BOOK FAIR
The Upper Montessori class will be visiting the Scholastic Book Fair to PREVIEW only on March 7. They will return to PURCHASE on March 11. During preview times the students will not be allowed to write down any of the myriad of items that are "junk" items--including overpriced pens, bookmarks, gadgets, any more. They may record books that they are interested in discussing with you. (Just for your information...the gadgets, pens, and other "stuff" really are overpriced.)
The book fair is scheduled to be open during parent/teacher conferences, which will allow you to visit with your child.
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
The Montessori of Learning is scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. On this day students will simply stay at school at the end of the school day to begin their preparations. Please plan to arrive at 4 p.m. that day to visit and explore their hard work! I have two requests for that day: 1) your child might need Revolutionary Era costume pieces. Please be on the lookout for prairie-style dresses, boys blue, red, or black blazers, plain white shirts. Even if your child doesn't need these things, someone else in the classroom might. If you find something like this please send it in to school with your name pinned inside. NO ONE has a topic yet, but all students will soon. All items on loan will be returned to you later that week! My second request is that you plan to arrive at 4 p.m. Coming in early will mean that students will not be ready for you.
CONFERENCES
Parent-Teacher conferences have a new scheduling system this year. You should have received either a paper note from Mrs. Taylor detailing how to sign up and select your parent-teacher conference or an email from Mrs. Westhouse, the Waukazoo secretary. Pick-a-time is the system I use in Jenison to schedule my own children's parent-teacher conferences. I love it! I am able to schedule the time that works best for me, and receive an email copy of my schedule as well as reminder emails. It is VERY easy to set up your own account and schedule. The first time I did it this fall, it took me less than 10 minutes. Finally, please remember that your child should be included in this March conference!
TALL TALES WRITING ASSIGNMENT
We have been so busy writing opinion essays and learning about Jamestown and early America that I am embarrassed to say I did not give students their tall tales rubric. It can be accessed here. That being said, I will extend the deadline to March 4 to accommodate students who need to more time to complete this writing assignment. Parents, PLEASE print the rubric for your child if possible. Thanks so much!
Enjoy this rest of your winter break!
--Mrs. Perrien
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