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Friday, February 27, 2015

Lice

A student in the grade level has lice. Please click the HERE for the lice letter from Nurse Jamie.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Dancing with the Stars!




Does your child like to perform?! Would your child like to be a "lil' beat" and join the Beats at our final end of the year performance on the last day of school?

...As of today, there are 6 spots left in our Dancing with the Stars Silent Auction:

"Dancing with the Stars"
Spend time with the "Beats " (Ms. Collins, Ms. Noonan, Mrs. Parkinson, Mrs. Sakalleris, Mrs. Solomon and Ms. Kekatos) while learning  steps from their choreography. Have a blast dancing to fun music, learning moves and hanging out with your favorite local celebrities. Finally, join them in their "End of the Year" performance on the last day of school! This is open to up to 25 (Boys and Girls ages K-5). This will include 2 rehearsal times between 5-1-2015 and 6-5-2015 that will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesdays and the final performance on last day of school, June 5th.


Log onto: http://irvingsilentauction.wordpress.com to reserve a spot!

Bidding has re-opened until: Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 p.m.



Fun Fair & BEATS by Irving



Thanks to all who came out and supported our school at the Fun Fair this
past weekend! Here's a clip of my performance with the BEATS by Irving
(in case you missed it!) This was our 5th year as a dance a crew and we appreciate your support!

Celebrity of the Week


He's a Star!

Dance!

Ms. Diane from Intuit was back this week! Check out our warm-up!

Expressing Feelings

Last week, Ms. Bel-Bey came to our classroom to do a lesson on expressing our feelings! She will come back and continue this topic with us a few more sessions as well!
 Ms. Bel-Bey talks about why it's important to share your feelings!
 If you keep things inside, it's like filling up a plastic bag...eventually it will break!!

She read some excerpts from this book too!

Last Week's Celebrity of the Week


He's a Star!

Monday, February 23, 2015

Paper Towel Rolls

We still need a few more!  :)

We are collecting Paper Towel Rolls (not toilet paper roll size) for a project. Please send them in with your child by Friday 2/27/15, if you have any to donate at home! Thanks!

Newsletter Week of February 23rd

Celebrity News

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The "Beats" are back!

 Beats by Irving


The Irving Fun Fair will be held on Saturday, February 21st. It is a fun day of games, auctions, prizes, performances and fun! We hope that you and your child will come out to enjoy the fun, raise money for our awesome school and support your very own BEATS (formerly known as "New Beats" in our afternoon performance at the fun fair (performance at approximately 2:3opm).

The Beats are back!!! (Ms. Collins, Mrs. Parkinson, Ms. Kekatos, Mrs. Sakalleris, Ms. Noonan and Mrs. Solomon)!


 Also, be on the look out for our "Dancing with the Stars" Auction Item! Bid for a spot on Saturday, February 21st at the Fun Fair!
"Dancing with the Stars"
Spend time with the "Beats " (Ms. Collins, Ms. Noonan, Mrs. Parkinson, Mrs. Sakalleris, Mrs. Solomon and Ms. Kekatos) while learning  steps from their choreography. Have a blast dancing to fun music, learning moves and hanging out with your favorite local celebrities. Finally, join them in their "End of the Year" performance on the last day of school! This is open to up to 25 (Boys and Girls ages K-5). This will include 2 rehearsal times between 5-1-2015 and 6-5-2015 that will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesdays and the final performance on last day of school, June 5th.

Paper Towel Roll Collection

We are collecting Paper Towel Rolls (not toilet paper roll size) for a project. Please send them in with your child by Friday 2/27/15, if you have any to donate at home! Thanks!

Monday, February 9, 2015

Art Start: Dance

Ms. Diane from Intuit Dance joined us for our first Art Start: Dance Lesson. She read a story about movement and we practiced making shapes and mirroring movements with partners!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Friday, February 6, 2015

Silent AuctionDates

For those of you who won't be able to make it to the Fun Fair on February 21st, you might want to consider participating in the online Silent Auction.

The online portion opens at 6:00 pm on Wednesday the 18th and closes promptly at 10 pm on the Friday, February 20th.  There will be a link on the PTO site.

BMX Biker Assembly

Yesterday we had a lucky student selected from our class to participate in the BMX Biker Assembly! Check her out!


Thursday, February 5, 2015

Guest Reader from HAWC

Today we had a Guest Reader from HAWC (Health and Wellness Committee)! She read "Sam Sick" to students reminding students how to be healthy and stay sick-free!




COOPERATIVE GROUPS WITH ROLES

Today we practiced RI 1: Ask & Answer questions to demonstrate understanding in key details of a text, in cooperative groups with assigned roles.





Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Working Together

Today students practiced RI 1: Ask & Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text, in small groups! Students read "Frozen in Ice" from their scholastic magazines and asked and answered questions!








Celebrity of the Week


She's a Star!