Wednesday

What a wonderful but hectic day! In the morning we started a math project that Mrs. Hansen had planned but didn't have time for. It was amazing, fun and took most of our morning! We started by making a pattern on a colored sheet of paper. The children could make their own design as long as it was a pattern that extended from top to bottom. Then we folded the paper and tore out a shape. This showed symmetry across the fold. So we titled our papers Patterns and Symmetry and glued our creation on another sheet and then wrote about it. The children transformed their shapes into caterpillars, worms, space ships, dinosaurs, stars and many other imaginative things. Instead of sending them home, we put them up in the hall. Mrs. Hansen hopes to be back next Wed. afternoon to bring her daughter Zoe to meet the children and she will enjoy seeing our math project in the hall.

Tomorrow right after school a PTA mom is going to wrap our Just4Mom basket for the carnival raffle. If you still have items to donate, Thursday is the last day to get it to school.

It has been brought to my attention that some of the girls are bringing toys to school and trading. The rule is only Show and Tells may come to school and even those are not shared at center time or used to distract from learning in any way. We will talk to the children about keeping their toys at home and especially NOT to sneak toys out of their house and give them away to friends at school.

Mrs. Bartsch had an great afternoon with the class and felt like it went well for their first time together! She is a cheerful, loving teacher and we are excited to have her. She did write a note that will come home in the Thursday folders to introduce herself to you. Her district email is in the process of getting set up, so send any correspondence you may have to my email and I will make sure she gets the information. As soon as we have one, we will continue to do as before and ask that you send emails to both of us and we will cc our reply to the other one too. It helps to be on the same page! Also in the folders are some carnival tickets for your child to use Friday night. I wish I could be there, but knowing they are having fun is the next best thing.

Have a great rest of the week! It's wonderful to be at Meadowlark!

Sincerely , Mrs. Clapper