Dear Parents,

Happy Wednesday! Hopefully you received my Fast Direct message this morning…! We are ON for the field trip next Thursday (the 22^nd) to the Chippewa Nature Center.  We will be attending the program that talks about maple syrup, maple trees, and we will even get to practice tapping a tree for the sap!  We will be leaving around 12:00 (noon) and the program is about an hour and a half.  The cost is $2.75.  Please return the permission slip and money in a marked envelope by this Friday (and please indicate if you can drive and how many you can take).  Thank you! If you aren’t able to drive, I totally understand, especially since this is SO last minute…but don’t forget to send in your firstie’s car seat so that they can be driven to and from the Chippewa Nature Center, LEGALLY. 

Did you get the Reading Record on Monday?  Something that the whole school is going to do for National Reading Month is keep track of how many minutes are read each night.  The goal for first grade is still the same; 20 minutes, 5 times a week.  Please have your firstie color the amount of minutes that they color each night and it will NEED to be turned in each week on Monday morning (no exceptions).  Each student will then get a new Reading Record for the next week. We will do this for the three remaining weeks that we have in March. Our goal for the whole school is to read 55, 550 minutes….!  WOW!  That’s a lot!  But I think that we can do it!  If we meet the goal, Mrs. Klauer will be donning a costume, two separate days.  I know what the costumes are and it should be entertaining….she is such a good sport!  

We are continuing with our Secret Readers….thank you to those who have been able to do this!  We are enjoying the books that you are sharing with us. 

Mrs. Shepherd read us one of her favorites from when she was little "Tikki Tikki Tembo"

Our “pirate patches” have been fun!  I’ve been having them speak in a “pirate” voice, so don’t be surprised if they do it at home too!  (ARGGGGGG!)

We will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Friday with a few Irish treats that I am going to bring in.  If your firstie wants to bring in something to share with the rest of the class, that would be great!  They can also wear green and/or Irish gear.  

Below are a few more pictures from last week's Lutheran School's week...

We represented Ireland, well! 

Josh helped design and make our torch!

 

Blessings on your evening!

Miss Gallagher