News and Notes

REMINDERS for the week of April 28th:

*We will NOT have spelling words, homework or a test this week, due to the end-of-the-year Gates testing we will be taking on Thursday and Friday mornings.  Please make sure your daughters have a restful night's sleep and a healthy breakfast before coming to school on Thursday and Friday.  Testing begins promptly at 8:30.

*The girls need socks or shoes as part of their costumes for the play.  Please send in something for them to wear on their feet while on stage.

*The Book Fair is on campus this week.  We will preview the books tomorrow, Tuesday, and create a "Wish List" that will come home.  If you would like to purchase books, please send in cash or a check payable to Calvert (include 6% tax).  We will purchase books on Thursday.

A Look Ahead:
*Mon, 5/5        Dress Down Day for all ….Head Master for the day, Alex Nabit* Wed. May 7     7^th Age Play 8:45am

 *Mon, 5/12      Spirit Day Dress for Calvert Buddy Day 1:00-3:00 P.M.

 *Sat. May 17     Calvert Day

 *Fri. May 23      LS Track and Field Day

 *Mon. May 26   No School Memorial Day

Happy Friday!

We had a great dress down day today...thank you, Head Master Berman :)

A Look Ahead:

*Spelling words for next week are: add, full, carry, tall, happy, egg, follow, pretty, will, stuff, better, & Halloween.

*Tuesday, April 22^nd COSTUMES are due! Please continue to practice “running” lines with your daughter. Also please help each of them with the “acting” pieceJ We are NO LONGER using scripts on stage.

*Next Wednesday, April 23^rd we are off to the Science Center. The girls will need to be in  CALVERT UNIFORM and bring a “BAG” lunch and drink.  *Chaperons, the bus will leave Calvert at 9:15.  Feel free to ride with us or meet us at the Science Center at 9:45.  The IMAX film starts at 10:00.

*No composition homework sheet for next week. We are writing about our lovely mothers.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Happy Easter

Enjoy the long weekend with your little bunnies!

**Mystery Reader**

Our mystery reader today was very mysterious!!  It took all of us a few seconds to realize who was hiding under the blonde wig!  Thank you, Mrs. Collins.  It was a fun visit!

Fables

The focus of our 7th Age play is Aesop's fables.  We have read many different fables in homeroom class, always noticing similarities: the characters are usually animals, one animal is sometimes mean and the other is nice or helpful, and a lesson or moral is learned at the end.  As a class we decided to write our own fables.  With our friendship buddy of the week we brainstormed about our characters and setting.  We decided the sequence of the fable and what the lesson would be at the end.  Then we created puppets of the characters, scenery, and props.  Finally we acted it out for our friends to see.  Take a look at the very creative fables made by your daughters:

Happy Friday!

Yay, spring is here!!!  Recess without jackets feels SO good!  Earlier this week we took a nature walk over to Molly's Garden to observe signs of spring.  We worked with our friendship buddy to write an acrostic poem about our findings.  This brainstorming helped us write detailed, descriptive sentences in our composition!

A Look Ahead:
*Next week's spelling words are:
bring, brave, brother, break, swing, sweet, state, stick, stand, great, ground, grade

*We will finish our composition about spring next week.

*Our spelling test will be on THURSDAY.  No school Friday (4/18) and Monday (4/21).

*We will have a dress down day on THURSDAY, April 17th.  No theme...just dress down :)

Mark Your Calendars:
*Play practice has begun!  Please continue to practice lines every night.  Costumes are due TUESDAY, April 22nd.

*Our field trip to the science center is on WEDNESDAY, April 23rd.  If you would like to chaperon, please send in $6.75 by MONDAY, April 14th.


As you may have heard, earlier this week I was away at a teacher conference presenting on our beautiful Monarch butterflies with Ms. Pontier.  We spoke with fellow teachers that are so excited to incorporate the Monarch into their curriculum.  We have been noticing Monarchs everywhere recently, even in Anthropologie's store window:  The Making of the Monarch Windowscape
When I stumbled across this video I also noticed that the Anthropologie store at Towson Town will be hosting a "Children's Butterfly Crafts" event on Saturday, April 26th, from 11-1pm.  Call the store to RSVP for this event- (410) 828-5521  I hope you can check it!