Thursday, February 11, 2016

Thursday, February 11, 2016

            Tomorrow is our trip to West High.  We will be taking a bus to see West High’s musical production of “The Little Mermaid” We will leave the school at about 9:20 and return at about 12:30. Chaperones please meet in Room 177 by 9:10. This should be an entertaining event.

Our next scheduled field trips are Friday, February 26, Thursday, March 10 and the Monday after Spring Break on March 21. On Friday, February 26 we will walk to the Alaska Public Lands Information Office on 4^th 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 4^th Avenue. We will leave at about 9:30 and return at about 12:30. Thursday, March 10 we will walk to the Anchorage Museum to see the new exhibit “Near the Bear”, watch the planetarium show “River of Bears”, eat lunch; explore art exhibits, the Discovery Center and the Spark Lab. We will leave at 9:45 and return at about 2:30. 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. The conference scheduler is available for you to schedule conferences right now. Follow this link …https://share.asdk12.org/support/conference-scheduler/SitePages/Home.aspx and it will take you to the scheduling page. When it gives you the options for grade level, choose mixed and my name should appear in the choices. If you have any troubles, please email me and I can enter a time for you. If you can’t find a time that fits your schedule, please let me know and we can arrange an alternate time. I love conference time and talking about your children and all the wonderful things they are doing.

Tomorrow we will have a valentine exchange and snack in the afternoon. If your child wishes to participate in the exchange, he/she must bring a valentine for each student. I have provided a list of Room 177 names on the back of the newsletter.

            This week the students have been working on learning about the continent of Australia. We have also been studying prefixes, spelling, penmanship, reading graphs in math, counting and doing money word problems, practicing math facts, reading, writing friendly letters, prepositions, journaling, geometry, reading comprehension and activities and more. It has been a busy and wonderful week!

            Nest Tuesday, February 16 we will have a Read-In in honor of first grader Matt. He is moving this month and has requested a Read-In before he leaves us. Students may wear pajamas; bring favorite books, pillow, blanket, and stuffed animals to enjoy at the Read-In. I will be serving waffles and juice that morning as well. We will miss Matt and will have a “Good-bye and Good Luck” ceremony before he leaves as well.

            The students are very upset, but there will be no homework next week due to the abbreviated holiday, conference, in-service schedule next week. Remember that Monday is Presidents’ Day and there is no school. Wednesday and Thursday students will be released at 12:30 for conferences. Finally there is no school on Friday. We are having a Montessori conference that day.

            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

Valentine Class List Room 177

Ajae

Annaliza (Annali)

Cora

Julia

Lucas

Matt

Sage

Victoria

Annie

Finn

I’aulualo (I’a)

Kendall

Ketch

Riley

Robert

Adriana

Brianna

Jamie

Marcus

Michael

Samantha

Sarah

Svea

Paxson

Mrs. R

Mr. Moyer