Adventures With Mrs. Craig

Thank you to all my students for making 2019 awesome. I am looking forward to all of the learning in 2020. Thank you for the treats and presents, so appreciated! Enjoy some well needed family time. See you on January 6th.

We had a blast today and I was so proud of my class and how they followed the rules. Not one person ate a candy! They are taking these home right now - hopefully they make it! We had a great time singing carols in the gym! Ask your child what their favourite song was. In Math, we played place value yahtzee. See you tomorrow for our last day of learning in 2019!!!

We started the morning off with Ignite. Ask your child what room they went to! We created something today that included our writing and drawing skills! You will see them soon. No spelling words this week! Last day of school for kids is Thursday (full day). We will be having our Pillars of Care assembly on Thursday.

We painted some beautiful winter trees today. Everyone did an awesome job persevering through this multi-step art activity! For our spelling test, they completed 5-6 sentences. I will hand these back on Monday. In Math we worked on rounding. Have a wonderful weekend! We are getting closer and closer to the number 18 for our ginger bread house activity. Please keep the candy and graham crackers coming.

We listened to a great story, read by Oprah Winfrey today, "Hula Hoopin' Queen." Ask your child what the story was about. We learned that stories have 'morals.'  We discovered the moral of our classroom novel "Fish In a Tree"  from chapter 22. Ask your child what the moral was and how the story unfolded. In Math, we built numbers using hundreds, rods and cubes. In pairs they studied a certain time of animal and wrote facts in their Science journals. What animal did your child study? What did they learn? We had iPad time today and went on Razkids. Remember to use this program at home too. Please check the school calendar for important dates! Winter break: No school December 20 - January 5 Classes resume January 6, 2020!

This weeks spelling test will be focused on writing perfect sentences. Each group will be given 5 different sentences that they have to correct. I will send back their tests from yesterday, today. Please remember to study these words every week! We learned about a really special friendship today between a hippo and a tortoise. They may story maps and comics out of all of the different stages in the story. Ask your child about Owen and Mzee! In writing, they wrote about what animals they would be - if they could be one. Ask your child what 'Math talks' means to them. These were our questions today: 1. What number is between 36 and 38? (37) 2. What number is between 49 and 51? (50) 3. What number is one more than 96? (97) 4. I am thinking of a number between 40 and 50. This number has a 3 in it. What is the number? (43) 5. I am thinking of a number between 20 and 40. It has a 5 in it. What could be the numbers? (25, 35) You will soon be seeing a notice home about making

Every single family came out last night! That has never happened in my class, and it makes me so proud! Good job, room 13, those drummers were awesome. We have been very busy with our regular daily routines as well as practicing for last night. Today we will be watching division 2 all afternoon perform! They have been practicing their typing skills using games on the computer. In Math they are comparing numbers using less than, greater than and equal to. We have been looking at place value and comparing those numbers underlines. Ask your child to show you. We had 'free write' for almost 45 minutes. They could write about anything they wanted. Everyone was so engaged and had ideas to write about. We have really been enjoying about animals! Ask your child what they have learned so far. The spelling test is going to be pushed to Monday. Please study over the weekend!

Perseverance is our new monthly pillar. We brain stormed what it meant and shared times in our lives when things were hard, but we had to push through them! Some examples were: learning how to read and bike riding. We finished up our art for the concert today. Afterwards we made our own word searches. They loved this activity and wanted to bring them home to show you all. We can't wait to perform for parents on Wednesday. Please have your child come up to my class at 6. Concert starts at 630. Instruments due Wednesday - bring them tomorrow if you would like too. Spelling words: Red: tree, free, see, bee, Santa Green: December, mammals, traditions, research, concert Blue: decorations, studying, celebrating, researching, traditions

We had a great day today! We enjoyed celebrating our 'pillars of care' award winners. Thank you to those parents who were able to come out! In Math, we are working on sorting numbers from least to greatest (and reverse) as well as less than and greater than. We had a pop quiz today! We did a guided drawing today. I will keep them a surprise for our winter concert. Please look over your childs spelling test and please get started on your instrument if you haven' already! Winter concert will be on Wednesday! We are looking forward to seeing all of our families! Students meet me in our classroom at 6 and parents head to the gym for the 630 start time.

Yesterday in Social Studies we did a class guided reading about Peru. We then ended our lesson on 'quality of life.' The learned that quality of life is: the sense of safety, comfort, security, health and happiness in your life. They then made a web chart of all of the things in their lives that affect their quality of life. Many of them wrote things like: water, clean air, healthy food, safety and shelter. Ask your child if they think their quality of life would be the same or different from a child who lives in Peru? In Science we have been continuing to work on our posters about animals and hearing. They are learning about the top 10 animals with amazing hearing. To end off our hearing and sound unit I have given them a fun at home project. Please check their backpack for details. If you are unable to find time to create an instrument made from recycled material, please let me know and I will do it with them at school. In Math we are working hard on understanding roundin

We had a very busy Monday! Ask your child where the went for Ignite this morning. To start off the day they wrote 5-6 sentences on their weekends. They then shared these with a partner during snack time. In Science, we are moving towards our 'animal' unit. They each started a mini poster and completed a fact page of the 'top 10 animals with best hearing.' We learned some fascinating facts, ask your child! We have a couple more things to finish up and do before finishing up 'hearing and sound.' One will be at home and more details will come tomorrow! We have a new music teacher for 6 weeks! Congratulations to Mr. Wiens on his new baby! We had a big chat today about respect in the music room as our new teacher takes on a busy position with the winter concert! We completed 'perfect sentences' today and corrected a terribly written paragraph (by me) together! In Math we worked on rounding. They made a huge number line and wrote down all of the numb

Tomorrow is reverse day! Teachers will dress like students and students will dress like teachers! We did our spelling test today and I will review those with you during parent teacher interviews on Thursday and Friday! Please book your interview if you haven't done so already. In Math we worked in pairs on double and triple digit addition questions. We are really enjoying our new novel study "Fish In a Tree." We worked hard today on our work for our 'display of learning' boards and can't wait for you to see them!

We started our new novel study today. The book is called "Fish In A Tree." So far it really makes us think about how we treat other people and what other people might be thinking and feeling. Everyone listened so well and seemed to really comprehend the first few chapters. We started our bulletin board project - I will say no more because you will be seeing them next week! I am away tomorrow, so I have told them that they will be getting their spelling test on Monday! I think a lot of them were relieved to have the extra weekend to study. We did our basic facts quiz today and had buddies. In Social Studies I showed them pictures of my trip to Peru! They seemed to really enjoy seeing them.

We had a busy day back at school. We are doing a project for our bulletin board and need a perfect 'just right' book for everyone. This means: they understand what they read, enjoy it, and can read it independently. Many students have said that their book is at home. Please bring it to school tomorrow so we can begin our first steps! In Math we learned to expand a number to find the solution of an addition problem. For example: 66+22 can be expanded to: 60+20=80+6+2=88 Ask your child to show you this at home. We have learned the algorithm of carrying the one, but some students like this way better. In Science we learned about ECHOLOCATION! Ask your child what animals use this. We also learned about a person who is deaf who uses this. After P.E we completed a 4 piece comic drawing of what it means to be kind (which is our new pillar). Spelling Words: Red: one, two, three, four, five Green: twelve, twenty, thirty, fifteen, seventy Blue: five thousand, six hundred and e

We have been learning about Remembrance Day all week. Tomorrow we will have our ceremony and minute of silence in the gym. Please talk to your child further about respect during these ceremonies. Today we had an unexpected practice fire drill. Many of them did an awesome job, others had to talk to me afterwards about the importance of being silent during these practices. In Math we have been working on word problems and creating our own. We did a class guided reading today about a book on Peru. Many students were brave and read out loud to the entire class. We then wrote a paragraph in our Social Studies book about Peru. I am so proud of my class during buddy time. They are all so kind and patient towards their kinder buddies! Tomorrow we will be having our spelling test. Please study tonight!

We learned a new game in gym today! Thank you to our student teacher (Mrs. P's class) for teaching us! We worked on goal writing today. Ask we what I wrote for COMPREHENSION and WELL-BEING. We need to write a NUMBER SENSE one tomorrow. When we are done all three we will enter these into our Iris accounts. Ask me to write me name in cursive writing! We learned how to do the lower and uppercase 'a' today. "Spread kindness like confetti." We are handing out kindness cards. Ask your child what we do with these. Kindness is our next 5th pillar for the month. To end off our day, we did a 'Number Talks.' They are given a Math problem, solve it independently, and then explain their strategy to the class. Ask your child if they explained theirs to the class. Spelling Words: We are working on rhyming words this week. Red: bat, cat, pin, fin, pot, hot Green: great, plate, throw, low, sale, whale Blue: traded, skated, light, bright, bubble, trouble We o

We had an awesome day today! To start off we created pumpkins from mandarin oranges! Then they went into pairs, made skits (plays) and presented to the class! Everyone was so brave and participated. Our POC ceremony was in the afternoon. Thank you to those parents that joined us in celebrating all of these awesome students. Be safe tonight if you are going trick or treating! ....and dress warm! No school tomorrow. See you on Monday.

We played a game today with the entire class. Mrs. Craig taped a character on our backs and we had to walk around asking yes or no questions to find out who we had! Ask your child who they had. This character was the beginning to our short story that we created afterwards. We did 'making words' with the word 'Halloween.' Our winner thought of 52 words! Word problem: Mrs. Craig handed out 16 pieces of candy. Mrs. P handed out double her amount. How many candies did Mrs. P hand out than Mrs. Craig? Ask your child to complete this with you. We are continuing to work on double digit addition with carrying.

We learned about how other people celebrate Halloween around the world - focusing on an interesting celebration - Day Of The Dead! We created beautiful sugar skulls using a guided sketch and then making it colourful with flowers and hearts. In Math we continued to focus on double digit addition with carrying. Ask your child to show you an example. Wow it is cold today! We had an indoor recess and lunch. Please dress for the weather! At the end of the day they wrote 5 perfect sentences on RESPECT. Ask your child what they wrote! We wrote our Science test today and got them back. Ask your child how they did. Did you study? Thursday is Halloween. Our school will be having an orange and black day. Pillars of care assembly at 1230. I have announced and sent home certificates today. Great job!  No school on Friday! No spelling words this week.

We had a fantastic morning in nature. Thank you to Miss Harmony for sharing a great story and teaching us something new! Ask your child what the story was about. Please review with your child, their spelling test. Next week I will make blue group a little less hard! Reading...Give it a Shot BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students have brought home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  20 min read = 1 Flames hockey card.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.  T he more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school!    Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!  Have a great weekend! 

Yesterday we had a day of Science! We physically saw how sound vibrates! All we needed was a spoon, a piece of yarn and a ruler! Maybe you could do this experiment at home and have your child show you. We did a basic facts test yesterday. Today we completed a math word problem together. They seemed to really enjoy coming up to the board and showing their way of thinking. Ask me what I have learned about Peru so far. Please check out our cute pumpkins on the stage tonight at the dance (6-8pm). Dress for the weather tomorrow as we will be going on our walk! Monday we will have a quiz on the parts of the ear. Please study from the print out sent home. We will have our spelling test at the end of the day tomorrow.

Our stories really took off today! They were allowed to write about any topic they wanted but many of them decided to write Halloween stories. So far we have had 2 people present their stories to the class and many that want to tomorrow! Many of them have written 2-3 pages with title pages! In Math we did a pop quiz on basic facts! We really enjoyed reading 'Amelia Bedelia' today and had a good laugh about her thinking. We started learning about our first country today - Peru! They loved watching the video about "going to school in Peru." This Thursday is the school Halloween dance! Please come dressed up! On Halloween our school will be doing 'orange and black day. Please check notice in your child's backpack!  The Grade 3s are going to go on a walking trip to Confluence Park this Friday morning. If you would like to volunteer please email me at lmparsons@cbe.ab.ca We will be leaving at 8:30am. 

We enjoyed reading 'Don't Bring An Alligator To School' this morning. In spelling we wrote 'perfect sentences' with our spelling words. Many of them are needing reminders of where to write on a page (some are writing in the middle of the book or on the right hand side only etc.). As an extension, we listed all of the 'ch' and 'sh' words we could think of. In Math we worked on our basic facts. We had a quick lesson on carrying in double digit addition. This made me realize that we will be spending much more time on this! You can practice at home too. Start with a simple equation of 37+43. After PE we had Health. We did a simple meditation exercise that worked really well for bringing down our hyper energy after gym and well - Mondays! We then had a great class discussion about different stresses we have in grade 3 and what we use to cope. Spelling words: Red: yellow, red, green, blue, boo! Green: candy, colour, spooky, sound, hearing Blue:

Thank you for a great Friday! We sure worked hard. We started the day off in groups and completed puzzles! This was a great way to work on our social skills when working in groups. In Math they completed 3 different levels of patterning numbers. Eg. 1).  2, 4, 6, __, ___ 2.)  24, 29, 35, __, ___ 3.)  22, 13, 44, 26, 66, ___, ____, ____ Please look over your child spelling test and make corrections with them. In Science we learned how our brain receives messages from what we hear. This helps us stay safe and aware. Ask your child to give you an example. Have a fantastic weekend and cozy up with a book!

We started the day of with Ignite! Ask your child what room they went to. In Health we learned about the 'Zones of Regulation.' This is familiar language for many of them, as they did this last year. They worked together in groups of 4 to create posters on the 4 different levels of emotions. Afterwards in their journals, they wrote complete sentences emotions and what makes them feel these (happy, sad, annoyed, angry, excited and shy). In Math we learned two new games. Ask them about 'Would You Rather?' With this, they are given 2 different picture that represent quantities of objects. They have to defend what they think is more. They played 'roll to 100' and practiced their basic facts. In Buddies they helped their buddies study pumpkins (wrote down their measurement, colours and textures). To end off our day we did a Science experiment with hearing and sound. They learned what 'pitch' means and how it is produced. Question: 'Does changing

We had a great day today and transitioned back into our routine (even after 5 days off!). Great job, room 13! Busy busy! We completed our Literacy SLA test today, completed a Math booklet on all different skills, and danced and had music! We will be using the same spelling words as last week, so please study those! There are 2 forms and Scholastic going home today. Make sure to pull them out of your child's backpack and read. After our busy day today, they earned free time! Ask your child what they explored.

Tomorrow is crazy hair day!

We had a very busy day today so don't be surprised if your child is tired tonight! They completed their online SLA Math test and started their written SLA writing test. Great job, room 13! Ask them what they wrote about for their writing test. We will have the same spelling words next week, since this week has been so busy and it is short, they seemed to agree! In Science we have been learning information from different non-fiction books and completing charts together. They have a very long weekend coming up! 5 days! Friday-Tuesday. Wednesday they are back and it is 'crazy hair day!'

Today we had pictures, library and music. Our picture day ended up just being our single portraits. The class photo will be on November 4th. We did our written Math SLA test today. They also have their first basic facts test! Ask your child how they went. Our 5th pillar this month is RESPECT. As we still learn the routine and guidelines of our classroom, respect is the perfect pillar to have! Please talk to your child about how they react during different emotions they may have. Eg. a child bothering them or feeling frustrated over something that might be difficult. Spelling words: Red: add, be, cat, dog, see Green: said, school, adding, like, true Blue: Honesty, respect, organizing, hearing, migration Remember to read every night with your child.

Room 13's Students are taking over the blog today..... What did you learn at school this week: That you can hear certain things and sometimes you can't - Aidan That I didn't know the top of my ear was a pinna - Floyd I learned what is inside my ear - Yiting We made megaphones today - Elyse I learned what all the different parts of my ear are - Hayla The noise gets captured inside of the megaphone - Jonah We learned that sounds vibrate and the slower the vibrations the quieter the noise - Jennifer We learned how to put numbers in order - Aiden Please go over your child's spelling test. We will be completing our first SLA's next week. Please bring headphones.  Picture day on Monday! We are also going to the library on Monday instead of Tuesday. Please bring books back.

Room 13 has been very busy the last couple of days! In Science they drew a diagram of the ear. They labeled these and learned about the outer, middle and inner ear. We will be looking at each of these parts and understanding what their jobs are. Ask your child about vibrations and waves when it comes to hearing and sound. The last couple of days they have been working on water colour Fall trees. They have turned out beautiful. To follow, they created Fall poems. We logged on to computers today! Even though it took some patience, they were able to go onto Raz Kids. Everyone was so helpful with their buddies in kindergarten today. They taught their buddies about shapes and how to use them when making a self portrait. Tomorrow will be our second spelling test! Remember to study and to ask them 'what is a perfect sentence'?

Yesterday was Orange shirt day. We had a special presentation from Miss Harmony. Our community walk went well and I believe we all have a strong understanding of what orange shirt day means. Mrs. Craig read a story about indigenous heroes this afternoon. In writing today we worked through a writing checklist. We have 10 different writing boxes to complete in October. Ask me what I completed today. In Math we filled in the empty spots of addition problems. There were 3 different levels of questions. Eg. 33+ ___ = 45 In Science we started hearing and sound. We made a poster together about different sounds in our environment. They copied the poster in their Science journals. Spelling words this week: red: you, go, us, can, is Green: much, who, with, take, Fall Blue: would, should, gardening, culture, hibernate We had library today. Remember to bring your book back on Mondays.

Tomorrow will be our first Pillars of Care celebration, starting at 830am. Monday is orange shirt day. Please visit  http://www.orangeshirtday.org/  with your child to see why this day is so important. We started talking about the day today and will continue tomorrow. On Monday we will go for a small community walk to show off our orange shirts. Today we wondered and wrote down ideas and facts about the question, 'What is Science?' So many great ideas by everyone! Ask your child how they contributed to this great conversation. In Math today we learned about: greater than, less than, and equal to. They all understood this math concept with ease, and some needed challenge questions! We had a great time with out kinder buddies today. Mrs. Wu and I finalized their buddy for the year. This way they can really get to know each other and hopefully form a special friendship! See you tomorrow.

Two days ago it was the first day of Fall! We spent some time yesterday writing about Fall. We used our previous Science knowledge and wrote using our 5 senses. Ask your child what 2 things they wrote under each. In Science we are also looking at the changes in our environment outside and asking what animals do in Fall? We learned about migration and hibernation! Everyone had so many great questions! We started our class novel today! The story "Matilda" by Roald Dahl seems to already intrigue all ears! We will be journaling about this novel as we go. In Math we worked on EVEN AND ODD numbers. Ask them about 'Odd Todd' and 'Even Steven.' We went on a nature walk yesterday to see the changes in our community. They collected leaves that have already fallen. We made an alphabet display with them! Ask your child why leaves change colour and why they fall off the trees? It isn't so simple! Congratulations to our Pillars of Care winners! Please don

We started off our day doing Ignite! Ask your child what they participated in. We met someone new in the school today! Mrs. Harmony! Ask your child what she spoke to them about and the book she read. We will be doing our Terry Fox run tomorrow (due to snow on Friday!). Please dress for the weather. In Math we learned about rounding numbers to the nearest 10's. Spelling words. Your child will know what group they are in. We will have a spelling test on Friday. I will create more groups (if necessary) or switch people in different groups, as I learn my students needs throughout the next couple of weeks. Please study these words at home! Red: me, she, to, he, at Green: bring, drink, cut, see, down Blue: together, Canadian, myself, belonging, carrying

We created a class tree today and made 'dots' to go with it! This idea was inspired after reading the book "The Dot". We are continuing to learn about how to write a 'perfect sentence.' They corrected 10 sentences with errors in them today. In Social Studies we labeled and coloured a Canadian map. We also learned important facts about Canada and started a booklet. I look forward to meeting parents tomorrow evening!

We had a very busy Tuesday! Tuesday is library day for us so please make sure your child has their book back by Monday. Most students remembered this. This morning I read the book 'Wonder.' Ask your child what the main learning points of this book is. In Math we started 'number detectives'. They started with the number 20. They have to answer 10 questions around the number 20. After lunch we started Social Studies! In grade 3 we are going to learn about 4 different countries: India, Peru, Tunisia and Ukraine. I think it is important that we start with facts about Canada first. Ask them what they learned as they created an amazing poster with a partner! We will finish these off tomorrow. After gym they earned free time after working hard all day!

This morning we learned about different elements of a story such as; beginning, middle and end. I read the story "Chrysanthemum" to break apart a story. They then wrote 3 small paragraphs on the beginning, middle and end. Ask your child about each part. In Math we counted the letters of our name and answered the question, 'how many more letter do you need to make 10?' We also focused on expanded form with different numbers and recognizing the ones, tens, hundreds and even thousands. In the afternoon they pushed through a long spelling quiz. This quiz lets me know where they are at with their spelling. I will be starting their spelling groups next week! Have a great evening! PD day on Friday.

We did a type of drawing called 'Zentangle' this morning. Ask your child what it means. What is EXPANDED FORM? With a little lesson, room 13 showed me that they really understood expanding numbers. They answered 8 questions and some even had challenge questions. We have been working hard to understand the Pillars of Care. They have done writing and creating around this topic. You will see this next Thursday during "meet the teacher.' We had our first fire drill practice today. Tonight you should be getting an instruction sheet for how to register for Meet the Teacher night on September 19. Please note that these are not individual sessions.  This will be an overview of Grade 3, with a chance to ask questions about the program, including field trips, and topics of study. I do hope that there will be time on this evening to meet most of you face to face. Have a great weekend! Scholastic book orders due Tuesday September 17 Demographic papers all due Digital c

Our favourite part of school and learning so far: Jennifer - "I like writing about our family." Aleksa - "I like Math bingo!" Ben - "I liked quiet reading" Liam - "I like Math" Conner - "I like gym" Yiting - "I like buddies with kindergarten kids" Cynthea - "I like buddies and gym outside learning the new games" Jonah - "That we do lots of fun things!" Kimowan - "I like buddies and painting" Aiden T. - "I like buddies a lot!" Aidan S. - "I like writing about Queen, buddies and gym!" Hayla - "I like the art and crafts and I also like gym outside!" Thomas - "I like Ignite!" Tiamat - "I like Ignite and reading buddies!" Aya - "Ignite." Elyse - "Ignite" Floyd - "Gym and Ignite" Maeda -"Ignite." Ask me: What is IGNITE? How many ways can you represent the number 10? See y

Yesterday room 13 seemed to really enjoy hosting (pretending) a dinner party. They had to create an invitation and they could invite anyone! In the letter they asked 3-4 questions and described the theme and food they would serve. Ask your child about their dinner party. In Math we have been focusing on graphing and mental math strategies for addition and subtraction. We created a chart together "What is Math?" They came up with many jobs that need Math and life skills where Math is needed. In writing we have also been learning how to write a 'perfect sentence using neat printing, spaces, capitals and periods. In the afternoon, in groups of 2, they created Pillars for our bulletin board. Ask your child: What is the 5th pillar? What are ways to deal with stress? What do you like to write about?

This morning I read the story, "Invisible Boy." Ask your child what the story was about and how the author used colour to represent the emotions of the characters. We talked about taking care of everyone in our class and making sure that everyone feels safe and cared for at school.  In Math, the printed their numbers too 100 and learned 2 new Math games!  In literacy, they wrote 4-5 sentences about themselves and their family. We also made a poster about 'Belonging.' See you tomorrow for more learning and our first library visit! 

We had our first assembly today. It was around our new pillar. Each month there will be a different pillar. This month it is "belonging." Room 13 really showed their understanding of belonging by including everyone and showing kindness inside and outside the classroom. We enjoyed our Math lesson today on graphing. Ask your child what we graphed and what we concluded from the information we collected. They had 'free topic' writing time. Many students chose to write stories, others wrote about their interests and what they did during the summer. Ask your child what an adjective is. They each came up with an adjective that represents them. Remember to read every day at home. Even 10 minutes makes all of the difference! Have a great weekend and I look forward to more learning next week!

This morning we talked about personal space and respecting other people's 'bubble.' They created name tags for their coat hooks in order to help with space during transition times. We really enjoyed our task cards today on different situations that can and will happen in our classroom. Each group acted out their scenario and discussed the best reaction to the problem. Ask your child what their task card said. They painted self portraits today with unique patterned backgrounds! I will have these up for 'meet the teacher' night! Ask your child about their first music class.

We had a fantastic first day of grade 3! With a few reminders, everyone was respectful and ready to learn. We started off the day reading the book "Classroom Jitters." Ask your child what happened at the end of the book! Who did the main character end up being? Please take the time to read your child's letter they wrote to you. In there you will find some details about what we did today. Please make sure your child comes to school with a healthy snack so we can eat in the classroom. Recess is only 10 minutes long and I want them to be active and play during that time. Indoor shoes without laces (unless they can independently tie their own!). You may send your child with a water bottle and a pencil case to keep at school too. Your child's take home folder is in their backpack. Forms are due by Friday. We will be painting tomorrow!