February 11th-15th

Dear Parents/Guardians and students,
   Today was a day filled with handouts that needed to go home. First, students received a pledge form for the Run, Walk, Roll event taking place on March 16th.  This will be our major fund-raiser for the year.  Please plan on participating if at all possible. Next, we handed out permission slips for chocolate bar sales. Students may take home a box of 25 or 50 chocolate bars that will sell for $1 each.  This is a great way to easily raise money for the school.  Who wouldn't love a chocolate bar, this week especially?  Then, students received a notice about a special dress down day this Thursday. The cost is $1 or as much as your family would like to donate.  All proceeds go to Audrina, one of our former kindergarteners who is out of school for leukemia treatment at this time. 
  Perhaps most importantly to each individual student, Progress Reports went home today.  They must be signed and returned by Friday (or parents may send a signed note saying you received it), or students will be calling home on Friday about detention.  All missing work listed must be completed and turned in by Monday, February 18th or those grades will be changed to zeros.  Please feel free to contact me at our school phone number or via email (on the lpatucson.org website if you don't have it) if you ever have any questions.
  Also, please remember that Science Fair Boards are due Thursday!  Abstracts need to be turned in tomorrow.

Spelling Words for this week:

1. alligator
2. amiable
3. astonish
4. commence
5. convey
6. desperate
7. divide
8. drastic
9. eloquent
10. immature
11. partial
12. quest
13. recoil
14. restless
15. revise
16. shorten
17. subtract
18. sufficient
19. temporary
20. visit

Thank you and have a great week!
-Ms. Vasquez

February 4th-8th

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students,
    By tomorrow, students should be finished with their science experiments.  We will begin writing conclusions for their studies tomorrow.  Please have students bring their journals to class so they can get a good start on communicating their results.  Please remember that completed Science Fair Boards are due on Thursday, February 14th.  Projects, from start to finish are worth 50% of Science grades this quarter.
    Friday is Mid-quarter, so progress reports will go on Monday the 11th.  If any missing work appears on Progress Reports, it will be due by Monday, February 18th or it will be converted to a zero.
    Today we began reading The Green Book.  After the first chapter, many students seemed excited about this book on space travel and colonizing a new planet. Any final drafts of Out of the Dust papers must be submitted tomorrow or they will not be accepted for a grade.
   All grandparents who would like to visit are invited to come in on February 20th.  Sign up sheet will be sent home tomorrow.  

Our Spelling Word for the week are:

1. amendment
2. arrive
3. bicycle
4. bottom
5. certify
6. champion
7. choir
8. collide
9. diminish
10. disability
11. distract
12. dragon
13. eligible
14. exclude
15. extend
16. hinder
17. impede
18. imperfect
19. monitor
20. witness

Have a great week!
-Ms. Vasquez