Fall Festival is Coming Tomorrow after School!

Tomorrow is Eastlake's Fall Festival. I encourage you to come and support the PTA in this fundraiser for the school. You can buy tickets when you get to the school. All of the fun will start at 4:30. I will be there for the first hour volunteering at the wristband pick-up area so come and say, "Hi". If you've never been to the Fall Festival, you must come and join in on the fun. There will be a lot of games, good food and you can bid on some wonderful items at the Silent Auction. 

I'm finally done with the Guided Reading testing and have all of the reading levels for all of the children to start the new year. This means that finally we can get the take Home reading Program going for the class. The books will be sent home in gallon size baggies with your child's name on it and a sheet with the books your child may be bringing home on their GR level. Please make sure to initial next to the book your child's reads or a new book will not be sent home. Also, please try to keep the book in the baggie. It's easier to transfer the book from homework folders, to the reading crate for the parent volunteers, switch books upstairs and then new books back into baggies and then homework folders. I've found that books won't become lost if you follow this system. Be on the lookout for these books probably next week. Thanks!

 Book Reports: The Whale Book Report: Your child needs to write 2-3 lines about whatever book they have read this week. They may also color a picture to go with the report.

****Please make sure that your child's name is on ALL of their homework before sending it back to school. It's hard to try and figure out who the papers belong to when several are sent in with no name. Some times the children can't even identify their own homework, so if you wouldn't mind checking to make sure their name is on all of the pages this would make all of us very happy! :) .

Thanks everyone for the continued donations that have come in to school. We are always still in need of donations for our class store. We will be holding store next week and the children are very excited. They have been trying hard to earn Dragon Bucks in the classroom. Dollar Store items, individually wrapped purchased snacks, or gently used items from home are the things we are looking for to "sell' at the store.

Remember that the best way to get in touch with me is through my district e-mail at sheila.staley@jordandistrict.org