Upcoming Assignments and Events

Some Upcoming Assignments

• Students are working on a short fable, a couple of paragraphs to a full page. Each student got a subject (like "how the snake lost it's legs"). The story needs to have the following elements: talking animals; a beginning, middle, and end; a moral; and a picture to illustrate the fable. This was assigned on 10/6 and is due on Wednesday, October 12th.
• We have two more weeks of current event assignments before we take a break from them for awhile. The current event is assigned on Monday and due on Thursday.
• Every student should be working on a Reflection submission with the theme "Diversity Means..."
• The Mystery/Ghost Story Book report is due on Wednesday, October 19th, and the format is a Mystery Mansion/Haunted House. Directions and example are in another blog post.

 Some Upcoming Events

• Picture Day is on Thursday, October 13th. I'll send the Picture Envelops on Monday.
• Red Ribbon Week is on Oct. 24th - Oct. 27th. We'll send home a reminder, but the basic daily themes are: Monday- Crazy Hair and Socks, Tuesday - Favorite Sports Team Cloths, Wednesday-Interesting Hat or Cap, Thursday - Bobcat Spirit Day.
• 6th Grade will have a craft day on October 27th. We'll be making Witches. Next week we'll be sending home a list of items needed. These always turn out so cute. They are keepers for sure!
• On Wednesdday, November 2nd, Sixth Grade will visit Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah to see BLAST!-  "Winner of a Tony Award for "Best Special Theatrical Event," BLAST! brings together 35 brass, percussion, and visual performers in an explosion of music and theatre. Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a thrilling performance of athleticism, musical talent, kaleidoscopic movement, and competitive showmanship."-Kingsbury Hall Website. The performance will be followed by a walking tour of the University of Utah. We hope this will inspire an interest in college life, and excitement for their future education. We'll be lunching on campus, so a lunch order preference will be sent home on Monday.

 That's it for now! Lots of exciting stuff!