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!