Evergreen Elementary School                         Jim Nash, Principal

HCR 62 Box 421

Moyie Springs, Id 83845

(208) 267-3489

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Happy Spring!  

• May 1^st, Thursday- PTO meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
• May 5^th-8^th Teacher Appreciation Week  /  IRI testing week (1^st-3^rd)
• May 8^th, Thursday- K. Mother’s Day Breakfast / Kripsy Kreme Pick-up day (p.m.)
• May 14^th, Wednesday- Progress Reports
• May 26^th, Monday- NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day
• May 28^th, Wednesday- Citizen of the Month Ceremony @ 7:30 a.m.

Mrs. Peterson’s Kindergarten class is busy planning for a Mother’s Day breakfast on the morning of May 8^th.  In math everyone is learning ways to solve addition and subtraction problems.   The class is writing dictated sentences and reading and writing narratives.  Look for information coming home about Kindergarten Graduation in June

Mrs. Santoro’s 1^st graders have been working hard reading chapter books.  We have a special time each day where we read silently, partner read, and read to the teacher.  In math we have been working on problem solving.  The children use many tools to do this, such as, rulers, templates, money, dice, clocks, and a hundreds chart.  The children continue to enjoy writer’s workshop and write fictional and non-fictional stories daily.  

Mrs. Dinsmore’s 2^nd grade class is having a taste of spring with a blooming jungle in the classroom.  We have enjoyed watching the plants turn from seedling to sprout to leafy plant.  Our botany experiment will continue as we also planted basil seeds.  Writer’s Workshop will be closing out the year with a unit on Poetry.  Students will read and practice an assortment of different poem styles, all with an emphasis on word choice.  In math we are focusing on decimals, place value, and multiplication.  Reading and Social Studies have us learning about maps and atlases. 

Mrs. Schulte’s 2^nd and 3^rd grade class are completing a WEBQUEST on The Chalk Box Kid.  This is an internet activity where the students gather information and complete projects based on the book they are reading or have just finished reading.  Our last novel for the year is still up in the air.  The weather and the water cycle unit is complete and now we move to caterpillars and butterflies in science. 

Mr. Cady’s 4^th and 5^th grade is reading Bridge to Terabithia as a class and discussing friendship, the theme of the book.  We are talking about ways to make friends and ways to keep them.  The students are making friendship bracelets which they must give to a friend.  In science we are studying climate and weather which is appropriate for this time of year.  We did a fun experiment in class showing what happens when a cold front meets up with a warm front.                                                                                   

Thank You

Evergreen Staff

Be sure to visit the school site @

www.bcsd101.com  (click on the Evergreen link)