Settling into November

I can not believe this is the last week of October and we are going to be welcoming in November!  Wow...the time has definitely gotten the better of me lately and with so many different things happening in the weeks to come I wanted to fill you in with some of the details! 

On Friday, November 5th, we will be having our Harvest Party Extravaganza!  This will be a time for all the 1st graders to have a little fun on a Friday afternoon!!  Our party will start promptly at 1:50pm and end at 2:50pm.  I will be looking for some volunteers to help us out so our party runs smoothly.  Let me know if you would be interested but remember you MUST have a criminal background check on file with the district in order to volunteer in our classroom and as easy as it may be to bring younger brothers/sisters to our party, it would be greatly appreciated if they do not participate at this time.  It's a pretty crazy and fun afternoon and we would want not any little brothers/sisters to get lost in the fun while moms and dads are busy running games. 

There will also be a sign-up sheet for anyone interested in donating some supplies to our cause.  If you want to sign-up for something and can't make it in to sign-up, just send me an email or write me a note and tell me what you would like to donate.  We are looking for:

• Libby's Pumpkin mix
• vanilla pudding
• milk
• spoons
• graham crackers
• plastic cups
• whipped cream (Lots!! yummy!!)
• prizes (these can be small trinkets for games...think small carnival games)
• candy (more prizes for the games)
• Volunteers to run the games...see me if you would like to do that :)

This week we will start working on all of our assessments and that means that November also brings us to grading day and conferences.  There is no school on grading day, which is November 12th and there will be no school the week of Thanksgiving.  We will still have conferences on Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving Break, but we will be cutting back our times for conferences this year.  Usually teachers have conferences from 8am-8pm on both Monday and Tuesday, but this year we are only meeting for conferences from 8am-8pm on Monday and 8am-12pm on Tuesday.  With limited time this year, please make sure your time works for you and if it doesn't, please let me know as soon as possible because spaces will be going fast.  There will be more information about this coming home soon in Friday Folders.

Lastly, remember that November 10th is picture re-take day and if you think you may want retakes have your student dress accordingly on that day.  There may be more information about that too...keep an eye out!! Also, this Friday, October 29th, is our dress-up as your favorite character from a book Day!!  This is to welcome our author, Larry Dane Brimner, to our school. 

Please remember:

• no masks or weapons
• face painting needs to be done at home before school starts
• you NEED to have the book at school with you so we know who you are

I hope everyone had a great weekend and no one is floating out to sea with all our rain!!  Stay dry and see you on Monday for our last week in October :) 

Mrs. Berry