Minnesota River Newsletter

Hello Minnesota River Families!

This week has been another busy week and what great work we have seen!  The snow is adding excitement to recess time but brings up a few reminders.

Please help your student remember snow pants, gloves, hats and warm jackets when the weather requires them.  The will be much more comfortable with appropriate clothing.

A few changes to note.  Our life celebrations will be on Mondays now the week following your scheduled time.  For example, this Friday, October 27 will be postponed until Monday, October 30th.  This is a necessary change due to time restraints on Fridays.

From the office:  

We are writing to communicate about celebrating Halloween at school. We will be doing harvest related activities with the children on Tuesday, October 31^st. These will vary from classroom to classroom, but all will involve some fun, hands-on activities and experiences to celebrate this time of year. Some classrooms may do activities with the Upper Elementary students who will be doing presentations on famous individuals and biography stories.

We would like to request the following from you:

-          Please do not send the children in costumes; regular school dress is expected

-          Please do not send candy to school in lunch boxes or as gifts to share both on Halloween or in the following days

Lastly, we are in need of more small paper plates, and napkins.  Also, I would like to humbly ask again if there is anyone who would be able to donate some airdry clay and medium crates to the classroom for book storage, something similar to this,  http://www.michaels.com/artminds-wood-crate-carry-all/10228808.html

And in conclusion, a quick note about academic lessons this past week.  These are the lessons that were given.

First Years

Cursive Booklets

Quadrilaterals

Math (various, differentiated)

First Calendars

Globes / Oceans

Second Years

Distributive and Pointing Adjectives

Math (various, differentiated)

Parts of a Straight Line

Land and Water Forms

Culture Folder Sentences

Third Years

Pronunciation Marks

Math (various, differentiated)

Sides of a Right Triangle

Fundamental Needs with Culture Folders

Best wishes to all of you!

In Partnership,

Patrick and Erik

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Erik and Patrick

Co-Guides Minnesota River Classroom

Great River School

St Paul, MN