Tom the Turkey

Your child's homework this week will be to disguise Tom the Turkey so he doesn't get eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.  We went over this in class on Monday afternoon.  Students can use absolutely anything they can find around the house to decorate their turkey (dried pasta, cotton balls, construction paper, tissue paper, gemstones, fabric scraps, etc.)  I only ask that the turkeys are not simply colored in as that does not disguise the turkey.  In the past, kids have chosen to disguise their turkey as Superman, a princess, an army man, a peacock, a pirate, a monster, etc.  Use your imagination and be creative!

Please disregard the part of the note that asks students to write a story about their turkey.  This will be done in class on Thursday, November 20.  On this day, your child will complete a persuasive writing prompt (Common Core Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.21) convincing the reader why turkey should not be eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.

Have fun with this!  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with to disguise their turkeys!  Please have them turned in no later than Wednesday, November 19.

Thanks!

Weekly Newsletter (November 17-21)

Additional Reminders:  

Tuesday, November 18--PTO meeting, 6:30--Family Health Night

Wednesday, November 19--Fall Picture Make-Up Day

Fall Festival

Come out and join us Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. for our annual Fall Festival! There will be food, drinks, games, pony rides, a petting zoo, and lots and lots of fun!  This is a huge fundraising event for our school, so please come out and support WCES!

Social Studies (Nov. 3-7)

Due to the practices we have been having each morning for our Veteran's Day performance, there will be no social studies test on Friday.  

No School!!!

No School on Tuesday, November 4!  

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Veteran's Day Performance

This is just a reminder that next Tuesday, November 11, 2014, the 2nd grade students will be having a Veteran's Day performance at 1:00 in the afternoon and at 6:30 at night.  The kids and Mrs. Hunter have been working so hard to get ready for this!  At some point during the performance, we will be showing a slideshow of pictures of veterans in our families.  If you have someone in your family who has served or is currently serving in any branch of the military, please send us a photo of them so that we can scan it and add it to our slideshow.  All photos will be returned as soon as they have been scanned and uploaded.

We also want to encourage you to invite those veterans to come see our 2nd graders perform.

Thanks for all your help!

Weekly Newsletter (November 3-7)

Reminders:  

No School on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (Election Day).  

All Fall picture money is due Wednesday, November 5.

Read your story and study your spelling and vocabulary words every night!