Plant and Garden Guest Speakers, Parent Teacher Conferences

Today started off slowly, probably due to the time change, but soon we had the energy level up in the classroom.  We have a number of exciting learning activities coming up.  We finished an opinion writing essay today on the growth of cities.  We read both sides of the issue and chose a side for a fictional city.  We will have more opportunities to write to persuade, but many of the students are really getting the hang of it.  I like how they are using more complex transition words, like however, therefore, and additionally rather than first, next, and last.  It is helping their writing sound more like middle school writing, which is our goal at this point in the year.  

In projects, we are excited to have expert speakers coming to talk to us about plants and gardens in Nevada/  Rick and B. Ann Latin, of Latin Farms, will come to our classroom on Thursday.  They will speak to us about gardening tips for Fallon.  They will talk to us about what plants grow well, when to plant, and how to prepare the soil for best results.   We hope to have time for them to answer our questions about our garden plans.   We are excited to learn from the experts!

Parent Teacher Conferences will be scheduled on Monday, March 30; Tuesday, March 31; Wednesday, April 1 (that is no joke!); and Thursday, April 2.  These are all school days, the week right before Spring Break.  I can take appointments from 4:00 - 6:00 each night.   If you are not free during these times, we will have to schedule after the break.  Please email me your preferred time to schedule.  

Have a great week!