On the Bus

Here we are...on the way to the Lawrence Hall of Science to see many interesting things and learn all about Science.

Tell me one thing you learned last Friday...

Nathan-We miss you!

Dear Nathan,

I hope you don't forget our class while you are away. We miss you very much and hope you return soon.

Please send our love to your family.

Love,
Your favorite second grade class

Victory!

And here is the photographer himself. This picture was taken on the bus coming back from our field trip. Who took this picture?

Andrew the Photographer

Can you guess how Andrew took this picture?

Variety Show Tryout Form

Variety Show Tryouts!

Tryouts will be held on Wednesday, May 17th in the Forest Park Multi-Use Room. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before your scheduled time. One parent or guardian is allowed to enter the Multi-Purpose Room during their child’s scheduled time only. Please make sure your child is waiting and ready outside of the double doors to be called in to perform. You must leave as soon as the tryouts finish.

This is a tryout only! You are not guaranteed selection. To try out, you must come in costume with all of the props needed for the show. Due to time limitations, only 15 acts will be selected from each category: Primary (1-3) and Intermediate (4-6). A panel of teachers will judge all performances.

Judging is based on the following criteria:

∑ Appropriateness for a student audience
∑ Artistic Expression
∑ Team Work (if you are performing with a group)
∑ Costume or Appropriate Dress
∑ Technique
∑ Uniqueness

Students are only allowed to tryout for one act! Each performance must be strictly UNDER 3 MINUTES! Piano entrants will only be allowed to play one piece of music. Only a limited number of pianists will be selected from each grade category.

A piano, boom box (with tape and CD), and a microphone will be available to use during the tryouts and performance. If you need any other equipment to perform your act, you must bring it with you!

Thank you for your cooperation. Smile and Good Luck!!!

Your tryout time is listed below:

Name: _______________ Time: ___________

What is the Variety Show?

Who’s the next Forest Park Student Idol?
Forest Park Variety Show 2006

You can sing! You can dance! Or I bet you can entertain a crowd with something fascinating or creative. If this is true, …we want YOU to come try out for this year’s Variety Show!

So here’s your chance to SHINE!

The Show is open to ALL students from Grades 1-6. Tryouts will be held on Wednesday, May 17th. The Variety Show rehearsal will be on May 31st and the performances will be in two assemblies on June 2nd. 15 acts will be selected from Grades 1-3 and from Grades 4-6. Please limit your performances to 3 minutes or less. (Note: Performers must respect the time limit. Practice makes perfect!) If you are singing or dancing to music, attach a copy of the lyrics to the form below.

What are you waiting for? Don’t be shy and return this form to your teacher by Friday, May 12th. You will be contacted with further information soon.

Any questions? Contact me at 4misslou@gmail.com or come by!
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Teachers: Please return this to Miss Lou (Room 401)

Name: _____________________ Classroom #: __________

Audition Act: ______________________________________

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Parent Signature: ___________ Teacher Signature: _________

Congratulation Entry Forms

Congratulations!

Your act has been selected to be in the Variety 2006 Show! We will have two dress rehearsals. Please report to the multi-purpose room after school on Wednesday, May 31st. (Also be prepared to come after school on Thursday, June 1st if necessary.)

Primary (Grades 1-3): 1:15-3:00
Intermediate (Grades 4-6): 3:00-5:00

The Variety Show will be from 8:30-9:20 (Primary) and 9:30-10:20 (Intermediate) on Friday, June 2nd.

Please fill out the section below and turn the bottom portion to your teacher by Tuesday, May 23rd. Have your costume, music and/or props ready for the rehearsal.

Let’s have fun!!!
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Teachers: Please return to Miss Lou (401)

Full Name: ____________________ Grade: ____
Act: __________________________________
Music: _____________________________
If you are using a CD, please write the track number here ______ and on the CD. Thanks!

To Our Bear Friendship Letter

Dear Crowbat,

Do you want to go play outside? We can pretend that home is outside and by the way, I'm going to feed you today at dinner. And your choice is berries, apple, pancake with sprinkled ice cream on top and that's all the food so which one? "Hmmm." I'll go get you a juicce while you decide, OK? So make your choice, OK? You still didn't make your choice? Oh, so this is going to take a long time. At last you made your choice and I love you.

XXX
Your master,
Darien

Laugh with Sara

Knock, knock

Who's there?

Red.

Red who?

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Red.

Red who?

Knock, knock.

Orange.

Orange who?

Orange you glad I didn't say red?

Thought of the Day

To: Miss Lou

Dear Miss Lou

Thank you for being a nice and great teacher. I have something very cool to share with you. But you need to put it on the website.

The great hurricane blew the LOL tower to U.S.A.

Can you put this on the website?

From: Nathan

100 Years From Now

The world is very different now from 100 years ago. What will it be like 100 years in the future? Will the world be a better place or worse? Will some people move to the moon? Or live in homes under the sea? Will America have 100 states instead of 50? It’s hard to know. But I think the world in the future will be…


“...good. I wonder if the electricity will have wings and become the flying electricity. (The flying electricity will be easier for people to get electricity.) I think the dogs will walk on two legs. That might make them walk faster. I wonder if the wild animals will be for pets. They might put them in cages. I think the ducks will start dancing. They might be on stage. I wonder if the birds will hatch nests. The nest might hatch into little birds. The nests might hatch into little birds. I think they might wash their hands in the toilet. That might make it easier to wash hands. I wonder if metal will turn squishy. Then children can play with it.”

Christina, age 7
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And Kelvin wrote,...

“The world will be a better place to live because of no wars or crimes. I can live in the moon or under the water. The houses will be built by robots. Robots help me do my chores. We don’t need any money because everything is free. We can live very long. There will be no keys because scanners can you and the doors will open only if you are the right person. There will be no more hurricanes, tornados or tsunamis. All foods will come from trees. Everyone will use computers instead of papers. There will be no more nightmares and my wishes will come true. I will be happy everyday.”

Kelvin, age 7

Hi Enya!

Once upon a time, there lived a happy little girl named Enya. She loved to laugh and play. She had many friends and was an amazing and talented writer. Her smile always lit up the room and she was very good at cheering everybody up.

On a gray Saturday afternoon, her teacher Miss Lou felt very sad. She wanted to wish her students a happy holiday by drawing a fine picture of a reindeer. She tried and tried, but her reindeer looked more like a truck. "What am I to do?" Miss Lou cried. "How could I put this on the website?"

Then one sunny day, Enya drew a picture of the very thing Miss Lou wanted and she happily decorated the rest of the page with lots of holiday cheer. Her teacher Miss Lou was so happy and impressed by her drawing that she immediately put it on the Room 401 blog. Everybody cheered for her and shouted, "What a great picture!"

And Enya, Miss Lou and everybody lived happily ever after.

Miss Lou (and I think Enya too) hopes that there will be more pictures to post on the blog...

Do you think their wish will come true?

Yeah! My Wish Came True.

Thank you Suchi and Katherine! What fabulous artists we have in our class. Keep drawing.

Yes, Ryan. You sang sooo beautifully!

Look at how handsome Ryan looked at the Winter Concert 2005! We are proud of him!

2005 Winter Concert

Miss Lou stood by the stage watching all of you with a great, BIG smile on my face. You all make me so proud!


























But my favorite moments of all, is hanging out and having an After Party with you. Did you have fun?

Andrew, Arvind, Marvin, Conan & the Apple Juice Cups

Yummy!

Thank You for ALL Your Kindness, Boys!

Guess who's behind Alexander...

Help!

Dear Wonderful Students,

I am sooooo sorry for not writing lately. It is has been TOO long. I think I may be coming down with the flu.

Write me to tell me ways your teacher can stay healthy.

Thank you!

Now I must go to....zzzzz, sleep.
Good night!
Miss Lou

The Silly Elves!

Hi Second Graders!

Did you like our first field trip? Where did we go? What did we see?

I think the play should be called, "Chasing the Penguin." Why do you think this could be a good name? What do you think of the new name?

Tell me: What was the difference between the book and the play?