306 Happenings-October

Hi Folks

There are some dates I want to get out to everyone.

Field Trips/Important events

Wednesday-Oct 6

We are going to Island Lake to test the Huron River water as a part of our partnership with Leslie Science Center. This is a fun trip and parents are welcome to join us there or even walk down to the river with the class. The whole fifth grade will go on a trip lead by Amanda Lodge from LSC.

We leave Northside at 12 noon to arrive there at 12:30. We leave at 2:30.

MEAP testing

Starts Tuesday October 12. We have parents who get snacks together for the kids during the tests, so if you are interested I believe you can talk to a number of folks, including Kelli Bullock (kmb528@gmail.com). We test Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays that week and the next. If there are make ups, we will do that the following week, but those first two weeks are the big test days. More info will come home in backpack mail.

K-buddie-Kerrytown trip

Wednesday October 27 we will walk with our reading buddies to Kerrytown to help them with a scavenger hunt and purchasing items at the Wednesday market. We are also planning to hook up with some of my wife's students to get a look at Community highschool. She teaches French there.

We will leave after an early lunch around 12 noon. We are coming back on foot but I'm not sure about the trip there.

Cemetery trip

Friday, October 29 we are going to the cemetery nearby on Pontiac rd. We will be working in coordination with Mr. Wyse our Art teacher, working on Frotages (grave rubbings) and a scavenger hunt. This will be a walking trip and we love it when parents come to help with kids during the activities.

Ok-that's October. pretty good stuff, should be fun and educational!

Thanks

Nick Mosher

Room 306 update

Hi Folks

We have some important pieces of info to get out to you all.

Today we had our first service squad meet. It was an introductory meet where we explained the process and asked them if they were interested in taking part during some part of the school year. If students were interested, they received a sign off sheet that they should have brought home this evening. They were asked to get your ok and to let us know what part of the day (AM/PM or both) they would be able to work. When everyone gets their paperwork in, we will start to assign the first workers next week. There will be 3 sessions of 12 weeks long so that everyone that wants to, will get a chance to work over the course of the year.

There will be a math test on Thursday over the first unit in math. We covered a number of multiplication and whole number concepts that will be more apparent in the study sheet that comes home on Wednesday. Take a look at the work Wednesday night to have a conversation with your child over these concepts.

My apologies for losing some of the green emergency cards that some of you spent the time to fill out in the first week of school. I sent another blank card home tonight in the hopes you can overcome you unhappiness with my blunder, and fill it out again and send it along in your child's homework folder.

Thanks everyone and let me know if you have any questions about these items or any other issues with what's going on with your children in Room 306.

Thanks

Nick Mosher

Leslie Science Center

Hi Folks

Had a great time today at Leslie Science Center with our challenge course field trip. We got very lucky with the rain. Got 1:45 in before the rain came and then the kids went indoors for the remaining 30 minutes. Didn't get any rain on us until we came up the hill to the back door.

Both instructors said the kids did a good job and they thought we had a good class. We will write about our experiences as well as use the cooperative skills discussed during the challenges as motivation for further learning.

Mr.Mosher

Welcome to Room 306 2010-2011

Hi Parents!

Thanks for coming out last night. It was great to meet all of the new parents and see some familiar faces from years' past.

It's gonna be a great year and we've had a really wonderful start in our classroom. We have a special group of kids.

Apologies about the permission slip having us going today to Leslie Science Center. Carnegie went today and we are actually going tomorrow. Good be a wet afternoon so make sure your kids dress appropriately as the activities that they have us doing are outside. If there is no lightning, I suspect we will be outside. It should be quite a challenge!

I am missing a few emails but this is an almost complete list and I will be using this list to report to you all about the weekly goings on in room 306. i will also cut and paste these emails, along with pictures, to the blog I have set up that links to the Northside web site.

Thanks

Nick Mosher