Weekly Wrap-Up

Only three weeks left of school, so hard to believe!! We have been super busy this week, preparing for next week's walk and this Friday's assembly. The third grade Water Warriors presented to the entire school during our last spirit assembly of the year. We shared a Google presentation created by the students themselves, each class shared 4 water conservation tips, we encouraged students to donate $1 to our H2O for Life fund with our water droplet program, and we ended with a fun and catchy song.

On Wednesday, we enjoyed a visit with our kindergarten buddies. That is always a fun way to fill up an early release day. Our third graders helped the little ones write and illustrate books about spring.

In science, students are working in small groups to research and share a presentation about an ecosystem of their choice. We will have those presentations for you to view on Spotlight Night, although they may still be works in progress!

In math, we began studying elapsed time. Students learned two strategies to calculate elapsed time, drawing a timeline and making a T-chart. They do very well with this skill, when they take the time to use the strategies!

As most of you know, this week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and let me tell you...I feel APPRECIATED for sure!! I was spoiled this week with candy, gift cards, and sweet cards. Those notes just made my day, every day this week. Our room mom, Mrs. Deatherage, made the most adorable banner which is now hanging outside our classroom windows, please be sure to check it out on Spotlight Night. It has a picture of each student holding a chalkboard on which they completed the sentence, "We appreciate Mrs. Lipe because she...." This was such a special gift that I will keep always!!

And last, but certainly not least, we spent a lot of time creating some special gifts for the mothers in our lives in honor of Mother's Day this Sunday. Each of you moms have a special surprise coming your way on Sunday. In fact, my guess is that by the time many of you read this, you will already have your gift in hand...I don't know if they can wait until Sunday.

Next week is another busy one! Our class will preview the Book Fair on Monday morning for students to make their wish lists. If you wish to purchase books for your child, you can send money on Wednesday or Thursday for them to shop. Tuesday May 13 is our Walk for Water field trip. Remember to send a sack lunch unless you ordered one from the cafeteria. Please put sunscreen on your child and send a filled water bottle. I will be out for training on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and Mrs. Satori will be our fabulous substitute! She is a regular on this campus, the kids know her, and they will be in great hands! It will be business as usual even when I am gone. I will of course come up Thursday evening for Spotlight Night. I  hope you can all join us from 6pm-7:30pm on Thursday May 15. We will have student work on display, including lots of Water Warrior work. I will also have conference forms available for each student, so that you can get a good feel for where your child stands academically as we finish out this school year. If you wish to schedule a one-on-one conference, please just email me.