Fiesta!!!

May has a lot to celebrate and we are prepared and ready.  We have five May birthdays and three July birthdays to celebrate in the upcoming days.  The June birthdays will be celebrated the last week of school. Throw in Mother's Day and the Big Show on June 1 and it makes for a great month to celebrate Room 115.

This week we will be investigating the letter Xx as in "X on the x-ray."  Word Wall words are say, came, up.  There is a little bit of concern because our alphabet card for the letter X has disappeared.  Stay tuned for the rest of this story!  This is the last of our introduced alphabet letters and word walls.  Beginning the week of May 14, we will be reviewing all sounds and word wall words.

Monday is Italian Ice for $1.00.  Library is also Monday so be sure to return library books.

To prepare for Friday's Crafternoon Cinco De Mayo theme, we made a paper quilt of a star pinata.  Don't forget this summer to keep a stash of  construction paper, scissors, glue, markers, crayons and a roll of tape available for creations.

We are practicing for the Kindergarten End of the Year Celebration on Friday, June 1 at 9:00.  Then stay for the Room 115 celebration immediately after the program.  We have a very special project (that will make you tear up and keep forever) that we are working on.  Please send in $5.00 by this Friday to offset the cost of the materials.

Be sure to look in book bags on Friday afternoon not only for our poetry journals but also for several items for Mother's Day.  We have had a fun time thinking of our moms as we work on our projects.

There will be no reading homework on Tuesday night due to the fact that reading groups on that day will be working on some very important writings for Mom.

What a fun time we had at our last Crafternoon!  It was certainly a wonderful time to celebrate the fun that comes with May.  Thanks to all the parents that assisted in the classroom and those that sent in money to provide for the supplies.  Our classroom was such a busy place!  Thank you, thank you, thank you for loving Room 115.

I will be out of the classroom on Monday.  Mrs. Owen is scheduled to substitute that day so I know the children will be well taken care of and working hard.

The school is participating in several events this week to benefit the community and our school.

We went to an assembly last Tuesday sponsored by the American Red Cross.  They talked about the different parts that make up blood.  They made Kool-Aid as a reference.  Here is the lesson if you want to use it the next time you make Kool-Aid. (I'm sure your child's middle school science teacher will be pleased that your child already knows the parts/responsibilities of the blood.)   The Kool-Aid was the red blood cells.  Red blood cells are the oxygen in the blood.  The sugar was the white blood cells.  They fight off being sick and kills germs.  The water was the plasma that helps the blood circulate.  The ice was the platelets.  Platelets help you to stop bleeding.  The Blount blood drive is this Monday from 1:30-6:30 at Grace Pointe Church (across the street from the school).

Join us Tuesday, 8 May at Marcos Pizza (Vaughn, Taylor Rd) from 5-9 for Blount's Spirit Night!! 

10% of all of the Blount student's/teacher's orders for the evening will go to Blount Elementary! 

Here's the GREAT part!!  You can earn an End of the Year pizza party for your class. 

This is what you need to do:

1. Order your pizza from Marcos (Vaughn/Taylor Rd) for pick-up, delivery or take-out

2.  Make sure you tell them your teacher's name (Don't worry if you have more than one Blount student

just tell them all your children's' teacher's names.

Marcos will keep track the orders and Mrs. Janet will announce the winning teacher it at the end of the week.

Contact with me with any questions or concerns.