Minto-Brown Fieldtrip is official!

We are on our way to Minto-Brown Park on Tuesday, May 24th!  This is a great fieldtrip that culminates our Pond unit of study for Science.  It will be great to see all the information that we have been learning.
We have learned that there are 3 layers in the pond...the muddy bottom, the open water, and the surface.  The muddy bottom has lots of plants that have roots in it and the open water is where lots of our pond animals live their lives.  On the surface are lots of plants AND animals that we see all the time.

For our CCD (cognitive content dictionary-our place for organizing new scientific words) we have have added habitat, living and non-living, and organism.  We know that a habitat is where plants and animals live and grow and we now know that an organism is anything that is living.
We currently in the midst of learning about different pond animals that make the pond their home or habitat.  Soon we will be working on an animal report where we will be choosing our favorite animal and writing all about it.
So make sure you have your permission slip turned in because this is a great fieldtrip!!  I am still missing quite a few and hopefully we will see the rest come in this week!! :)
Also, it was great to see some smiling faces in the crowd today for Myers annual Volunteer Dessert!  All the first grade classes have been practicing for our special performance and it went off without a hitch.  Thank you to ALL of our Myers Volunteers!  You guys are amazing! THANKS!
Happy Mothers' Day and I hope everyone enjoyed our Mothers' Day gifts.  We were very excited to give them to our special moms :)

Mrs. Berry

McTeacher Night Reminder!!

McTeacher Night is Tonight!!!! 

• Where: West Salem- Wallace Rd.
• When: Tonight!! from 4:30-7:30pm
• Why: To help support literacy in the classroom and see your favorite teachers serving up orders of fries with a smile!!

I will be there from 4:30 to 5:30 so come and see me and everyone else at the West Salem McDonald's Tonight!!!  See you there!!

Mrs. Berry

A long time coming...

...And we are back!  WOW! I can not believe I have not blogged since before Christmas!! But here we are in the middle of February and so much has happened and soo much is on its way!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Gingerbread houses were AMAZING and we had AMAZING help!! THANK YOU!  OMSI was INCREDIBLE!!! THANK YOU all volunteers and families who donated extra money!! And I can not forget our most recent celebration...Valentines' Day!  Everyone had a great time and enjoyed all their yummy goodies especially the sundaes.  Thank you to everyone who donated items and helped out in our classroom.  It was great!

CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS 

If you have not heard by now, the Salem Keizer Public Library Book Mobile made a stop at Myers Elementary School this last Friday.  We learned all about checking out books at the Public Library.  We learned about books, movies, cd's, and even puppets that you can check out from our very own Public Library.  We also found out that we can keep books for three whole weeks!!! We even got to check out our very own book on the Book Mobile.  We can keep these books for just the weekend or for the entire three weeks.  When you are done with the book there are three different ways of returning it.  You can:

1. Return it to our classroom

2. Return it to the West Salem branch of the Public Library (Located in the Roth's Parking Lot)

3. Return it to the Main branch of the Salem Public Library 

Now all three ways are great but if you return it to the Main branch you will receive a button and a chance to name the Library's new mascot which is a frog!!  So now is your chance to check out the main branch of the Salem Public Library if you have not done so already.  You will not be dissappointed!  You can also check out other fun things happening at the library by going to http://www.cityofsalem.net/Departments/Library/Pages/home.aspx to see what kinds of things you can do at our public library! Have fun!

Grandparents'Day is coming on Tuesday, March 1st, and Myers is hosting lunch for all our special guests.  If you have family members who are interested in coming to have lunch with us please stop by the office to buy a ticket if you want to buy a school lunch that day or if you want to bring a lunch that would be great too.  This is just a nice time to spend with grandparents if they are able to join us for lunch.  Remember our lunch time is from 11:30am to 12pm and everyone is more than welcome to check out the Scholastic Book Fair that will be in the library starting February 22nd and ending March 4th. 

Lastly, Spring conferences are just around the corner!  I will not be meeting with everyone this time around but if you would like to meet, I will be more than happy to set up a time for you.  There will be more information about dates and times in the next few weeks.  So keep an eye out for that!

Once again, thank you to everyone who has helped out, volunteered, sent in a snack or simply stopped by to say hi!  I can not beleive how fast this year is going and time is just slipping away...But be on the the lookout for more information and possible pictures coming soon! 

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice and dry 3-day weekend.  Happy Presidents' Day! See you on Tuesday! :)

Mrs. Berry