Celebrating Curiosity! On Friday, March 16, Webber will host our fourth annual Discovery Fair, an evening celebration of science, technology, and the arts. Many exciting activities are planned! All Webber students are invited to submit projects to the Discovery Fair. Students can enter anything that allows them ask questions and make discoveries about themselves and the world around them. Project entry forms with complete details will come home soon. What will YOU discover?
March is Reading Month Information and Dates!
Our theme for this year is "PAWS FOR BOOKS!" We will be nurturing
students’ love of reading at Webber with a month full of fun activities! Here
is a look at our upcoming festivities…- Week of March 1-2
- Students are encouraged to bring in a printed picture of them reading to a pet. The pet can be real, stuffed, grandma's, etc. The pictures will be going up together on one big display. Please bring them in as soon as possible!
- 3/2 - Furry Friday Reading (bring in a blanket to stuffed animal up with as we read)
- Week of March 5-9
- Wacky Wednesday’s Begin: March 7 Mismatched Day. To participate students should bring in a small donation from loose change to a few dollars. All funds collected will be donated to the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Pontiac. It is going to be a ‘Dog vs. Cat’ collection. Student council members will be coming around in the morning to collect the money from each class. Your students will choose if they like dogs or cats best, by placing their donation into the correct bin. The totals collected for ‘Dog vs. Cat’ will be announced on the News Show each Friday.
- Oakland County Animal Shelter will be visiting Webber on Friday, March 9. The students will have the opportunity to meet a furry friend and hear about how to be a responsible pet owner, pet care and correct way to approach a stray animal. Dogs will be leashed at all times. Please let me know of any pet allergies.
- 3/9 - Furry Friday Reading (bring in a stuffed animal to snuggle up with as we read)
- Week of March 12-16
- One day this week students will swap with another class and listen to a teacher read his or her favorite animal read aloud
- Wacky Wednesday, March 14 - Dress to Impress Day (donations to Oakland County Animal Shelter)
- 3/16 - Furry Friday Reading (bring in a stuffed animal to snuggle up with as we read)
- Week of March 19-23
- One day this week, students will have a classroom Read-in ‘Paw’ty where they can wear pajamas, bring in their favorite stuffed pet and enjoy a ‘Doggy Bag” of treats. Details to come!
- Students will get to meet a therapy dog this week
- Wacky Wednesday, March 21 - College Day (donations to Oakland County Animal Shelter)
- 3/23 - Furry Friday Reading (bring in a stuffed animal to snuggle up with as we read)
- Week of March 26-29
- Students will meet a K-9 Unit dog and handler
- Wacky Wednesday, March 28 - Dress as your favorite Book Character day
*To keep our reading celebration happening at home, reading BINGO packets will be sent home this week. Please return each BINGO on the due date. Your child will earn paw tickets for each BINGO they return. These paw tickets will be entered in a drawing to receive book fair cash!*
Photos of students marking interesting parts in their nonfiction books becoming read aloud experts
