Gillespie Gazette October 4, 2010

Blog address: gillespiegazette.blogspot.com

Email: anna.gillespie@jordan.k12.ut.us

School: 446-3200

Cell: 623-7625

Home: 801-375-0024

Dear Parents,

Max has a sense of humor! I call him Mr. Max. We also have seen the dramatic side of him when we were singing a birthday song over the phone and heard his wailing cry. What a fun kid. Thanks for the great poster.

County Fair: October 8…County Projects are due on that day also. Please come prepared with game, float, oral report, and the county book finished. The web sites should be helpful. Take advantage of them. Please note (cause two parents have been confused.) There is no “written report” due. The students can use their notes (3 X 5 cards) to peek while they tell their oral report. Their game should be questions from their oral report so the other children will be encouraged to listen. It is not required, but lots of students like to bring treats as a reward for winning the game they have put together.

I am going to try to copy and paste this Gillespie Gazette onto my blog and “go green” If you are interested in going that way, just make a comment and I will know you have read the Gazette and will give your child credit for that. So far, I have five parents that are interested in doing the Blog approach versus the paper Gillespie Gazette. Think of the trees we are saving. Thanks for giving it a try. See Blog address above.

Parent letter #6 is attached and will be given to our blogging students also. Spelling list will also be on paper and on the BLOG. (if copy/ paste plan works)

Thanks to the parent volunteers and all the soda pops that have come in. We could use lots more two litter bottles of soda to make it more fun with more winners. Please thank these parents volunteers that will be helping us on Friday, October 8:

Conner Adams’s Mom…Tara

Ronaldo’s Mom

Jason’s Mom…Jana

Courtnie’s Mom…Katie

Londan’s Mom…Lindsay

Thank you so much. We will need to have you be in our classroom by 9:00 on October 8, so I can line you out.

I have attached a flyer explaining the PTA Reflections. This is due on October 29 and is a mandatory assignment from Mrs. Gillespie. I love the PTA Reflections and support it 100%. Please go over this with your child. They can do all sorts of fun projects and enter in different categories. They will be assigned an essay and entered into the literature category if they do not have another fun project going by October 25. They will be able to do that essay in class. But it will be much more fun for them to come up with a “Together We Can” idea on their own and enjoy the creativity.

Please notice the Pumpkin Decorating Contest flier. Our class can win a pizza party (and you know how much I love pizza and winning!) by having the students participate in this fun project. The students will be given the pumpkins to take home and decorate at home and then return to the school by October 11 for the judging. Each grade will have a winner so they will compete only against their same age group.

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October 4, 2010