Tuesday, March 11, 2014

An Unexpected Substitute, Report Card Testing, A Field Trip and A Crafternoon

The title of this entry sums up our week!  Reading groups and math instruction will be abbreviated as I assess for report cards this week.

We have a quick field trip to the Art Museum on Thursday morning.  We will see a puppet show and view a piece of art.  Please be sure to dress your member of Room 114 in his/her yellow field trip t-shirt.

We had so much fun last Friday celebrating books. The children had so much fun being dressed up. Remember that big imaginations lead to great problem solvers. Thanks for the great parade turnout.  There is nothing better than having a big cheering section on your side. Enjoy these precious photos from the day of the  Character Book Parade.

An email went out Sunday evening updating information for Friday's St. Patrick Day themed Crafternoon.  Come at 1:00 to help get the classroom ready.  Or join us at 1:30 when the children return for all the fun.  Thank you to all of you for making this a fun afternoon for the children.  If you are coming for the Crafternoon, remember to park your car in the carpool lane so that you can be one of the first Blount families to start your weekend!

In reading, we will be investigating the letter Gg.  Our high frequency words are:  one, two, three, four, five.   Be sure to review the blends from last week.  There was a lot of information introduced last week in reading.

In math, we will begin to talk about numbers 11-20. The focus of this chapter is for the students to realize these numbers are a group of ten plus more.  This lays the foundation for place value in the next grade levels.  We continue to practice daily our addition and subtraction skills.

Due to a large number of absences during the week we celebrated a very special young lady, we postponed writing her book until last week.  We are fortunate that we get to work with her every single school day.  Here is a link for Special Person #13.

Class photos were in binders on Friday.  I hope they made it home safe and sound.  

We will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on Wednesday, March 19.  Do not send any money in until Tuesday, March 18,  If you have raised at least $5.00, then send in the coupon stating  funds have been raised.  Coach Grant has prizes on hand to distribute when those coupons come in.  The children will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart during our specialist time on  March 19.


We celebrated this special young man last week.  His dad gave us a very impressive speed reading of Green Eggs and Ham.  It has been so much fun having our parents visit our classroom.  Thanks for rearranging your schedules to accommodate the school day.  Here is a link for Special Person #14

It is Spirit Night all day long on Thursday at Cuco's on Chantilly Parkway.  Just tell them you are from Blount and proceeds from your meal will be donated to our schoo



Here is a slide show of photos taken from the entire week of Read Across America.  I hope there is always a good book close at hand in your child's life, even in adulthood.
Read Across America

Upcoming Events:
3.13  Kindergarten Field Trip to the Art Museum (wear yellow field trip t-shirts) 
3.13  Spirit Day at Cuco's all day long
3.14 Room 114's March Crafternoon  @ 1:30  (Come at 1:00 to set up)

3.18  Turn in money for Jump Rope for Heart
3.19 Jump Rope for Heart during our specialist time
3.24-3.28  Spring Break
4.18:  School in session due to weather make up day 
5.23:  Kindergarten Program followed by a Room 114 Celebration @ 9:00  

Contact me with any questions or concerns

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