Our Trophy, Service Project, and Who's Closest?

Proud Waste-Free Wednesday Winners
Our class received the trophy this week for having the lowest amount of lunch waste on waste-free Wednesday! Our lunch garbage on that day weighed only 12.8 ounces. Way to go 1R!

Collecting Food for a Local 
Food Pantry
Thank you to all the families who have sent in cans! We are on our way to collecting 100 cans by the 100th day of school. Any cans you can send in to support our efforts would be greatly appreciated. Your children are excited to count the cans and participate in this service project. All cans will be donated to a local food pantry after February 11th, our 100th day of school.

Who's Closest
In our newest domino game, Who's Closest, players partner up, roll a die to identify a target number, and then pick dominoes. Who will be closest to the target number? Ask your child how he/she makes the decision whether to add or subtract the domino pips.





How many minutes will our class read by January 31st?

Thank you to all that came to the Highland Park Library yesterday to support the kick-off of the District 112 iRead program. How nice to be with you and share stories. Please support our class between now and January 31st by writing down daily reading minutes on the iRead form that came home on Friday. Fundraising is not required, our class goal is for everyone to participate and read, read, read! 



HAPPY READING!

Let iRead Begin!

Get ready for iRead, starting this Saturday, January 11th! iRead, an annual reading fundraiser for the 112 Foundation, will be having a kick-off at the Highland Park Public Library from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. This special event will feature authors and book signings, performances, and read-alouds by local teachers and other members of the community. Stop by and hear books read by Braeside's own Ms. Biegel at 10:00 am, Ms. Rossman at 11:00 am, Ms. Parker at 11:40 am, and Mr. LaCosse at 12:00 pm in the Picture Book section!