Dear families,

happy last Tuesday of March! A few updates for our homeroom:

• Please, please let me know if your child will be missing school this week or the week we return from spring break so that your child’s teachers can prepare work for him/her.
• This Friday, March 27 is Book Character Day. We invite your children to dress up as their favorite book character for school that day.
• This Saturday, March 28 from 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. is Earth Hour. Please sign and have your kids sign the pledge banner in the front of the school and pledge to turn off lights and electronics just for that one hour to make a statement about global warming with your family. Please talk to your children of the reason for this event: to help stop climate change! This is a worldwide event and it would be awesome if our entire community participates. Thank you!

Have a wonderful spring break! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Dear families,

Please mark your calendars…here are some important dates coming up:

• BOOK FAIR: Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, at 1:00, our homeroom will go to the book fair to make their purchases. Your child has made his/her wish list. I hope you have had a chance to discuss his/her choices and have made some decisions. If you would like your child to purchase any books, 1:00 tomorrow will be a time where students can do that. Please send your child with money if you wish for him or her to buy books at that time. The book fair will be open all week until 3:30 p.m. as well.
• LOS TIOS RESTAURANT NIGHT: Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, from 4:00-9:00 pm, stop by Los Tios for dinner or even order online. 10% of all proceeds to go CBES PTA!
• PRACTICE SOLs:  please ensure that your child is on time to school on these days – these practice tests will give us valuable information to help us prepare all students for our SOLs this spring!
  • Today, March 17, 2015: Reading Practice SOL
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2015: Math Practice SOL
  • Friday, March 27, 2015: Science Practice SOL

Dear families,

I hope you all have enjoyed your mini-snow-days-vacation! We are so glad to have your kiddos back here with us. Some updates for the upcoming weeks:

• It’s “Book Fair Time” again! The Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the library multipurpose room March 16th-20th.Our family night will take place Tuesday March 17th before and after the music program.  All students will “Browse” (fill out wish list) on Monday March 16th. We will shop next Wednesday. Preview by clicking on the link below to find even more great books at
  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/charlesbarrett
• “March” to school this month! Help our homeroom earn the golden shoe by having your child walk or bike to school on the following days: March 11, March 18, and March 25.

Some updates on our research project and reading assignments for my language arts classes:

• all students have begun a draft on their Google Drive accounts. If they can access the Internet at home, they are expected to work on drafting their research at home. First drafts are due to be finished on their Drive accounts by Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. We will edit together in class on Thursday.
• Final drafts of research papers will be due on Friday afternoon at 3:00. The snow days put us behind so we have a lot of work to do to catch up.
• Most students’ books and thinkmarks are due on Friday, March 13. A few groups have an extended deadline until March 20 (next Friday). Please ask your child about his or her book and thinkmarks and help them remember to finish them!

Thank you!