Coming Up

It was wonderful to meet with all of you this week. Thank you for taking the time to do so. Fifteen minutes never seems to be enough time! If you think of any further questions or comments after you left, as always, please feel free to contact me at any time.
We have a few important updates and dates to be aware of. Please see below.

• March 20: Book Fair Preview
• March 22: Book Fair Shopping
• March 20 - 24: non-latex bandaid drive (Please see the Bauer blog for information.)
• March 24: Used books for Book Drive due. Please consider donating your previously loved books!
• March 30: Read and Feed (details below)
• March 31 - April 10: Spring Break
• April 14: Early Release Day

Addresses: Students are working toward mastering their home address. At this point, only 6 students have demonstrated mastery with this (they must write it 3 times independently for it to be considered as mastery). Please help your child practice writing it at home. Proper handwriting, comma after the city name, etc. are all essential.

Read and Feed: On Thursday, March 30th, our school we participate in our annual Read and Feed event. Our theme this year is "Going to the Beach." Your child may bring a beach towel from home to read on and any favorite books from home as well. No pajamas this year, however comfy clothes, maybe even with a beach or ocean theme, are welcomed. We also will have a snack mix. Please see the attached document if you would be willing to donate items for it. Thank you!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TiNUNnE408Yhsy9l9yCDxTJNcdoLi78LzfzRduTZIvY/edit?usp=sharing

Reading Aloud: During conferences with some of you, we discussed the importance of reading aloud to your children. Once children are reading on their own, we often lose sight of the value of reading aloud to them. I am including two links to articles that discuss the importance of this. Please take a moment to look them over. If you are looking for some good books the start with, you may want to check out some others in the American Girl series. Boys and girls like these!
http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/why-you-should-read-aloud-to-older-kids/
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/read-aloud-to-children/