Week of March 25th

We have had a great first week back from spring break!  The kiddos have slowly but surely gotten back into our routine.  Please do not be alarmed by the large package of signed papers.  I did not send home papers the week before spring break so I am just catching up. :)  Please make sure to check out the fantastic research projects that your child completed.  They are really blossoming. I am starting to see future second graders in their sweet smiles and work samples.  Listed below are two conceptual projects.  Please make sure to read the details of each project and know when they are due.


Here are a few reminders for the week:
-  PE on Monday.
-  Lunch menus due Monday.
-  No School on Friday, March 29th and Monday, April 1!

Spelling Words:  near, funny, spring, planet, against, during, brother, sister, mother, father

*No Challenge words this week!

Character Flipbook Contest

We have studied the great innovator, Walt Disney.  Like Walt Disney, the students are to choose an animal to create a character.  I have provided the flipbook materials. The competition will be divided into the following two groups:  K-2^nd and 3^rd-7^th grade.  The first place winner for the K-2^nd group will win a gift card to 32 degrees yogurt.  The first place winner for the 3^rd – 7^thgrade will win an iTunes gift card. Everyone has to complete a flipbook, even if they decide not to enter the contest.  Listed below are requirements the students must follow.

Requirements:

-  title page:  must include character name and illustrator name

-  must include five original drawings of their character doing different motions

-  character must be colored

-  flipbooks are due Wednesday, March 27^th by 3:00

BDS Photography Contest

To honor Ansel Adams, innovator in the art of photography, BDS will host a contest for our students!

Rules and Guidelines

·      Picture must be in black and white

·      The subject matter should be landscape or documentation of a social or environmental issue. 

·      The student should be the one taking the picture.

·      Student is responsible for printing the picture and submitting it.

·      If possible, picture should be printed on film paper for better quality.    

·      The students MUST DO THEIR OWN WORK!!!

·      The pictures are due on Thursday, March 28, 2013. 

·      Here is an app if anyone is interested in downloading it:  Dramatic Black and White APP ($1.99).