Open House

Open House at Keystone Elementary will be held on Thursday, November 6th from 6:30pm-7:30pm. I will have a sign-up sheet available for those of you interested in meeting with me on conference day which is scheduled for Friday, November 14th. Your children will also have lots of work proudly displayed for you to see! Please come and take a look! I hope to see you there!

Halloween Party

K108 will be celebrating Halloween on Friday, October 31st, 2008. At 9:30 we will be going to the gym to watch a Red Ribbon Week Assembly put on by 6th grade. The Halloween Costume Parade will be at 2:45. Just a reminder that children should dress up as what they want to be when they grow up, and that the outfit should not be distracting during school. If the outfit will be disruptive during school, the outift can be changed into before the parade. Also, remember that non-food items, such as pencils, stickers or some other Halloween gift would be appreciated more than sugary snacks. Under Keystone's Student Wellness Policy, we emphasize healthy eating and snacking as a choice towards a healthy lifestyle, and this is still upheld during holiday celebrations.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated October 27-31. The theme this year is "Drug Free I Can Be Anything I Want to Be!" A team of energetic sixth grade Keystone students have planned our contests and activities for the week. These activities include an assembly from the Clarion University Health Science Education Center, as well as a closing assmembly on October 31st, where students will hear from our sixth grade team about the importance of staying drug free. In addition to these great activities, all students are invited to take part in Theme Days throughout the week. These include:
Monday-"Red Day"-wear red clothing
Tuesday-"Team Up Against Drugs"-wear a favorite team shirt or jersey
Wednesday-"Put a Cap on Drugs"-Wear a favorite cap or hat
Thursday-"Operation Drug Free Day"-wear camouflage clothing
Friday-"Drug Free I Can Be Anything I Want to Be"-Dress in Career Clothing

Wanted!

I would love to have some parents volunteer to come in and help out with activities in our room! I would love to have parents come in and read to us, help out with centers or help out with Kid Writing. You could come in and read anytime at all, centers are from 12:00-1:00 Monday-Thursday and we do Kid Writing on Friday mornings from 9:30-10:45. If you are willing to volunteer your time to have some fun with us, please send a note in your child's folder, give me call at the school or e-mail me right here at the bottom of our blog. I look forward to having you come in!

Scaredy Cat Glyphs

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Happy Fall! Today K108 finished their Scaredy Cat Glyphs! We have been learning about patterns and graphs in math so I thought a fun Halloween activity would be to apply what we have learned about graphs and make glyphs. Here's the key for our glyph:
Green eyes-Girl
Yellow eyes-Boy
Red Nose-Oldest Child in Family
Black Nose-Middle Child in Family
Pink Nose-Youngest Child in Family
Number of Whiskers-How old he/she is
Fangs are present if Halloween is the child's favorite holiday-which for most of them it was! I told them that we will wait and see what they say whenever Christmas rolls around!

Picture Day

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 1st is Picture Day! Please remember to send in your child's order form and their prettiest smile! We are going at 10:05 in the morning tomorrow! I cannot wait to see them dressed in their best!

Art Shirts

Art is going to get messy this year so, if you have not done so already, please send in an art shirt so we have it for Art class this year. Any old shirt would do, but I have personally found that men's long-sleeved button shirts are the best because the kids can wear them backwards with a couple of buttons in the back holding the shirt together. Once I get all the shirts in, I will send the box to the art room for use this school year!