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Peregrine Press

October 12-16

Schedule

Monday: Art

Tuesday: No Out and About

Wednesday: Art and PE

Thursday: Fort Clatsop Field Trip-Be here at 7:30 am!!!

Friday: Music, Fitness Friday

Thanks so much for coming to conferences! It was great to check in with everyone and see how supportive all of our FGCS families are!

Last Week

The short week really zoomed by. We worked on our Lewis and Clark Journals, continued our Word Work (spelling) and prepared for conferences. On Tuesday we headed out to B Street Permaculture Farm and helped them with some different jobs. Students helped rake out the soil to prep it for planting, some students weeded and others planted. It was great to see them all get their hands dirty and be smiling through the whole process. That farm is such an important part of our school that I feel truly lucky to be able to take my class there from time to time to see how they can steward a place. At the same time they can learn about how our food grows and how we can care for our environment first hand. Students also made portraits for their character in the Corps of Discovery. They used painted paper that they had made in Art class and they turned out beautifully! Our bulletin board is coming alive now.

This Week

We will spend the first part of the week compiling all the journal entries that they wrote for the Corps of Discovery Project. They will do some "aging" of the journal covers so they will look a little more authentic. Some students want cardboard to use to reinforce their journals but I just don't have enough to go around so if you have thin cereal box cardboard that could be used that would be great. It is not necessary, but I know some of the students will probably come home asking you for it, so I am telling you all that it is optional but it has to come from home. Students will also start practicing for a sort of speech that they will do either Wednesday or Friday depending on timing. Your child will know before hand what day they will do their speech so they are prepared. The speech will be about their character in the Corps and will also include reading at least one of their journal entries in front of the class.

Important Reminders

Tom Sawyer Performance at Theatre in the Grove: October 19^th,: Tickets cost $5 if you could please get that to me asap that would be great.

Outdoor School forms are due Friday the 16^th. The payment plan forms also need to be turned in. I have only gotten 2 of those back from students and I sent them home over a week ago.

No School October 30^th for a In-Service Day