Great Brain Report

I will be out of town on Friday, February 13th which is the day we originally planned the Valentine’s Day party.  So, there is a change of plans!  We will have our class Valentine’s Day party on Thursday, February 12th instead.  
      Due to the change of plans, our room mom needs some extra help with the Valentine’s Day party.  Please let me know if you would be able to help volunteer on that day (2/12).  That would be greatly appreciated!

     Please plan on bringing 22 Valentine cards for the class on Thursday, February 12th.  It would be a great help to only sign your name to the Valentine cards.  Passing them out is much quicker when they can go through and drop them into the bags without searching for specific names.  We have 13 boys and 9 girls.  

This year, we have to administer the SAGE Writing Assessment earlier in February.  (The SAGE Language Arts and Math Assessments will be given in May.) We have been working really hard at school on writing informative and opinion pieces to prepare.  This is all pretty new to our class because we’ve never taken the end of year test before third grade.  
FYI: Our SAGE Writing Test sessions are on next Tuesday, February 3rd and Thursday, February 5th.  Please make sure your child has a nice big, healthy breakfast with lots of sleep!  


I will be sending home another permission slip today(I know, another one…) for chewing peppermint gum during SAGE Testing. Studies show that the peppermint calms the students and helps them focus during long tests. Please read and return the permission slip with your child before next Tuesday, February 3rd.  Any donations of peppermint chewing gum would be greatly appreciated as well.  Thanks for all your help and support!

Please print off permission slip for our field trip on the 10th of February.  Please sign and return the permission slip by February 4th.  Please pay $5.00 admission to the front office ASAP.  Colby Hansen and Ben Jones paid $10.00 at the beginning of the year for field trips, so you both do not need to pay the $5.00.  Thanks so much.
Please let me know if any parents would like to attend no later than Feb.4th.
Children’s Theatre Permission Slip

Please read, sign and return the Inference Activity permission slip by Thursday, January 29th.  Thanks!
Inference Food Permission

YAY!!! We won the Box Tops Competition for the month of December, so we get a FREE Dress Down Day.  We decided that the 3rd graders would have their Dress Down Day tomorrow, Friday, January 23rd.

Please sign and return.  Thank you so much!!!  Will you please make a note on the permission slip if you’d like to help!  Thanks!
Multiplication Madness Food Permission Slip