Endangered Animal Projects

Your child has been doing a lot of research on his/her chosen animal. As the research is wrapping up at school, your child will be ready to begin the at home part. They have been given two options for the home part.
Option 1: Diorama-a 3-d scene showing the animal in its habitat. They may use clay, paper, magazines, drawings, sand, sticks, paint, and any other items you can think of.
Option 2: Make the animal-you can use clay, fabric, paint, wood, or anything else you can think of to make a handmade animal. You may not buy the animal-be creative-make your own.

The due date for this part of the animal project is on or before March 17th. This is a part of the overall endangered animal project grade. The other parts of the project will be completed at school (research/report/illustration/map/oral presentation).

ISTEP

Testing is next week, March 1-March 5. Our testing will occur each morning from Monday-Wednesday. If at all possible, please don't schedule appointments during these mornings so that your child can test with us. If they have to make-up a test, it'll be in another room with other students who are also making up tests. ALSO, please make sure your child gets a good night's rest and begins each day with breakfast. Please remind your child to do his/her best each morning (if they hear me say it one more time, they may scream).

4H Sign-Ups

Our 3rd graders attended a presentation yesterday about 4H and what it is all about. The enrollment fair is this Sunday from 2:00-4:00 at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville. Several of our students seemed excited about it yesterday and they were excited to get the brochure that went home with them yesterday as well. The deadline for enrolling in 4H is March 1st. The brochure that went home yesterday had a phone number on the front if you have any questions.

January Top Readers

Drum roll pleeaase....our class read 9,638 minutes at home last month!! Great job class. Our pupil with the highest minutes was Nick with 2,570 minutes. The pupil with the 2nd highest reading minutes was Alexis with 985 minutes. And finally, our pupil with the 3rd highest reading minutes was Maddie with 720 minutes. I am very proud of your reading accomplishments Nick, Alexis, and Maddie.

Lunch Bunch

6 students turned in their reading logs every week for the entire first semester! They had lunch in the classroom today in celebration of their accomplishment! Nice job Brooke, Kaitlyn, Zach, Nick, Andrew, and Bryan.

Recycling Shoes

The fifth grade students at Brown Elementary will
again collect shoes for Hendricks County Solid
Waste Management. We will collect the shoes
starting February 8 through February 12.
The shoes will be distributed to individuals in
third world countries. Used or out-grown tennis
shoes, baby shoes, dress shoes, boots and sandals
will all be accepted. There will be containers in
the front lobby of the school to place the shoes
in. Thank you for your support.

DECEMBER READERS

Our reader leaders for the month of December are as follows:
In first place with 2,750 minutes is Nick. Second place is Alexis with 2,030 minutes. Third place is Michael with 795 minutes. Keep up the great work guys! Yes, the winners are all boys-let's go girls! The class read 8,372 minutes at home during December.