2 trips this week

Tomorrow we will take our monthly trip to the library. Please send car/booster seats if necessary. Also, because of some positive feedback, we will be taking the class to the Compassion Experience on Friday. We will leave campus after lunch and we will return before dismissal. Please send car/booster seats on Friday as well as Thursday, or you are welcome to leave them at school overnight Thursday.

March Homework

Due to the snow day and delay this week, the North Carolina Reading Association's annual conference next week, and play practice the following week, we will not take class time to work on sight words. Therefore your child will not have their usual assigned sight or spelling words for the remainder of March. However, please continue to work on their "old" words at home. I'm also curious about reading logs and whether you feel they are helpful or hindering your child at home. Ideally, reading logs keep kids accountable, but I understand that they may be creating a dread of reading which is completely counterproductive. Let's forgo the log and just read with your kids, or have them read to you- hopefully for at least 20 minutes daily. We will re-assess moving forward with the logs in April, but I would love to hear your feedback.

As part of addressing the whole child we do our best to "teach" empathy & compassion and expose children to a variety of view points. This weekend at West Market St. United Methodist Church (GSO) The Compassion Experience will simulate the life of a child in different country. This is not something we will do as a class/school, but I wanted to share with you if you were interested as a family. Click here for details.