Many events

Dear parents,
As the end of the quarter quickly approaches, along with the end of my favorite month of the year, we have a lot going on at school. In math last week, we made a number chart all the way to 600! We looked at the different patterns and were learning how to count by ones and by tens in the process of putting this work together.
Today (Monday), we took a chapter test and will be going over our answers tomorrow. This test evaluated our understanding of even and odd numbers, place value, and counting by ones, fives, and tens.

For our book-lovers, we have a couple fun events coming up. First, on Wednesday, we have our character parade. On this day, students can dress up as a storybook character. They should also bring the book of the character they have dressed up as, so we know what book they come from. Then, we will march in a parade starting at 12: 10. I encourage you to come out and see all our creative costumes.

Then, on Thursday evening at 5:00-7:00 PM, we will have our trick-or-read evening here at school. This will be a fun event for all.

Finally, we have begun our red ribbon week. Today, we had Colonel Collins sign our school pledge to be drug free. We also talked about what drugs are as a class and discussed how drugs are things that change the way our bodies work. Sometimes (like with medicine used appropriately), this is helpful, other drugs (like chocolate or soda), should be used in moderation, while other drugs are bad for our bodies. We also have a door decorating contest this week in which we will be decorating pledge hands, committing ourselves to be drug free, so we can grow to be healthy, strong, and successful in whatever we choose to do. We are so grateful for the parent who helped us decorate our door.