Happy Friday

We’ve had a great week in the classroom. We’ve been working on 3 dimensional figures and calculating the faces, edges, and vertices on them, the different uses of commas, and land and water forms. Today we had a lot of fun taking the train around Anchorage and learning a bit more about the history of our city. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a donation for our classroom’s art project, it is really starting to come along and hopefully you’ll be able to join us at Denali’s gala to see it!

Next week on Thursday, we will be walking to the Pioneer School House and learning about what it would have been like to go to school 100 years ago. Three more permission forms are coming home today for our field trips in May. On Friday, May 8^th, we will be taking a bus to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Since this trip will be taking up a majority of our Friday, we will have spelling tests for that week on Thursday, May 7^th. On Tuesday, May 5^th and 7^th, the Kid’s Don’t Float program will be coming in to do presentations in our classroom on water safety. Then on Thursday, May 14^th, we will go to West High School pool to practice our safety skills. This trip will cost $3 per child to cover the cost of renting out the pool and it will also be a driving field trip, so if you can find time in your schedule to join us that would be great! Attached to the permission form is the updated driver form, if you have any questions please see the office. Thanks! Finally, on Tuesday, May 19^th, we will be walking to Valley of the Moon Park for our end of the year picnic. We will spend the majority of the day there playing, eating, and celebrating the end of the school year! J

Upcoming Dates:

·       Thursday, April 30^th, 12:30pm-3:00pm: Pioneer School House

·       Friday, May 8^th, 9:30am-1:30pm: Alaska Native Heritage Center

·       Friday, May 8^th, 6:30/7:00pm: Denali Gala/Movie Night

·       Thursday, May 14^th, 12:30pm-2:30pm: Kids Don’t Float at West High School

·       Friday, May 15^th, 2:00-3:30pm: 3^rd Grade Presentations/Celebration

·       Tuesday, May 19^th, 9:00am-3:00pm: Picnic at Valley of the Moon Park

·       Snack Schedule

Monday: Karina

Tuesday: Kailey

Wednesday: Piper

Thursday: Carly

Friday: Evan

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday!

We’ve been busy in the classroom this week. We’ve been working on learning how to measure and draw angles, using apostrophes and to make nouns possessive, and learning all these amazing facts about Australia.  Thank you to everyone who has brought in their recorder, if you haven’t managed to track yours down yet, there is still time!

Thank you also to everyone who has sent in their permission forms for our upcoming field trips for the Centennial train ride and the Pioneer School House. If I have not received your child’s permission form, another form is coming home today. Denali’s Gala/movie night is also coming up soon on Friday, May 8^th. This year our classroom will be working together to make a collaborative art project to donate for the auction at the gala.

Upcoming Dates:

·      Friday, April 24^th, 9:15am- 12:15pm: Centennial Train Ride

·      Thursday, April 30^th, 12:30pm-3:00pm: Pioneer School House

·      Friday, May 8^th, 9:30am-1:30pm: Alaska Native Heritage Center

·      Friday, May 8^th, 6:30/7:00pm: Denali Gala/Movie Night

·      Thursday, May 14^th, 12:30pm-2:30pm: Kids Don’t Float at West High School

·      Friday, May 15^th, 2:00-3:30pm: 3^rd Grade Presentations/Celebration

·      Tuesday, May 19^th, 9:00am-3:00pm: Picnic at Valley of the Moon Park

·      Snack Schedule

Monday: Hodaka

Tuesday: Maggie

Wednesday: Max

Thursday: Jacinta

Friday: Emma

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday!

We’ve had a great week in the classroom. We’ve been continuing to explore Australia and finish up out biography posters. We also made geometrical stars using our knowledge of points, line segments, and rays and worked on apostrophes and contractions. On Thursday, we went to see Shrek at West High School. Before going to the musical, we read the picture book that inspired the movie. It was really interesting to compare and contrast the three differed interpretations of the story. Mr. Chuck, our music teacher, would love if we could all find our recorders and bring them for rest of our music classes. J

Two permission forms are going home today. One is for our Centennial train ride at the Alaska Railroad on Friday, April 24^th. We will be walking to the train station and then taking a train ride out to Westchester Lagoon. We will be leaving school around 9:15am and returning around 12:15pm. The second one is for the Pioneer School House on Thursday, April 30^th. The Pioneer School House will recreate what it would have been like to go to school in 1915. We will be walking and leaving Denali at 12:30pm and returning to the school around 3pm.

Upcoming Dates:

·      Friday, April 24^th, 9:15am- 12:15pm: Centennial Train Ride

·      Thursday, April 30^th, 12:30pm-3:00pm: Pioneer School House

·      Friday, May 8^th, 9:30am-1:30pm: Alaska Native Heritage Center

·      Thursday, May 14^th, 12:30pm-2:30pm: Kids Don’t Float at West High School

·      Tuesday, May 19^th, 9:00am-3:00pm: Picnic at Valley of the Moon Park

·      Snack Schedule

Monday: Talia

Tuesday: Jaeda

Wednesday: Heike

Thursday: Keith

Friday: Poppy

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday!

We’ve had a busy week in the classroom. Our 3^rd graders did great completing all the testing and our 1^st and 2^nd graders were wonderful guests in our buddy classrooms. In the afternoons this week we have been working on reading biographies and summarizing the information we learned into a poster.  It’s time for recorders in music class! If you can find your recorder from last year, please send it in for music class on Monday and Friday. Thanks!

Thank you everyone who has sent in the permission form for our field trip on the 9^th to see Shrek at West High School. We will leave school at 9:30 and returning around 11:30 and be traveling by bus. In the next month we have quite a few fun events coming up, please mark your calendar and look out for permission forms coming home for the following trips.

Thursday, April 9^th. 9:30-11:30: Shrek at West High School

Friday, April 24^th, 9:30-12:15: Centennial Train Ride

Thursday, April 30^th, 12:30-3:00: Pioneer School House

Friday, May 8^th, 9:30-1:30: Alaska Native Heritage Center

Thursday, May 14^th, 12:30-2:30: Kids Don’t Float at West High School Pool (*We will need drivers for this trip, if you think you might be able to drive, please check in with the office and make sure all your paperwork is in place. Thanks so much in advance for helping with this!)

Tuesday, May 19^th, 9:30-3:00: Picnic at Valley of the Moon Park

Upcoming Dates:

·      April 9^th, 9:30-11:30: Shrek at West High School.

·      April 9^th, 6:00pm: Denali Peace Concert and dessert auction.  

·      Snack Schedule

Monday: Edison

Tuesday: Kaaliyah

Wednesday: Shahil

Thursday: Ayden

Friday: Christina

Have a great weekend!