Our bus safety trip was fun. Our driver, Mr. B., took us to the parking lot at Amend Park to practice emergency exits out the back of the bus, crossing the street to get aboard the bus, and taught students to sit with their backs against the back of the seat and their bottoms on the seat bottoms. We got back to school in time to have the playground to ourselves for 10 minutes before center time. Thanks to Mr. Cunningham and Mrs. Dodge-Millroy for assisting us! After lunch, I read a few more chapters of the Junie B. Jones book I started the previous day. Ms. Kembel read the Leo Leonni book Swimmy to the class, and then had students trace, cut, and color a fish. All of their fish were glued together onto a background to create one large fish just like in the story.

Please remember to turn in the dark pink sheet with your preference for a conference time as the staff will make the schedules on Wednesday. I also need the yellow permission sheet for your child to participate in the personal safety lesson by the counselor. Don't forget about the early out on Wednesday and no school Thursday or Friday due to teacher convention.