Since the last newsletter, we have enjoyed a lot of events and activities! We participated in the first Primary School Assembly honoring Martin Luther King Jr. At the assembly, we sang songs and each first and second grade class, along with teachers, recited parts of the picture book, This Is the Dream, by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander. It was really lovely. We also celebrated the arrival of the whooping cranes in Florida with a Whooping Crane Dance Party, a delicious cake, grapes and blue crab juice - a whooping crane favorite! Thanks to the Room Parents for helping make this special event possible. See the Gallery for more whooping crane photos. Miss Cindy taught us about the seasonal differences between Sydney, Australia and Chicago; and how the earth tilts on its axis. We learned some fun riddles and also enjoyed a wonderful before school performance of "Duets." Congratulations to our two classmates who performed! FAMILY MESSAGE JOURNALS Family Message Journals were sent home on Friday. Please respond to your child's letter and return the journal early this week. We will write again on Friday. Thank you. MLK Jr. SERVICE PROJECT The first and second grade students are doing a COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT in honor of MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY. Every child in the Primary School at Earl Shapiro Hall is asked to bring in a specific school supply. Our class has been assigned to bring in: 2-3 spiral notebooks (with 50-100 pages) The deadline has been extended and we will accept donations until Tuesday, January 27th. We will create school supply bags for 100 1st and 2nd graders at John M. Smyth School. Along with your school supply, you are asked to send in a hat and a pair of mittens or gloves. These will be included in the bags with the school supplies. The bags will be delivered to the school before the end of January. Thanks for your participation! PARENT CONFERENCES Please remember to sign-up for a Parent-Teacher Conference in February. The sign-up link is available on the FOR PARENTS page of this website and was also emailed to you. We look forward to talking to you about your child's progress. Progress Reports will be available to you on Monday, February 23rd. BIOGRAPHY STUDY For the last two weeks, we have been exploring biographies. Last week, we learned about Helen Keller and her teacher in the book Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson and Raul Colon. Ask your favorite second grader what interesting facts he/she learned about Helen. We watched a video of Helen and Annie from the 1930s, learned how to say good morning in sign language and practiced spelling our first names with the sign language alphabet. The children also noticed all the braille around our school, located on various signs throughout the building. Have a great week! |
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