Service opportunity

     Daybreak Shelter on Walnut Street near downtown Macon will have a reading area open to local homeless people for one day a week starting on Monday, February 20th. Below are some of the supplies needed. A donation box will be located in the TSA Cafe.If you would like to send something, please have your student take it to the lunchroom in the morning before coming to class. You may also email Sister Elizabeth Greim at daybreak.macon@gmail.com, and she will coordinate with you where you can drop off larger items.

Supplies needed:  Rugs, Book Cases, Floor Lamps, Coffee Tables, Comfortable Chairs, Magazines, Board Games, Art Supplies (sketch paper, pencil, pens, and markers), Coffee Mugs, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Hand Sanitizer, Coffee, filters, stirrers, cream, sugar, Lemonade, Snack items (like chips, fresh fruits, but no pastries or cupcakes), Napkins, Small Plates


     Sister Elizabeth Greim, director of Daybreak, said the shelter's reading area will be much like a living room area, where homeless people can grab a cup of coffee, read a magazine or play games for a couple of hours during the afternoon.
     This is just one part of the services that they plan to provide. They are going to be renovating the entire building on Walnut Street where they will have job-hunting, medical and mental health services for homeless people. While many of the services are not yet in place, they wanted to start helping people right away.

Reminders

All money for the Valentine's Party should be turned in by Monday. Our party will be during lunch on Tuesday in the classrooms.

Monday is the last day to order balloons from Y-club for delivery to the classroom on Tuesday.

Movie Camera book reports are due Friday. Your child may bring in his/hers when complete. These will be shared with the class on Thursday, February 23.

Thank you so much to Jan Baggarley, Will's grandmother, for coming and teaching us the best way to "Wash Your Paws."  It was a fantastic demonstration!

Information and Reminders

TESTS NEXT WEEK
Wednesday, Feb. 8 ~ Spelling, Unit 3 Test over Lessons 9-12. Students have review sheets in their homework folder. Also, you can use the Wordly Wise website to play games with the words. 
Thursday, Feb.9 ~ Math, Test Alert is in Friday folders.

EDLINE
We are approximately half way through this quarter. Since you have access to Edline with your child's grade and current averages in each subject, we will not be sending home a progress report. We are updating grades on Friday afternoons. If your child's latest grades (the ones in the Friday folder) are not showing up, please let us know A.S.A.P. Thank you!

FIELD TRIPS
Grand Opera House ~ Tuesday ~ your child will need money for lunch (fast food).
Georgia Aquarium/Centennial Park ~ This trip will be in April. Information is in your child's Friday folder.

READING
Students will begin Mr. Popper's Penguins on Monday. 
Book Report is due Friday, February 17. 

HOLIDAYS
Our next holiday is Winter Break. There is no school on Monday and Tuesday, February 20 and 21.

News for Next Week

Today has been a special day: We were visited by several of the Varsity Basketball players this morning. They came by to say, "Hi!" and encourage the students to come to the game tonight. We are playing Stratford and it's going to be a WHITE OUT! TSA supporters are encouraged to wear white.

Remember, the grades in your child's signed paper folder are posted on edline. You can check there to see your child's averages in each subject.

TESTS:
     Wednesday, Jan. 25 ~Language test on Ch. 7-8. The test alert is in today's signed papers folder.
      Thursday, Jan. 26 ~ Reading test on "In the Days of King Adobe"
      Friday, Jan. 27 ~ Spelling test on Lesson 11 words and verse

Next week will be busy!
Wednesday we'll have the 4th grade AR Party. We are very proud of all our readers, but especially those that reached their goal for the 2nd quarter: Austin,Christian, Connor, Dawson, Jenna, Hiroki, Kenna, Kyle, Macey, Maddie,  Tanner, and Wes. WAY TO GO!!

Thursday will be the 100th Day of School...we have a large classroom project that will go on the wall outside our classrooms. You'll definitely want to come by and see it.

Friday will be Pajama Day. Your child may wear his/her pajamas to school. ALSO on Friday, Mrs. Crumbley and Mrs. Ford have planned a Compliment Party. This is a reward for each class reaching 7 compliments from another adult in the school. Part of the fun will be that we will eat in the room, so send a sack lunch to school Friday morning with your child.

Book Report 2

On Thursday, you should have received the information about the second book report. Here are a few additional reminders:

1. The book read should be appropriate for your child's reading level and a minimum of 100 pages in length.
2. If your child is absent the day the book report is due, then it is due on the day your child returns to school.
3. Your child will need to choose a book from a new genre; one that he/she hasn’t done before.

Choose a book from the following genres:
     Biography
     Historical Fiction
     Mystery
     Autobiography
     Science Fiction
     Fantasy
     Realistic Fiction
     Non-Fiction