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Carving Apple Witches

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On Friday September 16th from 9:00-10:30 we will be carving apples for apple witches.  Please send an apple to school with your child by Thursday September 15th (we will not be eating them).  If you would like to volunteer, you may sign up on the Bloomz app.  If you have not signed up for Bloomz, go to bloomz.net and enter class code: KHRMJ2.  I need 8 parent volunteers, an 1/8 teaspoons (at least 10), and apple peelers (at least 8).  If you have any of these items but cannot attend, please send them with your child, and I will make sure that they get back to you. 
Thanks for all your support!

Apple Witches

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This note was sent home Friday. Let me know if there are any questions. There is a little wiggle room on the October 8th deadline because we aren’t dressing our witches until the 20th. 

Dear Parents,

            Your third grader is in the process of making an apple witch.  For this project, your student needs to bring a few items from home.  If you have any problems providing the materials needed, please email me as soon as possible.  If we do not hear from you, we will not have extra materials available for your child.  Your student will need these materials by Thursday, October 8th.  If he/she brings them before then, great.  Attached is a pattern for the dress, gloves and a hat.  Dress Pattern Please have all of these items precut and the dress sewn together, leaving a very small space open  (Just big enough for a skewer to fi through) for the neck. If you can make the hat, that would be very helpful also (just roll the hat top into a cone, and glue it in the middle of the hat brim). Place all parts in a baggie and label them with your child’s name.  Following these steps will save A LOT OF TIME!  Note: If you cannot sew the dress, please send it precut and we have some fabulous moms who will help us with sewing.

Materials

  • 1 Square foot of any material (Cut out the using the dress pattern)
  • 1 to 2 Small pieces of felt (Any color you want to match your material.  Use the glove pattern and cut out 4.  You may use the same piece, or a different color to cut out the hat.
  • 1 six inch stick or twig from a tree for a broomstick.  Please do not send a dowel. It should be about the size that was shown in class.

I will provide your student with yarn for hair and the needed pipe cleaner for the arms.  Upon completion of this portion of the project, your student will be writing about the character they have made.  We will then send the apple witch home with a fun story about it.   This project will store for many years to come.

We will be dressing our apple witches on Tuesday, October 20th, starting at 1:30.  If you can help us that day, please sign the note below and return to school as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Miss Young

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_____ I can sew dresses after the 8th of October

_____ I can help with apple people Tuesday October 20th from 1:30-3:00

Name ______________________________________

**Sage Writing Next Week**

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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 Wednesday, February 5th.  Please make sure your child has a nice big, healthy breakfast with lots of sleep!  

I am attaching 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 submit the permission slip with your child before next Tuesday, February 3rd. Thanks for all your help and support!