Enjoy your Thanksgiving

Families,

Report cards for the first trimester are now available for you to view on PowerSchool. If you haven't created a PowerSchool login, you'll need to do so in order to view your child's grades. Parents without access to the internet can come to CJE and use one of our computers.

Our bread making day was a huge success!! Students learned about the science involved with yeast and rising bread. Many were surprised to learn that yeast is a living cell. All 23 loaves were baked to perfection. We also made butter with heavy whipping cream. It took hours of shaking our Mason jars, but the end result was delicious. Students brought home a copy of the recipe we used today. You'll be amazed at how easy (an inexpensive) making bread at home can be!

 Students were not given a homework packet, but were reminded to read for at least 20 minutes as many days as possible. November reading calendars are due on Monday, December 1. I hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving break. Safe travel wishes to those of you venturing off during the next week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Hoschouer

Inclement Weather and Snow Days

Here's a note from West Ada School District:

With the start of winter storms, West Ada School District is again planning and ready for the possibility of school closures. The decision to close schools is a process that is not taken lightly by the district. As storms approach, district staff monitors weather forecasts to be prepared to check road conditions during the night and into the early morning before the start of school. If school is cancelled because of poor road conditions, information about the closure will be posted on the district web site and local media will also be notified.

The decision to close school needs to be made between 5 AM and 6 AM on the morning that school will be closed in order to have adequate time to alert parents, students, staff and the community of the school closure.

Important Info. and Updates

Second Grade Families,

          This week students will not bring home a homework packet. Students will not have spelling words this week either. Students will receive their new spelling words for next week on Friday, November 14. Please continue to encourage your child to read 20 minutes each night and track their reading on their November reading calendar. Also, students should complete their turkey in disguise and return it tomorrow. Finally, if your child has not returned their bread day slips that came home last week, please do so as soon as possible. Volunteers are still needed for the morning from 9:25-10:45 am and in the afternoon from 3:00-3:50 pm on Friday, November 21.

 

 

Turkeys in Disguise

Dear Families,

        Thanksgiving is just around the corner and you know what that means…turkeys everywhere are going into hiding. Yes, that’s right! Turkeys will do just about anything to avoid being your Thanksgiving meal. Help Tom Turkey survive this Thanksgiving by creating a disguise.

        Your child will bring home a blank turkey template on Friday, November 8. Please help this turkey make it safely past Thanksgiving by disguising him through the holiday he fears the most! Turkeys that have made it through in the past have been dressed like ballerinas, football players, farmers, hula dancers, Elvis, snowmen, Spiderman, a princess, Santa, and even yours truly, Mrs. Hoschouer.

Your main focus is to dress your turkey in attire that will help him blend in with your family so he will go unnoticed at the Thanksgiving table!

Please have fun and be creative! You may use anything you can think of to decorate. Turkeys in the past have been decorated with crayons, macaroni, craft feathers, tissue paper, wallpaper scraps, dried beans, rice, clothes and shoes cut from newspaper ads, ribbons, fabric scraps, etc.

Please follow these directions when disguising your turkey:

1. Cut out the turkey

2. Decide how to disguise him

3. Have fun decorating

Turkeys are due no later than Thursday, November 13, 2014.

 

Thanks and have fun! See below for some examples.