Our annual International Night is the following week Tuesday, February 10th. Do you need parent volunteer hours???? Well there are plenty of opportunities :). I will need:
1. Help with setting up that day about 1:30. It won't take that long to set up our booth- hanging things, setting things out for display, etc.
2. Help that night putting food out etc at the booth
3. Help with clean up ( about 7:50 PM - it's done at 8pm)
4. Donations of food, bowls, spoons - all donations can be split up and shared- you don't need to bring all of what you see.
Sweet bread- cut into small pieces - I've seen them in rolls- 50 rolls cut up
Linguisa - cooked and cut into pieces - several trays?
Small tasting size bowls ( Mrs Blackburn is making her delicious Portuguese beans!)- 200
Spoons need -200
Toothpicks -200
Small napkins -200
Small cups 100/ 150
Grape juice -5 or 6 gallons
2 red and 1 green plastic table cloths
*** it seems like a lot, but this event brings a big crowd. If we don't get everything, we will just serve or give out what we have.
5. We need Decorative items from Portugal, or items decorated with sayings, flag, map, etc- pictures, towels, figurines would be awesome:). Maybe you don't have anything, but know someone who might ??? I would greatly appreciate it!!!! We will handle everything with care.
6. I would like for my students to help answering questions and talking about what they've learned, but they can not be running around or going in and out of our booth because that's how things get broken.
ABSENCES
We have had, and will continue , to have illness run through the classroom. It's the season. With that in mind, there's the topic of making up work. As the teacher, I leave any hand outs that will need to be completed on their desk. And when they return, I try to get them them caught up as best I can. Now here enters you, the parent. As a good rule of thumb, you need to come by to get your child's work when they are absent. That means their books they might need as well. Most importantly, you need to come by the classroom, so I can go over with you what they will need to do. It seems that I've been sending work home that doesn't get sent back completed or I have to continue to ask the child where their work us. It becomes a recording nightmare. I realize this is part of the teachers job to some extent. However, parents need to be on board with getting and making sure their work gets completed in a timely manner. This is hard for children to do. Also, you need to check in when your child has been absent, to make sure everything has been done, or if they have anything missing. Yes, they are first graders, but they do much during the day. If your child is absent one day, they have ONE day to make up the work. Each additional day they are absent, they get an additional day and so on. We're in this together, and must be there to support each other in the education of your child :). As always, please call, send a note when a question or concern arises so we can tackle it right away! Thank you for all you!
This week's vocabulary words:
air
square
storm
paint
city
remember
donkey
before
distant
mystery
closed
caused
tasted
taste
Spelling words this week: I've included 5 contractions again this week as the challenge part of the test. No dictation this week.
rain
paint
wait
sail
chain
trail
train
were
would
out
Contractions:
it's
I'd
wouldn't
she's
he's
Phew! It's a lot :) please watch for other info to follow concerning the upcoming events. Until then........ Thanks!
