Monday Memo 4/2/18

Happy April!


 I hope you had a wonderful long weekend.

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanleys are due to return home to you on Friday, April 6.  We will share them next week on your child's Sharing Day.  Students can bring Flat Stanley in on Friday, or they may wait for their Sharing Day the following week.  Airlines being what they are, I know that sometimes Flat Stanleys are delayed on their return flights.  If your child's Flat Stanley is not returned in time to share next week, your child may certainly share the week of April 9th.

Once student's have shared the adventures of their Flat Stanley, they add a mini Flat Stanley to our second grade Flat Stanley bulletin board in the hallway and pin the place to which their flat friend traveled.  This turns into an amazing display. 

Homework

A paper copy of the April Homework calendar will be sent home today.

Sharing

Find a baby photo!  Our Sharing this week is Hello Baby!  This is due on Friday, and we will guess the babies.

Field Trip

Thank you so much for submitting the signed permission slip and check.  We are excited for our journey to The Butterfly Place.  I will let you know by Friday if you have been selected as a chaperone.  Thank you for your willingness to help.

Our Painted Ladies hatched!

Author Visit

We were inspired by Matt de la Pena's visit to Happy Hollow last week.  The author of Last Stop on Market Street and Love, among others, told us about his childhood growing up with a Mexican mother and a white father in San Diego and how he wanted to write books for children that they could see themselves in, as he often couldn't find books as a child that reflected the poverty in which he grew up.  Thank you to Colleen Flannery, our Library/Media specialist, for arranging this event.

Talking with author Matt de la Pena

Have a great week!

Miriam