Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Crazy Hair Day!  Just remember that any hair color needs to be washed out for Thursday.  🙂

Reader Response Journals for this week:  It has seemed to work out pretty well with people’s schedules to allow the students to turn in their journals on any day.  We are going to continue doing this.  Please make sure that journals are turned in by Friday night.  🙂

This week is Dr. Seuss Week:
Tuesday: Kids can wear a key chain on their name badge or belt loop
Wednesday: Crazy Hair and Wear Red Day 
Thursday: Wear Dr. Seuss Hat or a Bow Tie Day
Friday: Early Out

One more thing that I told the kids: 
I saw an invitation to the public for Brandon Mull’s (author of Fablehaven/The Beyonders/Spirit Animals) Launch Party for his new series: FIVE KINGDOMS.  It is Thursday, March 6th. 


Here is what I got:

Join Brandon Mull to celebrate the launch of his new series, FIVE KINGDOMS.  Come for the big free show with comedians and guest authors performing skits followed by a signing.

Authors include:
Brandon Mull (Fablehaven, Beyonders, The Candy Shop War)
Orson Scott Card (author of Ender’s Game)
James Dashner (author of The Maze Runner Trilogy)
Richard Paul Evans (author of Michael Vey Official Fan Page)
Tyler Whitesides (author of Janitors)
Chad Morris (author of The Inventor’s Secret)

Doors open at 6:30.  Show starts at 7:00
Books will be on sale at the event.
Free admission, No Tickets Required!!

Hosted by Brandon Mull 
Cottonwood High School
5715 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, Utah. 84117

(I am not going to lie, I wish it wasn’t Parent/Teacher Conference night!  hahahaha!!)  🙂

If you haven’t signed up for Parent/Teacher conferences…please remember that we are having those this week!  🙂  

You can sign up by going to this link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A5AE22AAF85-spring

The kids were absolutely AMAZING today!!!  I can’t wait for you all to see their hard work come together on Thursday night!!

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Sorry, I’m a little slow at getting this posted….Here are some fun Valentine pictures.

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Tonight’s homework:  Be ready to give those awesome speeches tomorrow!!  If you haven’t brought in your trifold, it needs to be here tomorrow.  🙂  

Remember to come in your costumes–but bring your uniforms to change into at 10:30.  If hair needs painted/colored for your costume, it has been okayed, but it must be washed out for school on Wednesday.

Reader Response Journals:  ARE due this week, however they do not have to be done on the students’ specific days…just sometime before Friday.  🙂

Remember that Thursday night is our NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM for parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins/neighbors…etc.  🙂  

Students need to be here by 5:15.  The speeches start at 5:30.  We will finish at 6:30.  

If anyone is willing to donate a case of the small bottles of water, it would be GREATLY appreciated!  

Click here for your invitation to the 4th Grade Night at the Museum presentation on February 27th!

http://www.punchbowl.com/partypage/a88ea639c070c926

Wow, this time of year gets CRAZY!!!  With that being said, there is no Words Their Way homework this week because of the short/crazy schedule.  Reader Response Journals need to be done, but not necessarily on their assigned day.  Just have them turned in no later than Friday.  

For the Wax Museum:  If anyone would like to donate the small/personal (1/2 pint size) bottles of water to have for parent night, that would be GREATLY appreciated!  We will be serving water and cookies. (Mrs. Chidester’s class is in charge of cookies)

If any of you are super creative and would like to decorate our classroom door for the Dr. Seuss Week door decorating contest, let me know!!  I’d love the help!

Tri-Fold Guideline:

Tri-Board: 

*Tri-boards (approximately 4’ x 2’8”) may be purchased at office supply stores (Staple’s, Office Max, Wal-Mart, etc.) – let the teacher know if there is a problem in getting one

Things to include:

*Title- person’s name and date of birth and death.

*Report – Tri-Fold should include a typed PDF of the Biography bookmark. This will be completed and printed during class. The typed PDF should be attached to the tri-fold so that audience can clearly see the information.

*Pictures-portraits of character and/or things and places that pertain to the character

*Map- include one map that is relevant to his person. It can be a map of the state where they were born, or an area of the world they have influenced.  

*Five Questions- MUST HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN ANSWER ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER PREPARED AND POSTED ON TRI-BOARD IN LARGE FONT!

*Neatness/Creativity-should be neat, colorful, and show that you put effort into it

*Anything else you can think to display that will help the audience visualize your character and their life. 

Just a few reminders:

Speeches are due this Wednesday the 19th!  We will be presenting them in class on Wednesday and Thursday to practice and polish up the speeches.  STUDENTS MUST HAVE THEM MEMORIZED FOR CLASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY!

Trifolds are due on the 24th.  The guidelines of what needs to be on the trifold is attached to this post.  Each piece gets graded!  

We will be doing our Wax Museum for the school on Tuesday the 25th.  Students will need to come to school in their costumes and bring uniforms to change into after 10:30.  Students may bring a water bottle to keep with them while presenting but it MUST have a sealable lid!

Parent night is on the 27th.  Students need to be here at 5:15 to get ready to present for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, etc. from 5:30-6:30.