2G Families,
Next week, students will be taking the first in a series of interim testing. A letter to explain the testing was sent home to families last week. Testing will take place during the morning, Tuesday-Friday. Please refrain from scheduling appointments for your child during these times. These are not tests that students can prepare for in advance.
There are several opportunities to volunteer and/or participate in activities at May Watts. Please check out the following opportunities.
Please consider volunteering for an Art Awareness Project this year. There are options for 6 months of the school year and to view options for art presentations you can click on:
...or you can visit the May Watts website under (Educational Enrichment section) to find the link and examples of art presentations. You can make up your own presentation and art project for the designated artist and art work, or you can use a presentation that our team has created. Art is not one dimensional as there are so many ways to view it and appreciate it! Our goal is to provide an interactive exposure to important works of art that have made a big impact on the world!
All you need to do is email the teacher to set up what day and time of the month you will present (usually about 45 minutes where you speak for 5 minutes or so and the students work on an interactive art project the remainder of the time). We have supplies in the PTA closet as well as Artists Packets you can check out to familiarize yourself with the artist (paint/clay/oil pastels/charcoal/art paper/mixed media) and/or you can also bring in anything you wish for supplies too!
This is a great opportunity to present to your child's classroom and help enrich May Watts Students with great works of art!
Thank you for considering volunteering for Art Awareness!
K-2 family fitness night is Wednesday,October 10th. Kdg is 6-6:45 and 1st and 2nd is 6:45-7:30. We will be doing locomotors, ball skills, and fitness. Parents and students need to wear comfortable clothes and PE shoes.
The May Watts LMC is offering the opportunity to order a selection of Ivy+Bean autographed books. They include a choice of both hardcover and paperbacks. If ordered, the books will be personalized and autographed by author, Annie Barrows when she comes to visit third graders next Thursday. If you're interested in ordering, there is a link to an order form on the May Watts homepage.
Scholastic book orders were placed this weekend and should be arriving in a week or two. Please remember to have your child read for 15 minutes each day and record on the online website: www.maywattsreads.com Second grade students are expected to read 300 minutes each month.
PLEASE RETURN READING BOOK WITH YOUR CHILD ON TUESDAY...WE WILL NEED IT FOR THE NEXT READING LESSON.
Please encourage your child to read Frog and Toad over the weekend. This can count towards their 15 minutes of daily reading. Vocabulary Power precedes the story.
