Meet Mrs. Thomas’ First Grade Friends….Finally!!!

BE SMART ~ JUST GIVE!

Thanks PTA for the AWESOME Pep Rally Friday afternoon to get our kids excited about the campaign. Parents, be on the lookout Monday afternoon for a letter from PTA explaining in detail the Just Give Campaign. If PTA meets their goal, they promise to not have any fundraisers for the entire year ~ woohoo! Thank you for supporting our school! :)

Don't forget that Nancy's Italian Ice will be back on Monday for only $1.00.

We will be rotating tomorrow to Mr. Darby for Art for the next three weeks.

We have a special Author/Illustrator that will be visiting our school on Tuesday from 1:00-1:45. Her name is Michelle Nelson-Schmidt. She sent us a video with a sneak peek of the "what-if monster" she will be bringing to share with the children. We are very excited!!!

Make sure your child is bringing their library books to school everyday!

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend our First Grade Parent Meeting on last Wednesday. I know there was a lot of information covered so please do not ever hesitate to ask questions!

Upcoming Events at Blount:

Tuesday, Sept. 11 @ 6pm ~ PTA General Membership Meeting {Carrabas will be catering dinner for only $6 per person}

Thursday, Sept. 20 ~ Signed Papers/Progress Reports

Friday, Sept. 28 ~ Box Tops are due

Thursday, Oct. 4 ~ Teacher Treat Day/Signed Papers

Thursday, Oct. 11 ~ Fall Picture Day

Thursday, Oct. 18 ~ Fall Festival from 4:30-7:30/Signed Papers

Thursday, Oct. 25 ~ Report Cards

Have a great week ~ Kristin

Week 1 Of First Grade!

We had a wonderful first week of school! I am very proud of how well the students have adjusted to our rules and procedures. They have done an excellent job listening and following directions. I have already learned so much about them...that is one of the best parts!!!

Please make sure to carefully read over the letter that was sent home with your child on Thursday about our First Grade Parent Meeting. Our First Grade Team feels this is the best way to explain to you what your child participates in each day. We will also cover in detail the curriculum we follow to teach your children. This is an informal meeting that I hope will answer questions you may have.

I have had the best time reading the student surveys you were given on the first day of school. I love having a connection with your child in a way that allows me to communcate and integrate their "likes" into our day! :)

We began our Nancy's Italian Ice fundraiser on Monday and it will continue each Monday for the remaining of the year. Thanks to everyone for sending in their 1.00 labeled in a baggie or envelope. This allows me to focus on instruction. I do ask that you continue to only pay for one week at a time. The Italian Ice is delivered during our snack time so you may not want to send a snack on Mondays if your child purchases an Italian Ice. :)

PTA Membership Drive will end on October 5th! If you have not already joined, please consider doing so. Membership dues are $5.00 per child. We would love for grandparents and family friends to support our children and join as well!

A Few Reminders:

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  An excuse for any absence must be sent in within two days of returning back to school.


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  Any change in transportation must be in writing. {I cannot take the word of your child.}

Upcoming Happenings:

8/31 ~ First Box Top Collection Day

9/3 ~ School Holiday {Labor Day}

9/11 ~ PTA General Membership Meeting at 6:00 {Lunchroom} and Room Parent Meeting at 9:30am and 1:30pm.

9/28 ~ Second Box Top Collection Day

10/4 ~ Teacher Treat Day hosted by 4th and 5th grade and Team Spirit Day {students may wear a shirt honoring their favorite team}

10/11 ~ Fall Picture Day

10/18 ~ Blount Fall Festival {4:40-7:30}

Happy Labor Day Weekend and please check the blog again soon for some pictures from the first week of school!

'Twas the Night Before School Started

'Twas the night before school started,

when all through the town,

The parents were cheering.

It was a riotous sound!

Be eight, kids were washed

And tucked into bed...

when memories of homework

Filled them with dread.

New pencils, new folders, new notebooks, too!

New teachers, new freinds...

Their anxiety grew!

The parents just giggled when

They learned of this fright

And shouted upstairs -

"Go to bed! It's a school night!"

WOW! I can't believe school starts Monday! I enjoyed meeting my firsties at Meet the Teacher Thursday night! I have a cute bunch of kiddos that I cannot wait to get to know! Here is a picture of my family and a few fun interesting facts about me...

MY FAVORITES

Food ~ Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Junk Food ~ Chocolate Chip Cookies

Drink ~ Diet Coke

Color ~ Turquoise

Sport ~ Football

Holiday ~ Christmas

Season ~ Winter

Subject ~ Reading

Genre ~ Fairytales

Restaraunt ~ Ixtapa

Store ~ Hobby Lobby

Website ~ Pinterest

I cannot wait to hear all about your favorites on Monday!

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful warm weather this weekend...I know we did!

READING

Our letter this week is "v" as in "volcano."

The word wall words are keep, up, never, because, pick, give, seven, have, sleep, live, of, and very.

LANGUAGE

We are down to the very last rule for the year. Rule 18 ~ Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.

MATH

We are just about done with our chapter on Solid Figures and Plane Shapes. The students have once again AMAZED me with how well they caught onto the skills introduced in this chapter such as faces and vertices. They had to use alot of spatial sense, which I have none of, so I was pleased with how well they did under my teaching...hahaha!

A look at what's happening at Blount this week:

Monday, Apr 16 ~ Nancy's Italian Ice $1.00

Tuesday, Apr 17 ~ Library 2:00-2:30

Wednesday, Apr 18 ~ Deadline for Yearbook orders

Thursday, Apr 19 ~ Math Store Opens

Friday, Apr 20 ~ Deadline for Spring Picture Orders

A sneak peek at what's happening at Blount next week:

Monday, Apr 23 ~ Nancy's Italian Ice $1.00

Tuesday, Apr 24 ~ PTA meeting

Thursday, Apr 26 ~ Talking Tree visits 1st Grade

Friday, Apr 27 ~ Field Day for K-3 from 8:20-10:40

Please allow your child to wear their first grade t-shirt or blount shirt along tennis shoes. The students will be involved in several games that involve running or jumping and trust me, they will be most comfortable in tennis shoes. Sack lunches and milk may be purchased through the lunchroom for students that plan to buy that day and students may still bring lunches from home.

I think and hope I have covered everything for now! Have a GREAT week!!!

Kristin :)

Hello Spring and Fourth Nine Weeks!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break only to come back to school for a short week! Friday, April 6 will be our second and final weather day so enjoy! :)

READING

The letter this week will be "y" as in "yarn."

The word wall words for this week are better, called, calling, those, yes, and doing.

LANGUAGE

We will review all rules learned since this will be a short week of school.

MATH

We will begin Ch. 15, Solid Figures and Plane Shapes. Children will learn to identify and sort spheres, cones, cubes, cylinders, rectangular prisms and pyramids as well as relate them to everyday objects. I love what all they come up with! The children will also sort and classify solid figures by the number of faces and vertices. This is going to be a F-U-N chapter. We will not finish this week so we will continue and test the following week.

REMINDERS

Monday, April 2 ~ Nancy's Italian Ice

Thursday, April 5 ~ Report Cards

Standardized testing will begin Monday, April 9 for third-fifth grade students, so please make plans to be at school on time. :) Our schedules will be FROZEN, which means no volunteers in the morning. To help encourage and get the students who are testing EXCITED, we all will participate in a daily special theme.

Monday ~ Wear your sunglasses as we "SHINE BRIGHT" on testing!

Tuesday ~ Wear your baseball hat or visor as we "HIT A HOMERUN" on the test!

Wednesday ~ Wear your craziest socks as we "SOCK IT" to testing!

Thursday ~ Wear your Blount shirt of other favorite team jersey as we "TEAM UP" for testing!

During testing kindergarten -second grade has been assigned an upper grade class to get treats for throughout the week. We are paired up with Mrs. Huffman's fourth graders and will need to send them a small treat on Monday and Wednesday of next week. Please let me know if you would like to help donate a treat. Small treats like smarties or blow pops are GREAT!

As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns and have a WONDERFUL week!

Kristin :)