We are celebrating kindness all month and this week I will be reading We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio to the lower grades. Even when people look different or act different, we can show kindness to them. This is a great picture book based on the chapter book Wonder. Kids of all ages can see more of the Wonder story and understand it's themes. We're also talking about the Battle of the Books Jr program in grades K-3rd. Watch for info packets ...
Week of 10/30
It's Halloween this week! To get us in a festive mood, we are reading The Good, The Bad and The Spooky by Jory John. As part of the best-selling Food Group series, this book features the Bad Seed, whose in a baaaaaad mood because he can't find a show-stopping costume for Halloween. What's a seed supposed to do? If he can stop trick or treating, would that make him feel better? Maybe he just needs to let this go and put together a quick costume ...
Week of 10/23
What happens when a witch needs that one ingredient that doesn't want to cooperate?? A witch's favorite treat is frog soup. It's easy to make and healthy too. You add water, salt, pepper and 22 cloves of garlic! Potatoes, carrots and little fly extract round out the soup. But the main ingredient for a pop of color and a kick of flavor is frogs! You just have to get them onto the spoon and into the cauldron before they disappear, which ...
Updates from Upland October 10, 2023
Hello everyone! It was great to see all who attended Dads and Doughnuts this morning! What a beautiful morning for doughnuts and hot cocoa. Thank you to our PTA for organizing this event! Just a reminder – tomorrow is a planning day, and there is no school for students Thursday, Friday, and Monday for Fall Break. End of Term/Report Cards Tomorrow is the end of our first term of the year. Wow – that was fast! ...
Week of 10/2
This week we are reading our 2nd Beehive picture book nominee of the year, Chez Bob by Bob Shea. Bob the alligator is quite lazy, and being lazy makes him hungry. So Bob comes up with a genius idea: he will start a birdseed restaurant on his nose! Birds will come to eat and Bob will eat the birds, super simple. He will be rich and famous, get diamond teeth and a solid-gold hat, and have a full tummy. But things don't go exactly as Bob plans, ...
Week of 9/25
This week in the library 4/5th graders are learning all about our Battle of the Books program! There are lots of ways to participate: students can read books from our list of 20 and earn prizes or they can read books, earn prizes, AND compete on a team in the Spring, where students test each other's knowledge of the books in a family-feud style competition. This is our 6th year participating in Battle of the Books at Upland Terrace! For more ...
Week of 9/18
It's the Book Fair! We are so excited to host the book fair this week in library: Tuesday and Wednesday, 4:00-7:00 pm. (Cash and cards accepted, sorry no Venmo.) This is an excellent opportunity to support our school while buying books your students will love. As in past years, we've partnered with The Story Cupboard to bring you a wide variety of books. And a portion of each purchase goes toward our school library, which more than doubles ...
Updates from Upland September 14
Hello everyone! Our PTA Carnival is this Friday from 4-7pm! Come join the fun AND help us raise funds to support our school. If you have not taken a peek at the Silent Auction items, check them out here: https://app.galabid.com/uplandcarnival2023 We are still looking for volunteers! To run our activities safely, we need your help! (Bounce houses specifically – we will not able to set them up without adequate ...
Week of 9/11
This week we are reading our first Beehive Book of the year! Beehive Books are nominated by a committee of volunteers in Utah who look for the best in children's literature. But the unique thing about Beehive Books is that kids are the ones who vote for the winner. These books can be found at libraries throughout the state, where kids can vote on their favorites. At Upland Terrace, we read all of the picture book nominees together during ...
It’s Carnival Time!
Hello everyone! The PTA Carnival is this Friday (9/15) from 4-7pm. Auction If you would like to take a peek at the items included in our Silent Auction, please click this link. There is a great variety of awesome items available. Set up an account so you can get ready to bid! Click on the 'Register' button, then follow the instructions to complete your ...