It is hard to believe, but this is our last week before our holiday vacation and the new year. Our last day of school is Friday, December 22nd. Friday will be Pajama Day. Traditionally, Team Harmony will spend the day watching the movie "The Polar Express" and do various holiday festivities on house. If your child wishes to come to school in his/her PJs, please make sure that he/she can still wear regular sneakers/boots because we will still have PE and outdoor recess (weather permitting). No slippers please, and no stuffed animals. We will not celebrate with food or special treats this year. The students will pack their book bags and take home reading logs over vacation. Reading homework over vacation is voluntary, so I will send home two logs, just in case.
School-wide celebration:
The students filled the buzzy jar again. This time, we celebrated with Jazzercise in the gym. Thank you Casey for helping us organize this wonderful opportunity.
Technology:
The students are using chromebooks during literacy times sometimes. They are using the literacy links on my wiki as well as pebblego.com to read books online. This week, they will learn to respond to their online books with a written response. I hope that your child can access some of this online reading at home over vacation, so I will also send home some online reading logs for your child to use at home, if desired.
FAP Grant:
Team Harmony received an incredibly generous FAP grant. We were able to purchase some comfy reading chairs for our special "Executive Reading Lounge" in our kiva space. Students from all classrooms rotate through using our kiva for reading and now we have these special chairs! Thank you FAP for the amazing work you do and for the amazing opportunities you provide for our children! If you have not yet contributed to the FAP, please consider donating now. You can easily contact the front office at ABS or our teacher representative Becca Ashford at bashford@cvsdvt.org
Thank you!!
I hope you all have a great week. Stay warm!
Maria
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