The Squawk
Parent Newsletter
Dates
March 2- Dr Suess's Birthday. Bring your Favorite Dr. Seuss Book.
March 8- 4th/5th Grade Science Fair
PTA Meeting
March 9- Reading Knocks My Socks Off- Crazy Socks Day
March 11-20 Spring Break
March 23- Spring Pictures
March 24- Hats Off to Reading- Where your favorite hat.
March 25- 3rd Grade Field Trip
March 28-March 31- Iowa Assessments
March 29- 5th grade Field Trip to the Symphony
April 1- Book Character Dress Up Day
Book Swap
April 8- Day in The Arts
April 4-6 Iowa Assessment Make Ups
April 12- Kindergarten Open House 6:00-7:00
PTA Meeting 6 :00-7:30
Thank You
Mad About Reading
Mad About Reading
School Wide Read Aloud
Dr Suess's Birthday is March 2nd.
Minutes To Win It Challenge -
This is optional for classes to participate.
Winning Class will get a Book Bash Party on Friday, April 1st
Here are the official rules:
1. Each student will log their daily reading minutes. They can use one of the logs I have in the office or you can use something you already have in place. I will also have a parent letter if you need one.
2. Students will hand in the paper copy of their reading log to their classroom teacher every Friday morning. Teachers will turn in their class totals to Ms Schofield each Friday in March (by end of the day).
3. Team points earned will be tallied and recorded every week onto a graph in the main hallway.
4. Books read in school are not eligible for points.
5. Books read as part of nightly reading can be counted. (March Madness reading does not have to be in addition to regular home reading, although we hope students will be more inclined to read).
6. There will be a separate point system for grades K-1 and for grades 2-5.
Point System Read a book (or have it read to you) and record your daily minutes read onto the March Madness reading log.
A weekly reading log will be sent home on Tuesday, March 1st.
To make it fair for classes that have fewer students, we will base points on the class average for the week. For example, if Ms. Hawk’s class read 7260 minutes in one week, and there are 22 students in her class, we will divide 7260 by 22 to get an average of 330 minutes.
Ms. Hawk’s 330 minutes would be 110 points for that week.
Grades K-1 – Every 15 minutes = 10 points
Grades 2-5 – Every 30 minutes = 10 points
Team Bonus Points
90% class participation = 20 points each week
Decorate your door with a reading theme = 10 points