenix on December 12th. If you would like to chaperone, please let your homeroom teacher know. There is no cost for chaperones, but you need to be willing to drive yourself to the Museum because there is limited space on the bus.

It is time to start building our summative projects. The following are some items that would be helpful to have during our building process: clay, small sticks, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, yarn, small rocks, t.p. rolls, shoe boxes, or other craft items. Your child might bring home a list of specific items that they would like to bring in to build with as well. PLEASE do not go out and buy anything, we will use things that you already have around the house.

Don't forget to plan to be at our summative on December 8th. It is a walk through to see the projects the kids have created, so you can come through anytime between 2:00 and 3:30. Plan to take at least 15-20 minutes to see the work your student has done this quarter.

December 13th we will be having a Gingerbread Day where we will read gingerbread stories, complete gingerbread math and wrap up our day by making gingerbread houses. We would love to have you come join us for the gingerbread house building. A note will be coming home about what your student needs to bring that day to build a gingerbread house.

We wanted to clarify that in accordance to our school policy, the food for our feast on Wednesday must be store bought. Things like deli turkey, store bought cookies, already prepared mashed potatoes, etc. can be brought. We apologize for not making that clear from the start and if you need to change what you were planning on bringing, you can do that on the sign up link. Thanks you!

As the weather is getting cooler and kids are wearing jackets, please make sure that all sweaters and jackets your child wears are labeled with their names. Please remember that we have 90 students in and out of our classrooms so it is impossible for us to keep track of jackets and waterbottles for our students. If things are labeled, we can get them back to their owners quickly. If they are not labeled, they usually end up in lost and found.
Thank you for help with keeping kids belongings labeled!

Friendship Feast Sign-Up

We are having a Friendship Feast on November 23rd at 12:00. We will eat and then the kids will share their personal narrative writing with you! Families are invited to come join us to eat and to hear the kids' writing. Please sign up for a food item to bring. Thanks!

Johns' Homeroom: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/friendship75

Aguilar's Homeroom: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/friendship77

Sullivan's Homeroom:www.SignUpGenius.com/go/friendship78

Extra Homework This Week

Today we are sending home an additional homework item that is due next Monday with the checklist. We are sending home a circle map about Thanksgiving Traditions so the kids can fill it out with your help. In class, we will be writing personal narratives about our Thanksgiving traditions and since it will be written prior to Thanksgiving, the kids may need your help recalling what your family usually does at Thanksgiving time. Please help your child brainstorm on the circle map, and then they need to return it next Monday, November 14th.

Friendship Feast RSVP

Wednesday, November 23rd will be our Friendship Feast at noon in the 1/2 Cluster. Families are invited to come eat a traditional Thanksgiving lunch with us and then listen to their students' read their personal narratives about Thanksgiving. Please RSVP by Friday if you plan to attend. Then we will send out a potluck sign up next Monday once we know how many are planning to attend.

DATE: 11/23/2011 (Wed 12:00PM - 1:30PM)

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