Thursday, January 21, 2016
Congratulations to our Battle of the
Books participants Adriana, Brianna, and Marcus! They represented Room 177 with
grace and courtesy Tuesday morning. The students all worked hard for several
months reading the books on the list, memorizing the authors and book titles,
and practicing sample questions. Brianna was part of a team that will go on to
the District Battle at West High School representing Denali Montessori next
week! We are proud of all our battlers.
We will be
going to the Performing Arts Center on Monday, February 1 to see Alaska Junior
Theater’s production of “Alice in Wonderland”. We will leave the school at 9:30
and return about noon. This should be a fun musical performance. I had sent
home permission slips in last week’s folder. They are due tomorrow. Our school
has to make payment on all the Junior Theater programs over a month in advance.
We need payments as soon as possible so our field trip funds for the school
don’t run dry. Thank you.
Our next
scheduled field trips are Friday, February 12, Friday, February 26 and the
Monday after Spring Break on March 21. We will be taking a bus to West High on
Friday, February 12 to see West High’s musical production of “The Little
Mermaid” We will leave the school at about 9:20 and return at about noon. On
Friday, February 26 we will walk to the Alaska Public Lands Information Office
on 4th Avenue and do a scavenger hunt and watch a film on Alaska
animals. Afterward we will watch the start of the Fur Rondy Sled Dog Championship
race on 4th Avenue. We will leave at about 9:30 and return at about
12:30. On Monday, March 21 we will be walking to the Performing Arts Center to
see Junior Theater’s “Dino –Light: A Glow-In-The-Dark Adventure”. We will leave
the school at about 11:15 and should return by about 1:30. I will send
permission slips home as these trips approach.
Conferences
are scheduled for Wednesday, February 17 and Thursday, February 18. I will also
offer conferences the week before on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
mornings of that week from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. The conference scheduler will
be available for you to schedule conferences on Zangle beginning on Wednesday,
February 3. If you are going on vacation and would like to schedule your
conference before you leave, send me an email of the time you would like to
meet and I can put it into the system before February 3. I love conference time
and talking about your children and all the wonderful things they are doing.
This week
the students have been studying measurement in math, learning about Martin
Luther King, Jr., prefixes, practicing math facts, reading, writing friendly
letters, learning about interjections (Yippee!), journaling, geometry, reading
comprehension and activities, researching for biography reports and more. It
has been a busy and wonderful week!
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
