The Learning Begins

What a wonderful turnout for Meet and Greet.  It was exciting to put faces to the names on our roll.  We are going to have a fabulous time in Room 115.  Thank you so much for supporting our classroom. 

Tomorrow you may park your car and walk your child into the classroom.  Take the photos you need for your scrapbook and then quickly say goodbye.  The PTA is having a Woo Hoo / Boo Hoo gathering in the library so please drop by after leaving our classroom.  Starting the second day of school, you must drop your child off at the front door.  The children may enter our classroom at 7:50.  If your child arrives at school between 7:30-7;45, he/she will wait in the lunchroom and be supervised by teachers on duty.  Children may not enter the building before 7:30.

For the first week of school, please return the dismissal hat that your child will be wearing.  The dismissal hat makes sure your child is in the correct place at the end of the day.

There is a tremendous amount of paper work that needs to be completed.  The packets are available if you would like to take them home tomorrow morning and get a head start.  They are located to the right (on top of the rice table) as soon as you enter the classroom.  I provided a cheat sheet to assist in knowing what to return.  Packets that are not picked up will be sent home in back packs tomorrow afternoon. 

Remember to check the white notebooks every evening.  There is a section for papers to be kept at home and papers that need to be returned.  Also, initial the behavior chart.  MPS requires that Kindergarten children be read to five nights a week.  You will find a reading chart in the notebook that needs to be completed each night your family reads together.

Please send money if your child will be purchasing a school lunch.  You may write a check for the week, the month or for any lump sum.  You will receive notification when your child's lunch account is running low.  Milk can be purchased separately for $.35.

Volunteers will send snack/juice for this week.  I will send a reminder home to the families that volunteered for snack.  You will need to send/purchase a snack for your child starting the second week of school.

Field trip t-shirt money is due by Thursday, August 19. (check payable to Blount)
Time for Kids money is due by Wednesday, September 8 (check payable to Time for Kids)
Remember to send all money in separate envelopes that are labeled with the purpose.

Your child will be bringing home a poetry notebook on Friday.  There is a letter on the inside cover explaining the poetry notebook.  Poetry notebooks come home every Friday and return to school every Monday.

The children may wear jeans and Blount t-shirts on Friday.  If you did not purchase spirit wear at the Meet and Greet then regular uniform shirts need to be worn.  Spirit wear is sold by the PTA so please contact them if interested.  You may want to send a sweater for your child to wear in the classroom if he/she gets cold.  Sweaters must follow the uniform code and be solid navy, red or white.  

Here are some times to help you visualize what your child will be doing the first week of school:
lunch:  10:50-11:15
nap/rest:  12-1
snack 1-1:15
specialist time:  2:00-2:30  (for the 1st three weeks our class will go to PE)

I will be exposing your children to a wide variety of literature.  I added the Shelfari bookshelf to the blog so that you can know some of the titles I'm reading to the children. One of my goals for your child is that he/she will leave Room 115 with a lifelong desire to read.  There are plenty of wonderful books out there to help me achieve that goal!


Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have.  Please use the school email or my personal email address that can be found in the white notebook. 


Thanks for sharing your greatest treasure with me.