After a long absence, the Otter Blog returns! Sorry for the lapse.
We ended 2010 with our exciting Gingerbread house project. A good time was had by all. Thanks to the many parents who made this event possible. We could not have done it without you!
I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing two week holiday. It was a little difficult to get back into the swing of things but after one day, we are back to business as usual.
January will be a busy month for the sixth grade. The kids should have finished their Egypt reports in Mrs. Lescroart's class. Now, they should be working on their accompanying project at home. This project is an important part of the social studies grade so please make sure that your child does not wait until the last minute. Projects are due on Wednesday, January 17.
We have scheduled our annual field trip to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum for Thursday, January 20. I will send a permission slip home soon. We will need about a dozen chaperones for this trip. The children will ride the bus to the museum and chaperones will meet us there. In the past, chaperones have gathered at school and have formed carpools to drive over to the museum. If you are interested in chaperoning, I will have a sign-up on our wikispace page later this week.
Egypt Night is also just around the corner. This evening event will be held on Tuesday, February 1. We will need lots of adult help with set up and clean up. Your child will bring home a flyer with more information in the coming weeks. Sign-ups will be on our wikispaces page.
In math, we are finally finishing our chapter on fractions and decimals. We will have our weekly quiz on Friday, and will finish up with the district benchmark assessment next Friday. The purpose of the benchmark is to assess mastery of sixth grade level concepts to date.
As always, thank you for your continuing support.
Mrs. Shimamoto
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