The Play’s
the Thing!!!
Dear
Families,
What a big
week lies ahead. Students have been
working on the play since the fall and are ready to share their work with
you! Today we have a run-through in the
morning and tomorrow is our dress rehearsal.
We’ll have two performances on Wednesday, 9:30 am and 6:30 pm.
For Tuesday,
dress rehearsal, kids come to school dressed in their first costume. School clothes and costume changes should
come to school in shopping bag. The best
bags are the reusable grocery bags, they are quiet and durable. We’ll tag the bags with our name and have
them grouped in the main hallway so that kids can make costume changes as
necessary. OR we can group them under
the rhodies outside the cafeteria door (hence the need for quiet bags!).
Also, this
week, Thursday and Friday, we’ll be in the computer lab getting acquainted with
the Smarter Balanced tests. We won’t
begin testing until after Spring Break, but the new tests have some interactive
features we want kids to be comfortable using.
Homework,
this week, will be another writing assignment.
This week I’m asking them to write a personal narrative about their
participation in the play. Via Google
Docs, they will make notes, organize their thinking, draft, revise and edit
their work. We’ll do some work at
school and some at home. The final
narrative will be shared with me by Friday.
Stay healthy
and thanks for all your support,
Valerie
McKenzie
