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Peregrine Press

March 30-April 3

    

Schedule

Monday: Running Club

Tuesday: Teambuilding In and About

Wednesday: Buddy Reading at ELC; PE at Pacific

Thursday: Art

 

Welcome back to school!  I hope that everyone had a great Spring Break whether it was restful and relaxing or adventurous and fun.

 

The week before we left for spring break was a bit odd to say the least.  It started out with me catching some awful stomach flu that kept me home on Monday.  I was back for Tuesday and Wednesday, but then was gone again on Thursday and Friday because I had a trip planned to Hawaii to visit my fiancé.  With all that craziness though, the students managed quite well and I got good reports from the subs for the days I was absent.

 

**We are heading in to our last 10 weeks of school and we have a lot to cover.  The first thing I need to announce is that Student Led Conferences are coming up in two weeks.  They will be April 9^th and 10^th and I will send out an email early next week with more information about signing up to attend.  We will not have regular school on those days.

 

**State testing will also begin mid-April and continue through mid-May.  As we get closer to the specific schedule, I will let you know what to expect and how you can help prepare your kids.

 

***Becky Tengs, our Student Teacher will be starting her full time placement with us on April 6^th.  She is going to do an excellent job and the students are excited to have her join us for the rest of the year.

 

This week we will continue working on Independent Projects.  The focus for the projects will be to complete the final drafts, finish the visual product they are making and start practicing their speech.  Several students did not turn in rough drafts on Friday before Spring Break, which was a very clearly stated requirement.  That is disappointing and as a result those students will be having homework to be sure they finish their project in time.  Speeches will start Monday April 6^th and will end April 14^th.

 

We will also try and wrap up Literacy Circles this week.  I know a few groups have finished reading their books, but there are still activities that need to be completed.  Be prepared to see these books coming home as homework for some kids.  Each group has had the choice of assigning homework previously, but it looks like I might need to require a few groups to have homework this week to get caught up with the rest of the class.

 

Our In and About on Tuesday will be some teambuilding that will incorporate some preparation for speeches for the Independent Projects, observation skills and drama.