Classroom Updates

Wow! Time has just been flying by her at school and in the Perrien household! I apologize for not posting news sooner but there are days when I can hardly catch my breath! Here is what's going on in the upper elementary Montessori classroom at Waukazoo.

Tomorrow begins Spirit Week at Waukazoo. This week of fun and activities is eagerly anticipated each year at school! The list of activities includes:

Monday: Hat Day, the lunchtime activity will be a "Super Shorts Race." Students participating in the race include Sierra, Anna, Cara, Elaine, Max, David, Evan, and Jamesohn.

Tuesday: Pajama Day, the lunchtime activity will be a Tug O' War! Students tugging in the jammies include Emily, Emeline, Juliette, Sierra, and Genevieve. Also tugging are David, Aaron, Max, Tyler, and Jamesohn.

Wednesday: Team Spirit Day. Dress in support of your favorite team—could be college, high school, professional…whatever is your favorite! Our lunchtime activity will be a Big Wheel Race. Students racing for our class include Kevin, Logan, Elaine, and Evan!

Thursday: Crazy Day! How wild and crazy can we for the day? The lunchtime activity will be the Pudding Plunge! Students digging into bowls of pudding include Aaron, Genevieve, Anna and Cara. (See below about Physical Wellness class.)

Friday: Black and White Day! Dress in support of West Ottawa! There will be an assembly on the Waukazoo hill as we wind down Spirit Week and prepare for the evening's Fun Run.

**Volunteers are always needed outside during Spirit Week to help Mr. de manage the activities. Please stop in between 11:45 – 1 p.m. and help if possible. Thanks!

The Fun Run is Friday Night! Activities will begin at 6 p.m., although the Tailgate in the parking lot will begin around 5 p.m. Let's have 100% Fun Run participation from our class! Thanks for everything your family did to make our fundraiser successful!

Our students will be participating in the Mile Run in Physical Wellness class on Thursday. Let's make sure that we don't dress so crazy that we aren't able to run to the best of our ability!

Weekly workplans will continue to normalize this week and next week. We will be adding language (this week) and spelling (next week) to the workplan. Please make sure to look over the weekly reflection when it comes home on Monday night and let me know if you have questions about the workplan or something you've seen on the reflection.

Our soap carvings are almost finished. We will (tentatively) be displaying these in the display case near the school office! These carvings go along with the book we've been reading for teacher-read. We are currently reading The Door in the Wall, a Newbery award-winning novel by Marguerite de Angeli. We are also learning about castle and knight vocabulary as we read this book!

Please look for parent-teacher conference appointment slips to come home this week. Make sure that you do return the confirmation slip to let me know that your time is okay.    

Please check back this week for more classroom updates about student council and about MEAP testing dates. Also be sure to check out our classroom photo site for pictures of Spirit Week and the lunchtime activities. I will try to upload photos daily!