Thursday, January 8, 2015
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had
a healthy and happy holiday season. The students seem eager to be back and are
resuming their working routines. I’m looking forward to a great second
semester.
I have sent
second quarter report cards home in today’s folder. Please take a few moments
to talk with your child to celebrate his or her accomplishments and discuss
some areas he or she needs to improve. Teaching your children how to set goals
is an important tool and gift that you can give them.
We will be
going to the Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, January 13 to see National
Geographic Live! Chaperones, please meet in Room 177 by 9:30. We will leave the
school at 9:45 and return about noon. This should be a great opportunity to
learn about the Mars rover from a NASA engineer! I sent home permission slips
on Monday and have received most of them already. Thanks.
As you
probably already noticed, I also sent home the first homework of 2015 on
Monday. I know this is not our usual time frame, but I wanted the students to
get back into the swing of things. This homework will be tested this Friday. I
have sent nest week’s homework in today’s folder. If your child couldn’t finish
the homework by Friday, please send it in when it is finished.
Thursday, January 15th is the
Denali Spelling Bee. It is open to all students in 3rd-6th
grades. It will be held in the multipurpose room at 9:15. Good luck to all our
3rd grade participants!
This week
the students have been studying fractions, using quotation marks in their
writing, practicing math facts, reading, writing friendly letters, journaling,
learning about the law of inertia and practicing parlor tricks, using problem
solving techniques in math, and more.
Before the
break, we had a great experience creating a radio play with the expertise of
Mrs. Sheehy, Gavin’s Mom. The students went through the entire writing process
in order to make the story. Then Mrs. Sheehy brought in her equipment to record
each student read his or her part. She also had the students create wonderful
sound effects to make the radio play a joy to listen to. Mrs. Sheehy gave each
student a CD copy of the radio play, which I hope you have received and have
enjoyed. If not, I am posting a copy of the radio play on this site. Thank you
Mrs. Sheehy for your time and expertise! The students and I had a great time
making the play.
If you have
any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org of call or
write me a note.
Sincerely,
Craig Moyer
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