May 9, 2025

 

The Mendoza Message for the

Week of May 9, 2025

I want to say “THANK YOU” to all of you.  You made Teacher Appreciation Week a special and wonderful week!!! I truly appreciated everything that came in this week- THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

I hope all of the mothers and mother figures have a wonderful Mother’s Day!!

Remember, on Tuesday, your child will be taking a field trip at Freeman Environmental Educational Center from 9:30-2:00.  Please click here (or look down below) for the letter about the field trip.  You should have the paper copy at home (it was originally attached to the permission slip). Please read it carefully.  This way your child is prepared for this field trip. We have talked about the importance of wearing pants, long sleeves, boots or closed toed shoes with socks.  Also, since your children are learning about Zero Waste, we have discussed packing a lunch that has very little waste.  Your child CAN use their lunch bag, reusable plastic containers, water bottles, etc. Again all of this information is in the letter.

Next, we have an Early Release Day on Thursday, May 15th.  Dismissal will be at 1:00 pm.  

Also, this is allergy season.  There are a number of students with watery eyes, itchy eyes, running noses, coughs and sneezes. So, please remind your child to catch their sneeze and to use tissues.  Then, please remind your child to wash their hands afterwards.  Just in case it is a cold and not allergies. Because, I have heard that there is a congestive cough going around right now. 

Remember to look at the Lawton Lost and Found regularly. The children are taking off their coats when they are outside for recess and forgetting to bring it in.  Therefore, there is a large number of coats in the Lost and Found.

If you would like to volunteer in the building during school hours you will need to complete this background check:  Complete Volunteer Background Check 24-25

Completing the background check allows you to be with children during the school day, class parties, and to chaperone field trips.  If you think you might be helping out at any time during the year, please fill it out now.  Don’t want to wait until the last minute.

Again, here is the QR Code to the Amazon “Wish List”, since I have added some items.

Remember, please charge the laptop to 100%, so it is ready for use in the classroom for Monday. 

My blog is at https://mendozaclassroom.blogspot.com/),

And my web page is at (https://mendozaclassroom.wixsite.com/mendozaclassroom).

Information from Lawton:

TRAILS Understanding our Values

Our lesson this week focuses on values or those things that are very important to us. What rules are important to your family? What characteristics does your family value? And what do we consider to be important? These discussions are great for the whole family to participate in. Do we value the same thing in the school setting or are there differences? Our values act as a compass and can guide us to make decisions and notice what is most important to us.

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Field day - Friday, May 23 (12:45-3:45)

Field Day is a super fun annual event at Lawton Elementary!! The fields around lawton are filled with excitement and laughter as staff (led by the awesome Mr Stewart), families, and students spend the afternoon together. Come join us! Sign up to support one of the many events planned by Mr. Stewart. 

SignUp Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044DABA72BAB9-lawton

Please be sure to have your student dressed for the weather, hats and sunblock are recommended. Send in a labeled reusable water bottle with your child(ren) so we can refill with water during field day.

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Students & Families - 

Technology Virtual Help Desk

Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Call:  734-997-1222

Open a ticket: family_techsupport@aaps.k12.mi.us

Schedule an In-Person Appointment: call the Student & Family Help Desk

Ayuda en Español at 734-997-1246

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What we are doing in the classroom:

ELA:  We are still on our Non-fiction Reading and Writing Units.  In reading, we are almost finished writing about their topic. Next, we will start working on publishing our writingPLEASE make sure your child’s laptop is charged. They need a FULLY charged laptop to do their informational writing.

Math:  We reviewed math concepts in Unit 9, so we will be ready for our test on Monday.

Social Studies:  In Civics, we are learning about common good and individual rights.

Science: We started our “Bloom” Lesson about parts to a plant, and what a plant needs to grow.

Word Study: We have continued to work on how to spell words with reviewing prefixes and suffixes. Also, we learned that /air/ is spelled with air, ear, are, and /er/ is spelled with or and ar

Dates to Remember:

5/ 6: No School

5/7: Walk, Bike to school day

5/13: Field Trip: Environmental Education Program at 

Freeman Center

5/15: Early Release Day

5/19-5/22: NWEA

5/23: Field Day (NOTE: the change of day!!!)

5/26: No School-Memorial Day

5/29: 2nd Grade Talent Show