We Need Jars!

Please have your child bring in a small jar to class for a project we will be doing. Larger than a baby food jar, but not as big as a pickle jar. I'm thinking about 4-6 inches tall would be perfect, but we can work with whatever you have. If you have the lid, send it in, but you don't have to have it in order for us to use the jar. Thanks for your help! If you happen to have a few laying around, feel free to send in a couple.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser Pick-Up

If you haven't picked up your cookie dough and products from the fundraiser please do so tomorrow, Tuesday April 28th from 3:00-5:30. Thanks for your participation! Don't forget that PTC Basket Bingo is this Friday. Last call for donations for our Green Galore basket. Thanks for all of your help! Our basket is looking awesome!

School Beautification Day

Today to help celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day MES kids paired up to help clean up our school. Our class worked with Miss Accuardi's class to pull weeds in the front of the school. Truth be told though, I'm not sure if we helped or made it worse. ;-) But, we tried. Then our class went to the area right outside our classroom door to pull more weeds, and make a flower bed to plant some seeds. We raked and added some dirt, planted seeds and watered the flower bed. We'll see if anything comes up. It was a lot of fun and the kids worked hard!

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day! We had a fun day doing all sorts of projects about the earth. We started the day making a model of the different layers of the earth, which are the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. We also talked a lot about things that we can do to help keep the earth healthy and clean. Thank you for sending back your "Healthy Earth Pledges." The tree is almost complete, so we'll be sure to add pictures later. We even got to make earth crayons out of old blue and green crayons. Make sure that at home you are doing everything you can to set a good example of how to help the earth. Here are a few easy things you can do that our class came up with:
1. Recycle plastic, glass, aluminum and paper whenever possible. Don't forget to return those pop cans and plastic bottles!
2. Use re-usable water bottles instead of the plastic disposable ones whenever possible.
3. Use reusable grocery bags, or reuse the plastic ones instead of getting new ones every time.
4. Turn of your lights and water whenever you aren't using them.
5. If you unplug things such as microwaves, computers, TVs, toasters, blenders, etc. when they aren't in use, you can save over 5% on you electricity bill, and save energy.
6. Walk, don't drive when you can, or try to group your trips into the least amount of driving possible.
7. Spread the word!!! Tell others about things that they can do. We only have one chance to help keep our planet a safe and healthy place to be, for all of these kiddos and their futures.

Cookie Dough Pick-Up is today!

Please come and pick-up your cookie dough today at MES from 4:00-6:30. We'd also love to have you stay for our PTC meeting at 6:30. We hope to see you tonight!

Enjoy the Sunshine!

My goodness, you can tell the sun is out and shining today! This class was crazy! We had a very loud, disruptive class today, which is very unusual for this bunch of kids. I know that kids tend to go nuts when the sun is shining, and they are cooped up inside, so please make sure the kiddos get plenty of time to play tonight. And please have a conversation with your kids about still making responsible choice for school and their behavior. I can't tell you how many times I heard "He pulled my hair!" or "He pinched me!" or "She kicked me!" today. Tomorrow we will be practicing getting along and keeping our hands to ourselves. ;-) Have a good afternoon in the sunshine! Don't forget the sunscreen!

Friday Notes

• We finished our unit on weather today. We made a very cool book today which we will be turning into a movie. For a look at our inspiration, take a look at this website.
• Thanks for those who participated in our fundraiser! Products will be delivered to MES on Tuesday, and can be picked up then from 4:00-6:30.
  
• Please, please, please, PLEASE send in your recipes! I've only received about 4, and we need them starting next week.
• If you haven't paid your snack fee, please do so ASAP. I'm about a week from being out of snack, and I only have about $10 for the rest of the year.
• If you're child will be going to work with you on "Take Your Child To Work Day" next week, please let me know asap.
• Have a good weekend, and enjoy the sunshine!!! Don't forget your sunscreen!