MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_01C99AAA.D5F857B0" This document is a Single File Web Page, also known as a Web Archive file. If you are seeing this message, your browser or editor doesn't support Web Archive files. Please download a browser that supports Web Archive, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. ------=_NextPart_01C99AAA.D5F857B0 Content-Location: file:///C:/9628A353/march_news.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Ms. Eichberger’s Classroom N=
ewletter Week of Mar=
ch 2,
2009 March is Na=
tional
Reading Month For the month of March, our Title One Teacher, Kathy= Zajac has coordinated some activities for our eleme= ntary students. Important dates t= o remember are as follows: Friday, March. 13 – Book Swap – Bring a = book from home to swap in class! Monday, March 17 – Young Author’s Day at= the ISD 10 – 11 am Friday, March 20 – READ ME Day – everyone wears clothing that can be read. Monday, March 24 – Young Author’s Night
– Thursday, March 26 – P.J. Day – Read in = your comfy pajamas. Class Activ=
ities
for the Our class will be heading our Pennies for Peace Camp= aign. Attached to this newsletter is detailed letter about the campaign. Have your child bring in pennies= to support the cause. Everyday= you can find one or several between your couch cushions, under your car seat,= on the sidewalk. Pick them up,= put them in a jar at home, and everyday or every week bring them in! Go to www.penniesforpeace.org to learn more!&nbs= p; Famous Peac=
emakers We will be reading and writing about people who have dedicated their lives to promoting peace and justice throughout the world. It is recommended th= at you go to your local library and check out age-appropriate biographies about = the following peacemakers: Jane Adams – =
first
American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Joan Baez – A=
merican
folk singer Cesar Chavez –=
; worked
for the rights of migrant workers in the Dalai Lama – =
Head of
State and spiritual leader of the Tibetian pe=
ople Mahatma Gandi
– lead of the Indian independence movement Pete Seeger
– American folk singer Greg Mortensen- Aut=
hor of
Three Cups of Tea and founder of the Central Asia Institute Chief Seattle ̵=
1;
prominent Native American leader Henry David Thoreau=
–
American author Thich Nhat Hanh
– Vietnamese teacher and activist Mother Teresa ̵=
1;
humanitarian, mothered the sick and the poor in Kids for Pe= ace Pledge (www.kidsforpeaceusa.org) We will recite this pledge in class for the month of March. The website for this organization is above! It= 8217;s wonderful! I pledge to use my wor=
ds to
speak in a kind way. |