Everything is in place for our week long educational field trip starting next Monday, May 8-12. Please find the attached permission slips and itinerary with the parent letter. There are two forms to sign for the trip. One is approved by the school insurance agency, and the other is the usual one used by Tok School that gives permission to receive medical treatment in case there is an emergency. I will send home more information on things to pack by the end of the week. Since there are a few things to sign this week, I am also sending home the permission slip for our day trip to Chicken the week after we return from Fairbanks on May18. I am hoping it will be easier to do all the forms at once, and one less thing to send home when we get back from our week away.
Additionally, please remember that we will be going to Moon Lake on Tuesday afternoon to view the spring waterfowl that is returning for the summer nesting season.
As for last week, Jill Kranenburg introduced the class to handwriting with calligraphy pens. She has been coming in twice a week since we returned from Spring Break to assist with cursive handwriting. Jill even had purchased real calligraphy pen tips and ink for the students to enhance their handwriting style.
The students also completed the MAP testing, and I think we are all glad there will be no more standardized test this year. When they finished, we celebrated by tossing the foam Frisbees to the song "I Like to Move It!" from the movie Madagascar.
Please note that this will be the last week that I will be sending any nightly homework. After this week seemed like a good place to stop, as the end of the school year quickly approaching and we will be finishing our last Treasures unit on Friday.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Kind Regards,
Julie Brown