Things to Know on Our Last Week Before Christmas Break!{Polar Express Party/Singing Performance/No Spelling}

There are many things happening this last week  before Christmas break and I wanted to make sure you were aware of all of them.

 

Ms. Staley's Annual Polar Express Party!!!
Coming THIS Tuesday, December 17th!

 We are all so excited for this fun day. It is the best party of the year! Here are some tips to help make the day run smoothly.

• Your child can wear pajamas or a robe, but make sure they are appropriate for the weather. They can be worn over regular clothing if they wish.
• The children can bring slippers to change into once they get to class and the party starts. Make sure they have good shoes to wear coming to school and going home at the end of the day.
• If your child wants to bring a pillow and a blanket, please put it in a large garbage bag with their name on it. They can also bring a stuffed animal friend but it needs to be small enough to fit in their backpack or the garbage bag. They can also bring treats to eat while watching the movie and snuggling with their animal in the afternoon.
• Please make sure your child brings a small gift, $5.00 and under, for the gift exchange. It's best if you can send something that would work for either a girl or a boy. 

 This Wednesday, December 18th, is Eastlake's Christmas Performance for the Parents. We have learned a fun trio of songs for you. 2nd grade will be performing around 2:30 p.m. The gym is very crowded for this as all of the grades will be performing. If you want to listen to all of the grades it will start at 1:45: 

Times are as follows: 5th grade @ 1:45; 4th grade @ 2:00; 6th grade @ 2:15; 2nd grade @ 2:30; Kindergarten @ 2:45; 3rd grade @ 3:00; 1st grade @ 3:15.   

 Guess what? My Christmas Gift to you is that:

• There is NO December Book Report
• There will be NO spelling or Fluency this last week of school!! Yay for all of us!

I hope all of your families have a wonderful 2-week Christmas break. I am so looking forward to spending time with my mom and kids. We love to watch Christmas movies and play games. I hope you have fun doing the family things you enjoy. School will start back up on January 6th!

Important Blog Post about Turkey Trot, Math 36 Club, Christmas Book Orders & Other Things! :)

Sorry, this first blog post is so late coming. I can't believe how busy this year has been so far. There is a lot of information that I wanted to relay to you.

1.Turkey Trot 

The annual 2nd grade Turkey trot will be next Tuesday, November 26th at 3:15 p.m. BTW, next Tuesday will be a full day of school before Thanksgiving Break. We will be trotting through the hallways in our Turkey Hats with our little turkeys' Gobbling! You can watch our parade from any of the hallways but more space will be available in the school entryway.

2. Math 36 Club

I hope that all of my students are excited to get practicing their math facts and joining the Math 36 club. If your child practices every night for 5 or 10 minutes this will help them so much! We have parents now coming that will be testing the students weekly. 

3. No Poke'mon Cards

 

I wanted to make sure that you knew that the students may not bring Poke'mon cards to schools. There have been many problems with fighting amongst students and cards being stolen, so the rule is to not bring them to school at all. Please help us with this by making sure your child is not bringing their cards to school.

4.Polar Express Party: Looking Ahead

The BEST party of the year is coming up in December!!

The Polar Express party will be on Tuesday, Dec. 17th, 2019. I know the kids are getting very excited and more information will be coming home soon. Laura Alvord is the mom that will be in charge of this party. She will have the sheet that many of you signed up on in August to help with the party. If you don't remember if you signed up or didn't get a chance to sign up, please email Laura here

@alvord.laura@gmail.com.

5.Scholastic Book Orders

The book order forms for Scholastic came home today in your child's Take Home Folder. This is the BIGGEST book order of the year. Just as I said in the note attached to the forms, if you want to order books for Christmas for your child, PLEASE let me know ahead of time whether you send the order to school or order them online. I will secretly keep the books in my closet until you want to come and pick them up. Every year parents take advantage of this sweet deal that I love getting to help you with.

6.Weather

Whether we like it or not, Winter is heading our way. This week starting on Wednesday, the weather will be getting chilly again. Please make sure that your child comes to school with a warm coat, hat, and mittens. If the temperature permits we really like to let the students go outside at recess time but I want to see them dressed appropriately. I hate to see kids coming in so cold after recess. Thanks for your help with this!

That's all for now! Sorry, this was so long and I hope to be able to keep up with this for the rest of the year. Most nights I spend correcting and entering grades in several places(Mastery Connect and Skyward etc.) I'd much rather be making these fun blog posts. Thanks for your support and for working with me to help your child succeed this year! Remember that you can always reach me at sheila.staley@jordandistrict.org