Saturday, May 18, 2013
Good Bye Sweet First Graders!
Really? Four more days! I can hardly believe it but I have been reminded daily by all the excited voices in my classroom that SUMMER if finally here!!! Bitter sweet…
HOW TO SURVIVE THE LAST WEEK OF FIRST GRADE:
On Monday, we will have our Honor’s Program in the lunchroom from 9:00-9:30. Students need to wear their usual Blount attire and every child will receive a certificate. Please go straight to the lunchroom when you arrive so that you can get good seats. It will fill up quickly! Afterwards, you may have a few moments to take pictures but we will need to exit pretty quickly as second grade’s program will begin shortly after ours. Please send your child with their book bag to school on Monday so that I can send everything home with them. They will not need their book bags the remainder of the week. :)
On Wednesday, I will be out all day traveling with my family to Mobile to watch my nephew graduate Kindergarten. Stacey Dickinson will be our sub. The kids love her!!! I will return to give hugs and say good bye to the children on Thursday.
On Thursday, report cards will be issued at dismissal, not a minute earlier! If you know that your child will be absent or checking out early on Thursday, please send a self addressed and stamped envelope for their report card to be mailed. Otherwise, you may pick it up in the office on Friday or during our summer hours. {you will need to check the website for those exact hours}
Finally, a GREAT BIG THANKS for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week! I was overwhelmed by all the cards, candy, Diet Cokes, flowers and gifts. A GREAT BIG THANKS to Brooke Nyberg for coming on Friday to take the kids to lunch and entertaining them for a whole hour while I enjoyed a wonderful lunch in the library with all my friends that Andi Graydon put together. We are truly blessed at Blount Elementary with a wonderful group of students, parents, and PTA that show continued support of education!!!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
April Showers Bring May Flowers
This week is an important week for the school as our 3-5 grade students will be taking standardized tests. We will not be testing but we will be supporting the older grades. Our job is to be very quiet in the school. Our schedule will be frozen each day until testing is over, which means we will not be allowed to have volunteers or visitors. Please DO NOT join us for lunch on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of this week. Please try your very best to be on time each day so that the testing can begin promptly! Thank you for supporting our school in having a smooth testing week.
In Reading, we will focus on the letter “x” as in “fox.” We will also spend this week talking about plants, plant life cycle and all the things that plants need to survive.
Word Wall Words: while, place, under, always, father
In Language, we are still talking about rule 15 ~ Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.
In Math, we are reviewing Place Value. I will not give a test on this, just daily grades will be given. If your child’s math workbook has come home you are free to go back and work on pages that were left or you can toss! Same goes with their workbook that was sent home at the beginning of the year for homework practice.
Please send in your money for Water Day by Wednesday, May 8. The cost to help cover this fun day is $15.00 Water Day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15 from 11:00-2:00. We will eat lunch that day before Water Day begins. Children may still purchase lunch from the lunchroom on that day. We will need popsicles on that day to help cool us off so please let me know if you are interested in donating some.
Friday, May 10th will be the last day to check out books from our library. However, I encourage you to take your child to a public library and continue checking out books as I will continue encouraging the children to take AR tests during the remaining weeks of school. You may even have books at home that are AR and the children are welcome to bring them to school and test on. Click on the Accelerated Reader Book Find to see what books can be tested on.
The lunchroom is no longer accepting checks so please only send cash to replenish accounts.
The last day of school for students will be Thursday, May 23rd. Report Cards will be handed out at the end of the day {3:10} and no sooner. If you know that your child will not be there to receive their report card you may send in an envelope already addressed with a stamp and the office will mail them the next day ~ OR ~ you may come by the office during summer hours to pick them up.
5/6 ~ Nancy’s Italian Ice $1.00
5/10 ~ Last day to check out books
5/15 ~ Water Day 12:00-2:00
5/16 ~ Signed Papers
5/17 ~ Teacher Luncheon 11:30-12:30
5/20 ~ First Grade Honor’s Day 9-9:30
5/23 ~ Last day of school
Please contact me with any questions of concerns! Have a great week ~ Kristin :)
