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Information for the week of March 28 - April 1, 2011

**Remember there is no school April 4-8, 2011 due to Spring Break…

**We have a lot of art projects piling up that need to be sent home.  If you have not already, please send in a bag with your child’s name on it so we can send them home for your viewing pleasure….

Book of the Week/Unit: Dear Zoo

Letter of the Week: Ss

Number of the Week:  8 (We are going back and working now on tracing/writing)

Math: Algebra (Extend Shape Patterns)

In need of supplies:

• Paper Plates

Please remember to sign daily sheets and return.  We keep these on file for our reference/data.

Underwear:

• If your child is just beginning to transition from pull-ups to underwear, please make sure you send in multiple changes of clothes and an extra pair of shoes and socks.  Often times when accidents do happen, the socks and shoes get soaked as well.

Pull-Ups:

• If your child requires pull-ups, please remember to send them in…

Information for the week of: March 21-25, 2011

ART DAY:

Wear the color shirt that is assigned to your grade.  MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR SHIRT IN BY WEDNESDAY March 23 and have it ready at school.  Grade shirt color assignments are as follows:

 

                        Kindergarten -- Red

                        First Grade -- Orange

                        Second Grade -- Yellow

                        Third Grade -- Green

                        Fourth Grade -- Blue

                        Fifth Grade -- Purple

                        Small Group - Red

**Picture Day:  We did our best to get the poses you asked for.  However, we asked them to go with the best pose/smile they captured!!

**We have a lot of art projects piling up that need to be sent home.  Please send in a bag with your child’s name on it so we can send them home for your viewing pleasure….

Book of the Week/Unit: 3 Billy Goats Gruff

Letter of the Week: Rr

Number of the Week:  7 (We are going back and working now on tracing/writing)

Math: Algebra (Extend Shape Patterns)

In need of supplies:

• Cups
• Paper Plates
• Plastic Forks

Please remember to sign daily sheets and return.  We keep these on file for our reference/data.

Underwear:

• If your child is just beginning to transition from pull-ups to underwear, please make sure you send in multiple changes of clothes and an extra pair of shoes and socks.  Often times when accidents do happen, the socks and shoes get soaked as well.

Pull-Ups:

• If your child requires pull-ups, please remember to send them in…

Lunch Menu Change:

• None that we know of….

Information about Art Day!! We participate as much as we can!!

Performance Art:
On March 25, the Sope Creek Community will engage in a GIGANTIC performance art project.  That means that every single person will get the opportunity to express themselves in a very unique art form. 

You may be wondering, "What is performance art?"  It is an art form where the actions of a group at a particular place and in a particular time, make up the work of art.  It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time.  Performance art can be any situation that involves four basic elements:  time, space, the performer's body and a relationship between the performer and audience.  Some famous performance artists cinclude Yoko Ono and Nam June Palk.  If you want to learn more about it, click here.

How are you going to be a part of this?  Your teacher will ask you to wear a specific color of t-shirt.  Be on the lookout for your color assignment!

Jenny Holzer Truisms:
Truisms III - Jenny Holzer is famous for using statements called "truisms" in her art.  She uses these words in many ways using technology such as signs or light projected on buildings or landscapes.  Enter your truisms in the form below and it may be used during Art Day 2011!  To submit your truism, fill out this two question form by clicking here. 

Cars - Community Service Project
Every year we try to complete a community service art project.  This year we are hoping to construct a Cai Guo Qiang sculpture using toy cars.  Cai Guo Qiang is a contemporary Chinese artist who draws on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, traditions, and materials in a very modern way.  We're asking students to donate toy cars - slightly used or brand new for an art installation.  The more cars we get, the more amazin teh installation!  After Art Day, the cars will be donated to Foster Care Support Foundation in Roswell.  To learn more about this organization, click here.

Do you have questions about Art Day?  Contact Bonnie Fishman, PTA Art Day Chair.  { bhfishasc@aol.com }

Information for the week of March 14-18, 2011

**We tried to be creative and technological with our teacher appreciation thank you notes!  We tried to do a cute background in an email but we do not know if it actually worked or not.  If you did not get it, we truly thank you for the tasty treats, beautiful flowers and lotto tickets.  It was so much fun scratching them all off!!

**Picture Day is March 14!!  This is a class photo and individual photos!!

**We have a lot of art projects piling up that need to be sent home.  Please send in a bag with your child’s name on it so we can send them home for your viewing pleasure….

Book of the Week/Unit: 3 Little Pigs and That’s What Leprechauns Do

Letter of the Week: Qq

Number of the Week:  6 (We are going back and working now on tracing/writing)

Math: Algebra (Extend Color Patterns continued)

In need of supplies:

• Cups
• Paper Plates

Note that Cobb County will make up a snow day on March 18 (originally a teacher work day).

Please remember to sign daily sheets and return.  We keep these on file for our reference/data.

Underwear:

• If your child is just beginning to transition from pull-ups to underwear, please make sure you send in multiple changes of clothes and an extra pair of shoes and socks.  Often times when accidents do happen, the socks and shoes get soaked as well.

Pull-Ups:

• If your child requires pull-ups, please remember to send them in…

Lunch Menu Change:

• None that we know of….

School News:

School Wide Service Project in classrooms at Sope Creek

March 14th - 18th 2011

 

The Service Learning council (comprised of 4th and 5th grade students) have decided that they would conduct a food drive to benefit the M.U.S.T Ministries summer lunch program!

By the end of May, many of the children who would usually eat a free lunch at school will go hungry. Without the resources of the school lunch program (in which eligible children can receive a free lunch), these children frequently go without a nutritious meal.  Must Ministries delivers lunch to students that otherwise may not have access to it.

Please bring in these non-perishable items:

Ziploc bags

Paper Bags (brown bags)

Salty Snacks (Individual)

Sweet (Fruit snacks / no candy)

 

Information for the week of March 7-11, 2011

**Picture Day is March 14!!  This is a class photo and individual photos!!

Book of the Week/Unit: Bunnies on the Go!

Letter of the Week: Pp

Number of the Week: 5 (We are going back and working now on tracing/writing)

Math: Algebra (Extend Color Patterns continued)

In need of supplies:

• Cups
• Paper Plates
• AAA Batteries

Note that Cobb County will make up a snow day on March 18 (originally a teacher work day).

Please remember to sign daily sheets and return.  We keep these on file for our reference/data.

Underwear:

• If your child is just beginning to transition from pull-ups to underwear, please make sure you send in multiple changes of clothes and an extra pair of shoes and socks.  Often times when accidents do happen, the socks and shoes get soaked as well.

Pull-Ups:

• If your child requires pull-ups, please remember to send them in…