Picture Day!

Picture day is Wednesday, March 16.  Every student will have an individual photo taken.  You can select the pose and background you would prefer on the order form that went home Friday. We will also be taking a class photo.

Yearbook order forms are due March 21.

As always the Read-a-Thon was a lot of fun and a huge success.  Congratulations to Lolo!  She read the most in our class with 647 minutes.  Riley was our top boy reader with 600 minutes.  Riley and Lolo won a large pack of crayons and $10 to spend in the book order.   WAY TO GO!  Overall, our class read for 5,282 minutes.

Last week a conference or comment paper went home in your child's green folder.  Please fill those out and let me know if you would prefer a conference or a comment.  If they are not back by March 15 your child will automatically receive a comment.

We are running low on snack.  If you can help us out by providing a box or two of snack the kids would really appreciate it.

This week in first grade is assessment week. Make sure you child is getting plenty of sleep.  I know it is really hard with the time change.

We will not be having reading groups this week.  I will be pulling students to assess their reading level.  I can't wait to see their progress.  The kid's worked hard this quarter and are really taking off as readers!

This week our spelling test will be high frequency words.  On Friday, the students will be assessed on 25 of the high frequency words.

In writing, we will be reviewing the three types of writing and doing a few writing assessments.

In math, we will be continuing to review and will take our third quarter assessments.

Don't forget to wear green on Thursday!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

A note from Student Council...

Beginning March 14th, the student council will facilitate a school-wide
“Ultimate Penny War.” For this fundraiser, each classroom will place a
large empty container at the office (we will provide the containers). The
students will compete against other classes in the school to raise the most
money for the Braveheart Program, which provides resources for children
struggling with personal loss in their lives. All spare change and paper
money counts.

However, there is a catch. Classes should put pennies in their own
classroom jugs to count as a positive (+) gain in the war. Other change and
bills count against your classroom (-). Put those bills/coins in other
classroom jugs. For example, if a class has 120 pennies in their own jug,
another class can put a dollar bill and 2 dimes into that jug to cancel out the
pennies. This places the class back at zero in the war. It is possible for your
class to be in a negative balance as well, if more silver change and bills are
in your jug than pennies. No money amounts will be posted during the four
weeks of this event. Students must rely on looking at the jugs to determine
where to put their own change during the war. Don’t let a class get too many
pennies, without throwing some other change in to cancel it out.

On April 8th, at the end of the event, the money will be taken to the bank,
counted, and donated to the Braveheart program. A very small award may be
presented to the classroom that wins the Penny War and to the classroom
who has the most money in their jug overall. However, it is important to
realize that this event is for a positive cause of community service and not
simply a means to have a classroom celebration. This fundraiser has proven
to be very effective when I have organized it in the past, and I can only
imagine what kind of results we could have at Bitterroot.

If you have any questions about the organization please speak with Mr.
White. If you have any questions about the fundraising war, please ask Mrs.
Neese, Mrs. Anderson, or Mr. Crofutt.