September 15, 2016

Hello 5/6 Families!

We are under way with our planting in the garden.  Your kids are AMAZING!!!  They are great workers.  We are excited that every day the mornings are a little cooler.  We are only going in the mornings and our time spent in the garden will be reduced once our crops are in!  My goal for the garden this year is to increase the amount of produce we grow to donate to the food bank, grow a larger variety of edible vegetables, and most importantly, to expand the knowledge students have about gardening and how it relates to their life.  We are also looking to incorporate some "fairy garden pieces" in our new flower bed.  And, there are large planters outside of the kinder/Pre-K classrooms that are anxiously awaiting our GREEN thumbs.  I think it is going to be a prosperous and plentiful year.

We have been enjoying applying the "Scientific Method" to our Airplane Experiment.  We have just begun our trials and the initial writing of our experiment.  WOW!  Your kids are SUPER smart and insightful.  They are having meaningful conversations and justifying their answers to each other.  We are testing three types of paper to see which will help our airplane fly the furthest.  Our control is our airplane design.  After this experiment, we will look at other designs.

I hope you will be able to volunteer to donate an item to our S'more activity.  We will be building our ovens and cooking the last week of September.  A BIGGS thank you for your kindness and generosity.  I have sent out a SIGN UP GENIUS.  If you didn't receive an invitation PLEASE contact me.  I used all of the emails on file.

I am asking that all science camp donations be turned in by Friday September 16, 2016.

$40 for students and $20 for adults that would like to chaperone.  Please let me know before September is over if you have a financial need.  We don't have any extra money right now, but sometimes other parents would like to make a donation.  The sooner we know the better chance we may have of getting donations.  If you wait until May to let me know there is a financial need I will probably NOT be able to find any money.  If you pay $10 every pay period it will be paid off in 6 months.  Information papers will be passed out in January at your ILP conferences.

The week of September 19, 2016 we will be EADMS testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.  The schedule is on my academic page on my Weebly.  Students can bring a gum or candy for the testing days.  If your child misses the test the retakes will be on Thursday and Friday in my classroom.

We will be hosting PRIDE on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.

To be eligible to attend PRIDE:
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We will be showing a movie, eating popcorn, having treats, and enjoying a cool drink.  I will be sending out a SIGN UP GENIUS to request donations for treats and drinks.  If your child has special dietary needs, please contact your child's foundation teacher to make other arrangements for snack/drink on the day of PRIDE.  Your child will know by September 30 if they have earned PRIDE.

Please be watching for the ILP conference sign up in your email inbox.  Times fill up quickly!  We look forward to meeting with all of you.  We are requesting that you sign up with your child's foundation teacher.


Mrs. Biggs Weebly

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  I will be out of school September 19-21, but I will return on the September 22, 2016.

Yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs