Thursday, November 19, 2015

Gavin's Teacher of the Day Experience!

Sarah's Mom reads during our Read-In.

Getting comfortable with a good book!

Reading fun!

Gavin shares his fossils, rocks and other treasures.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Dear Parents,

            Tonight, Thursday, November 19 is Denali’s Literature Night! Please join us from 6:30-8:00. There will be games, art, food, and more in this great community event!

Please help us with our Denali Montessori Food Drive. We are collecting all the pieces to make great holiday meals for our Denali families in need. Each class is contributing a specific item and ours is a can of corn. If you could bring in a can of corn for those in need, it would be much appreciated!

Our class is going to have a Thanksgiving potluck on Wednesday, November 25 from 12:30-1:30 with Mr. Harjehausen’s class. Students will be making placemats, cooking, and preparing for our guests. In addition to the items we make, students may bring an item to share. So we don’t have 24 Jell-O molds, we will have first graders bring fruit or a salad or a Jell-O mold, second graders a dessert, and third graders a main dish item. Parents are welcome to join us for the feast. This should be a fun event to get to know our neighbors and celebrate our blessings.

Our next scheduled field trip is Thursday, December 3. We will walk to the Performing Arts Center to see Junior Theater’s production of “Madeline and the Bad Hat”. We will leave school at about 9:30 and return at about 11:45. On Friday, December 4 we will be walking to the Captain Cook Hotel to see the gingerbread village created by master chef, Mr. Hickel. He will talk to us and answer questions about how he created the village. Afterwards, we will walk to the museum, eat lunch and explore any areas we wish. We will walk to the hotel at about 10:30 and return about 2:30.  On Tuesday, December 8 we will be driving to West High Pool for an end of the semester swimming celebration! We will leave school at about 1:30 and return by 3:30. Permission slips are in today’s folder.

It has been a fabulous week with the students working on biome research, spelling, science experiments, math operations and facts, adverbs, writing, compound words, capitalization, reading, geometry, penmanship, vocabulary, fractions, and more.

There is no homework for next week. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday with health and happiness!

The cupboards are bare in Room 177. If you could help replenish the snack cupboard, the students that have hot lunch or forget their snack would really appreciate it. Thank you!

            If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note.

Sincerely,

Craig Moyer

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Dear Parents,

            It is with a sad heart, but well wishes that we are saying goodbye to second grader, Gavin, and his wonderful family next week. We will have a Farewell and Good Luck Ceremony next Thursday. I also asked Gavin what would be one thing he would like to do before he left and he immediately said, “A Read-In!” So, next Tuesday, November 17 we will have a class Read-In. We will start the day with waffles and juice. Students may bring their favorite books, a pillow, and a stuffed animal. The students will read, be read to, and participate in other reading activities. If you would like to bring in your favorite picture book and read it to the class, please let me know. There are no specialists that day, so morning or afternoon times are available to share your book with the class. This should be a fun way to celebrate all we have gained by having Gavin as part of our Room 177 family!      

            Please help us with our Denali Montessori Food Drive. We are collecting all the pieces to make great holiday meals for our Denali families in need. Each class is contributing a specific item and ours is a can of corn. If you could bring in a can of corn for those in need, it would be much appreciated!

Thursday, November 19 is Denali’s Literature Night! Please join us from 6:30-8:30. There will be games, art, food, and more in this great community event!

Our class is going to have a Thanksgiving potluck on Wednesday, November 25 from 12:05-1:30 with Mr. Harjehausen’s class. Students will be making placemats, cooking, and preparing for our guests. In addition to the items we make, students may bring an item to share. So we don’t have 24 Jell-O molds, we will have first graders bring fruit or a salad or a Jell-O mold, second graders a dessert, and third graders a main dish item. Parents are welcome to join us for the feast. This should be a fun event to get to know our neighbors and celebrate our blessings.

Our next scheduled field trip is Thursday, December 3. We will walk to the Performing Arts Center to see Junior Theater’s production of “Madeline and the Bad Hat”. We will leave school at about 9:30 and return at about 11:45. On Friday, December 4 we will be walking to the Captain Cook Hotel to see the gingerbread village created by master chef, Mr. Hickel. He will talk to us and answer questions about how he created the village. I have scheduled a visit to the museum to follow, but have not heard back as of yet from the museum. We would walk to the hotel at about 10:20 and return about 1:45 if we get into the museum. On Tuesday, December 8 we will be driving to West High Pool for an end of the semester swimming celebration! We will leave school at about 1:30 and return by 3:30. I will send out all the permission slips in next week’s folder.

It has been a very productive week with the students working on biome research, spelling, math operations and facts, adverbs, writing, compound words, capitalization, reading, geometry, penmanship, vocabulary, fractions, and more.

            If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note.

Sincerely,

Craig Moyer

Thursday, November 5d, 2015

Dear Parents,

         Last Friday, October 30 we had another wonderful time, as Brianna and Samantha were our “Teachers of the Day”. The teachers did a super job giving spelling tests, doing pumpkin work, teaching us about the Steller sea cow, and more. It was a very peaceful and informative day!

         Thursday, November 19 is Denali’s Literature Night! Please join us from 6:30-8:30. There will be games, art, food, and more in this great community event!

Our next scheduled field trip is Thursday, December 3. We will walk to the Performing Arts Center to see Junior Theater’s production of “Madeline and the Bad Hat”. We will leave school at about 9:30 and return at about 11:45. I will send home a permission slip as this trip draws closer.

Winter has finally arrived in Anchorage and with it comes all the winter gear. Please remember to label your child’s boots, hats, gloves, snow pants, and other gear. It will make it a lot easier to sort out whose is whose. If you haven’t had time to get your child’s snow gear, please get it soon. We want your children to enjoy outdoor recess as comfortably as possible. If some of you have gently used gloves, hats, boots, coats, or snow pants that you don’t want any more, please consider donating them to nurse Pattie. We have several families in need of snow gear for their kids.

The students have had a great week working on synonyms, vocabulary, geometry, spelling, math operations, adverbs, creative writing, reading, writing letters, science experiments, informative writing, and more. This class is really impressive in their work habits, how they work with each other, and their love for learning. I am having a great time working with your kids. Thank you for all your hard work you do at home with them.

         If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note.

Sincerely,

Craig Moyer

Good morning!

The teachers take the attendance and lunch count.

The word is.....

Spelling test with the teacher.

Pumpkin drawing!

Watch out!