Miss Lisa's Classroom Homepage
April 26
Hi Parents!
As we approach the final weeks of the school year, we wanted to share some important dates and events with you.
- Monday, April 28 – Preview Day
- Third-year students will go to their new class, and new Kinders will join them to meet their future classmates.
- Friday, May 2 – Conferences Begin / Early Pickup Day
- Monday, May 5 – Cinco de Mayo Taco Lunch
- The class will make their own corn tortillas from scratch and enjoy lunch with the Dwights (Joe's family). No need to pack a lunch—unless your child is a picky eater!
- Friday, May 9 – Conferences / Early Pickup Day
- Wednesday, May 14 – Final Blue Watermelon Recipe
- No parent help is needed for this one.
- Monday, May 19 – E1 Water Day, Class Party, & Third-Year Celebration
- Water Day will take place in the morning, followed by the class party. A Nacho Bar will be served for lunch. The Third-Year Celebration will begin at 1:30, and third-year parents are invited to join. After the celebration, we ask parents to leave their child for a special autograph session. It will be a full day of exciting events!
- Tuesday, May 20 – Last Day of School!
- It will be a half-day with no circle time. Children with summer birthdays will walk around the sun together and share a silly baby story.
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April 6
Here are a couple of updates:
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Field Day (This Friday): Please remind your child to wear their class shirt.
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No 3rd-Grade Testing This Week: We have a one-week break from state testing and will resume next week. As before, please make sure your third grader gets a good night's sleep, a high-protein breakfast, and a healthy snack. For 1st and 2nd graders, they will be working in the classroom with Ms. Ariana on those days.
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South America Luncheon: The luncheon was a huge success—thank you, everyone, for making it happen! If you’re missing any items, let Lisa know as we have a few left over.
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End-of-Year Conferences: Lisa will send out a sign-up link by next weekend. Keep an eye on your inbox and check the website for the link. These optional conferences will be shorter than the winter ones. They are intended to check in on goals and help you plan for the summer to ensure your child retains what they’ve learned this year. If Lisa’s schedule doesn’t work for you, feel free to reach out, and we can arrange another time.
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End-of-Year Party: The class will have a tentative end-of-year party and a 3rd-year good-bye celebration on Monday, May 19.
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Volunteer Needed: We need help with Pizza Pickup on April 11 and May 16, please!
The end of the year is always hectic so keep an eye out for any last minute emails on activities that might come up. As always, this is on the website!
March 23
Here are a few important reminders for the upcoming weeks:
- South American Presentations
- Please plan to arrive a bit early for your child's presentation, as we have a packed schedule this week.
- South America Wrap-Up Luncheon
- On Friday, we’ll celebrate with a wrap-up luncheon for parents. The museum walk, where the kids will showcase their work at stations, begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch.
- If you plan to attend, please sign up to bring a dish to share. Be sure to leave a comment with your chosen dish:
- Third Year State Testing
- State testing for third-year students is scheduled for April 1, 2, 15, and 17. Please ensure your child arrives on time, has a protein-rich breakfast, and brings a good lunch. Note that lunch will be eaten near the testing room, so there won’t be an option to heat food.
- Auction Basket
- Thanks to everyone who donated towards our class auction basket!
- Pizza Pickup
- We have two openings for Pizza Pickup coming up - April 11 and May 15.
IMPORTANT DATES
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March 2
- We will be learning all about tomatoes and cooking marinara sauce this week for our Blue Watermelon program. The cooking recipe looks pretty easy so we are not going to invite parents. We will be using a crock pot instead of a burner so it will be an all day event on Wednesday.
- This is Catch-up week. We will celebrate all the hard work with fries & ketchup for a snack on Monday. (So you don't have to send a snack on Monday). Just a little play on words to help the kids get in the mood for working hard and finishing up their 3rd quarter work before break.
- Third Year State Testing
- For 3rd years, we will be testing 4/1 (no, that is not a joke), 4/2, 4/15, & 4/17. PLEASE, plan around those times to help you children be at school, on time, & have a hearty protein rich breakfast.
- We need someone to pickup pizza this Friday, and we have a few other ones empty. The new pickup is Little Caesars on 2950 N 32nd St SUITE 125, Phoenix, 85018
- Sign Ups for presentations was sent this week - Here is the link in case you missed it - https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/641288602014/false#/invitation
- Our luncheon on Friday, March 28, 11:30 start for the museum walk (to see all the kid's 3d models and poster boards), with lunch served after.
- Lisa just sent out the link. For first timers and as a refresher, please sign up for one of the options (appetizers, main course, plates etc) with a South American food for all to share. (https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/242376636070/true#/invitation)
- We are trying out a new Sign Up website - SignUp.com so let us know if you have any issues.
March 10 - 14 - Monday-Friday - Spring Break, school closed except for Infants, All-Day Toddlers and All-Day Contracts (Circle students)
March 17 - Monday - Tentative Start of Testing Window
March 28 - Friday - South America Luncheon
April 5 - Saturday - Annual Auction Dinner
May 5 - Monday - Tentative Preview Day for Kindergarten, 3rd Grade and 6th Grade Students
May 9 - Friday - Early Release at 11:30 am except Infants, All- Day Toddlers and Circle - Parent-Teacher Conferences
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Feb 22
Hope you all had a nice week and welcome to our new student, George and his family.
Field trip on Monday:
- We will be going on our field trip to Shamrock Farms and leaving right at 8:45 so make sure your child is on time.
- Don't forget to put them in their class t-shirt and send a booster seat
- We will eat lunch there so don't send anything that needs to be heated up.
Spirit Week
- Next week is Spirit Week with some special dress up days for E1
- Monday: Crazy sock day (with their class t-shirt for the field trip!)
- Tuesday: Mismatch day
- Wednesday: Pink shirt day (Anti-bully awareness day)
- Thursday: Dress up day
- Friday: Funky Friday
South America Presentations
- Just a reminder that your child should be working on their presentations, and to pencil in our luncheon on Friday, March 28, 11:30 start.
Important Dates:
February 24 - Monday - Shamrock farms field trip and Anti-Bullying Awareness Week begins
February 26 - Wednesday - Pink Shirt Day for Anti-Bullying Awareness
March 10 - 14 - Monday-Friday - Spring Break, school closed except for Infants, All-Day Toddlers and All-Day Contracts (Circle students)
March 28 - Friday - South America Luncheon
April 5 - Saturday - Annual Auction Dinner
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Jan. 31
Updates:
- South America Study
- If they choose a specific aspect of that country, it will need to be related to political or environmental topics, such as:
- How it benefits the country
- How the environment affects the people, clothing, food etc.
- Topics will be chosen next week. Have your child start to think about what they want and to make a list of three potential topics.
- 1st Grade will do animals
- 2nd may do capital cities or biomes
- 3rd will do countries. They may focus on a specific aspect of that country or do an overview.
- Presentations will likely begin March 17th with the luncheon March 28. That will give them 4 school weeks/5 with Spring Break.
- Class Studies
- In class they are learning about the water cycle and how rivers are formed. They will be learning about clouds, "now that we actually have some," Lisa jokes.
Reminders:
- Field Trip
- Our next field trip is Shamrock Farms Feb. 24. Make a note to have your child's class t-shirt that day.
- Valentines Day
- Lisa will send home a class list and your child will write the names of each classmate on a card, and sign from themselves. The class will do a Valentines bag decorating activity prior to the day.
- This is of course optional! If your child doesn't want to give cards, they will still get cards from other classmates.
- Volunteering
- Our Pizza Friday's have moved to Mr. Moto on Camelback and 40th street. Please sign up as we have a few empty spots.
- Thanks to everyone who signed up for Laundry! We are all booked up for the year.
IMPORTANT DATES
February 3 - Monday - Valentine Grams go on sale
February 7 - Friday - Infant & Toddlers Closed All Day; All School Early Release at 11:30 am including Circle
February 14 - Friday - Valentine Grams delivered
February 17 - Monday - School Closed for President's Day
February 24 - Monday - Shamrock farms field trip and Anti-Bullying Awareness Week begins
February 26 - Wednesday - Pink Shirt Day for Anti-Bullying Awareness
March 10 - 14 - Monday-Friday - Spring Break, school closed except for Infants, All-Day Toddlers and All-Day Contracts (Circle students)
March 17 - Monday - Tentative Start of Testing Window
March 28 - Friday - South America Luncheon
April 5 - Saturday - Annual Auction Dinner
April 11 - Friday - Tentative Last Day for AZSCI Testing & Writing
April 25 - Friday - Tentative Last Day for AASA ELA & Math Testing
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- Conferences
- The next two weeks are conference time with Lisa. If you haven't signed up yet, please do! If there isn't a time that works for you, email Lisa to set something up for the following week.
- The Blue Watermelon Project is coming to class again tomorrow - this time with their own chefs. They'll be making crusted broccoli smash. The class now has more kid friendly knives, so your kids will come home with all their digits. (Not that anyone has lost a digit or five)
- Pizza Friday
- As Lisa mentioned last week, Pizza Friday will be changing a little as My Slice is under new ownership. This week, we were able to pick up from Mr. Moto, which the kids liked. There has been a classroom discussion about breaking up the Pizza Friday's with some other options, maybe once a month. That will go ahead once there is 100% agreement on a healthy option.
- Once all the new details are figured out, we will update you. But there are a fair amount of empty slots for Pizza Pickup so please sign up and we will let you know where it will be.
- Laundry
- We have some empty Laundry slots as well. Thanks in advance for your helping out the class!
- Valentines Day
- It's a ways away (although you'd never know when walking into Target) but in case you want to get a jump on buying Valentines Day cards, the kids will be invited to participate in a card exchange.
- Lisa will send home a class list and your child will write the names of each classmate on a card, and sign from themselves. The class will do a Valentines bag decorating activity prior to the day.
- This is of course optional! If your child doesn't want to give cards, they will still get cards from other classmates.
- Field Trip
- Our next field trip is Shamrock farms Feb. 24. That will be a full school day trip so reach out to Lisa if you can drive for that one.
- Classroom studies
- The class is wrapping up the Mesozoic Era and will start South America next in preparation for the next continent study. Kids will pick their topics in February.
- They will also be studying weather this month, along with Martin Luther King.
