Monday, March 2 – Eshleman is celebrating Dr. Seuss with a book character dress up day. Dress like your favorite book character. We’ll be reading The Cat in the Hat! Our special is Phys. Ed. Please study for our spelling test tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 3 – I’ll be out of school today for a professional day. The class will read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Wear red and blue! Our special is Music. We have a spelling test today.

Wednesday, March 4 – We’ll read Fox in Socks. Wear some crazy, mismatched socks to help us celebrate Dr. Seuss. Our special is Library and book exchange. Please send library books to school. New spelling words come home today.

Thursday, March 5 – We’ll put Dr. Seuss on hold for a day to build circuits with Tristan’s dad. What a fun opportunity for our class! Our special is Art. Please continue to practice Bubble Gum Math facts. Eshleman PTO meets tonight at 6 PM. All are invited to attend.

Friday, March 6 – We’ll read Green Eggs and Ham and we may even be making a special treat! Wear green to school! Our special is Phys. Ed. Please practice spelling words for a few minutes each night.

Looking Ahead –

March 13 – 1:30 early dismissal

March 20 – PTO sponsored BINGO night

March 27 – No School (weather make up day)

Monday will be book character dress up day. This is an optional activity to kick off Read Across America week! We’ll be doing all sorts of fun Dr. Seuss related activities in our classroom.

Reminder –

HS production of The Wizard Of Oz: February 28 and 29 & March 6 and 7. We’ve got an Eshleman student in the cast. Come on out to support Riley!

We’ll be doing a science unit on states of matter, reversible and not reversible changes, along with a fun Math activity for tens and ones. If you’re able to supply any of the following items this week, we would appreciate it. Thanks so much!!

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February Pizza Hut reading logs may be returned to school any day next week.

Monday, February 24 – Our special is Phys. Ed. Please send the kids to school wearing sneakers and comfy clothing. We have a spelling test today. We’ll begin a new Math chapter and learn to add two digit numbers.

Tuesday, February 25 – Our special is Music. New spelling words will come home today. Please practice sight words located in your child’s red reading folder.

Wednesday, February 26 – Our special is library and book exchange. Please send library books back to school. Please study bubble gum math facts for a few minutes each night.

Thursday, February 27 -Our special is Art. Please study spelling words for a few minutes tonight.

Friday, February 28 – Our special is Phys. Ed again. Send the kids to school wearing comfy clothing and sneakers. Please study spelling words this weekend.

Looking Ahead:

March 13 – 1:30 early dismissal for elementary students

March 27 – No School

If you’re ever lucky enough to spend Valentine’s Day with 26 first graders, I highly recommend it! We all had hearts full of love today (and bellies full of cake)! Miss Rachel was our surprise visitor. She bakes and decorates delicious and beautiful cakes, and today she showed us how it’s done! She made us the cutest monster cake in the history of monster cakes. And it tasted so good!

The children were SO VERY EXCITED to share and open their Valentines. The excitement in the air was contagious. Thank you for sending in Valentines. The kids really did LOVE them!

With all of our fun activities this afternoon, I ran out of time to count golden tickets. We’ll do that on Tuesday.

We do not have school on Monday, February 17. Enjoy the long weekend!

Tuesday, February 18 – Our special is Art. Our new spelling list will come home today. We didn’t get to that today either!

Wednesday, February 19 – Our special is Phys. Ed. Please send the kids to school wearing sneakers.

Thursday, February 20 – Our special is Music. I’ll be out of the building and have a substitute today.

Friday, February 21 – Our special is Library and book exchange. Please send library books back to school. Today is Kids at Work Day. Students are invited to dress like someone they may want to be when they grown up – firefighter, teacher, sports player, scientist, chef, mechanic….

Enjoy your weekend!

Students may wear PJ’s tomorrow, however I’m going to postpone our pancake treat. Instead, we have a special guest who will be demonstrating and sharing something sweet. I thought this sweet treat AND pancakes would be too much for some little bellies. I told the kids we will make pancakes another day when they earn a reward. We are going to have a fun day tomorrow celebrating our classroom friendships.

Students will celebrate “Kids at Work” day on Friday, February 21st, 2020, with the help of the elementary counseling department.

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Construction Worker       Athlete        Dental Hygienist 

Retail Manager         Vet        Artist       Fashion Designer 

Chef           Entrepreneur        Teacher           Firefighter 

   Caregiver            Marine Biologist        Police Officer

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As a way to promote career exploration and awareness with our elementary students, Penn Manor elementary schools are planning a special day across the district.

On Friday, February 21st, 2020 students will be invited to wear clothing that represents a career they may be interested in exploring as an adult. For example, your child may come dressed as a construction worker, a doctor, a teacher, etc. Please make sure that your child’s clothing is appropriate for a day of learning and wouldn’t distract other students in his/her classroom.  As an added component to Kids at Work Day, teachers and staff will be wearing their college, military, trade-school, or past/present career attire.

Our hope is that Kids at Work Day will be a great way to start conversations at home and at school about different types of careers, why someone chooses a career, and what kind of training/schooling is needed to get started in a particular career.  To help facilitate discussion at home regarding career development, please refer to the “additional resources” at the end of this post for some fun, age-appropriate career development activities.

The Penn Manor Elementary School Counselors would like to thank you in advance for your support for Kids at Work Day. If you have any questions, please contact your school’s counselor.

Sincerely,

The Elementary School Counselors

If you are in need of a pack of Valentines for your student to give to his/her friends, please let me know. Mrs. Strosser has some extra packs that she is willing to share!

House update! On Friday we found out the RED house was the point leader for marking period 2. Congratulations to all of our friends in the red house. The purple house was only 4 points away from first place, and the yellow team was a very close third. What a great marking period our Eshleman students had!

If you’re interested in purchasing from the Scholastic Book order, please have your order placed by Wednesday, February 12 @ Noon.

Our class Valentine party will be held on Friday, February 14. Sending Valentines to school is optional, but please be sure to include a Valentine for all 26 of our friends if your child is participating.

Monday, February 10 – Our special is library and book exchange. Please send library books to school.

Tuesday, February 11 – Our special is Art. Valentines may be sent to school.

Wednesday, February 12 – Our special is Phys. Ed. Please send the kids to school wearing sneakers and comfy clothes. Scholastic book orders are due today.

Thursday, February 13 – Our special is Music. We have a spelling test today.

Friday, February 14 – Our special is library and book exchange again. Students may return their books for a new one. New spelling words will come home today. We’re going to celebrate Valentines day with PJ’s and pancakes. All students are welcome to wear warm PJ’s and shoes to school. They may change into slippers upon arrival at school. We’ll be making and enjoying pancakes!

Looking Ahead – There is no school on Monday, February 17.