Rotary Reader

Last Friday, Lauren's dad, a member of the local Rotary Club, came to read to our class.

 

He shared an inspirational story of famous athlete, Cam Newton, and his perseverance, hard-work, and great attitude.  We're so glad you came.

Good Eats

A few delicious events coming up....

 

Stone Soup - Friday, January 9

As you know, one of our reading stories this week is The Real Story of Stone Soup.  We will also be reading different versions of this folktale.  This is a folktale of three travelers who come upon a village.  In order to build community and to teach the lesson that sharing can bring happiness, the travelers begin to make a stone soup in which the whole community contributes ingredients.  As a follow-up activity and keeping in sync with the theme of the story, our class will be making our own version of stone soup on Friday, January 9.  In order to do so, each child should bring one ingredient (see the paper sent home today, or just bring something to share) to contribute to our soup.  If this will indeed be a hardship for you, please do not feel obligated.  Your child may bring their ingredient in anytime between now and Friday.

 

 

Thursday, January 19, 2015 - 9 AM - PCES Cafeteria

Speaker:  Mayor Eddie Lowe

"Fatherhood is a Commitment:  Be There"

Spring Fling

We are planning to kick off spring with our 3rd annual Spring Fling on Friday, March 28th.  Students will have an afternoon of fun and excitement. This will include several blow-ups and obstacle courses for the children to enjoy. This year, we are going to separate grade levels to optimize our play time. The times are as follows:

·         Kindergarten-2nd grade students will be on the track from 10:30-12:30.

·         3rd-5th grade students will be on the track from 1:00-3:00.

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Wrist bands cost $5.00, and will go on sale Monday, March 24th. You must have a wrist band to participate in the Spring Fling. Students will give their money to their classroom teacher.  In addition, we will sell food tickets for $0.50. Food items that will be available are as follows:

*pickles .50                 *drinks .50                  *cotton candy $1.00               *pizza $1.00

Introducing...

So many of you have been so kind to check on me after the delivery of my son.  I couldn't resist showing off a few pictures of my new little man.

Introducing...

Landon

He is healthy and perfect!  We are resting (when we can) and enjoying being a family of four.  Big brother, Eli, is especially proud!

Thank you again for your kind messages, thoughts, and prayers for our family!  And, of course, I am missing my 19 friends at school!

Christmas Dinner

Christmas dinner was served for lunch yesterday.  A big thank you to all those parents who came to eat with us; I know how much your kids love getting to see you during the day!

A special thanks to our cafeteria staff for a delicious meal.

Merry Christmas!

Parenting Day

A big THANK YOU to the parents who came yesterday for Parenting Day.  I know the kids loved having you in our room for part of the day.

We made Scarecrow Crunch.  This was a real-life examples of fractions and following a recipe.  This was also a good introduction to our study of measurement and capacity that we will be beginning in Math on Monday.

Scarecrow Crunch

2 cups Chex cereal

1 1/2 cups tiny twist pretzels

1/2 bag pumpkin candy

3/4 cup peanut butter chips

1 box caramel popcorn

1 1/2 cups chocolate Teddy Grahams

*In a large bowl, combine all ingredients well.