We will be celebrating with Nancy's Italian Ice this week. Thank you so much for sending in so many Box Tops!
I can't wait to see all of the About Me posters that are due tomorrow. This is such a fun way to learn more about each other.
Thank you all for attending the cluster conferences last week. Remember that they will take the place of us doing an open house in our room Tuesday night. Instead, enjoy the Back to School Bash with your family. It starts at 5:00. I will include the information from the PTA at the bottom of this post as a reminder.
Your child brought home a printout Friday that has their password for you to get on Pearson Success if you would like to check their weekly Reading story grade. I have added their beginning of the year baseline test as well. Remember that the baseline test is just an assessment, it is not a grade.
Book orders came home Friday and they are due back by this Friday, Sept. 9th if you would like to order something. This is completely optional.
If you have not sent in a check for $5.00 for Scholastic News and also Time for Kids please send it in as soon as possible.
Look for a Family Time sheet to come home with your child at the beginning of every week except for the end of the unit review week. This is an overview of what will be covered with the reading story. This is for you to keep at home and use with your child as you see fit.
Story this week: Exploring Space with an Astronaut
Phonics: Long Vowels CVCe
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comprehension Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Subjects in a sentence
In Math this week we will wrap up our chapter on addition. Your child will have a review sheet as homework for Wednesday night and a Math test on Thursday. Make sure your child is comfortable with everything on the review sheet in order to be prepared for the test Thursday. Our next chapter will be on subtraction.
Your child will also bring home a Science Vocabulary study guide. Please just go over these vocabulary words with your child a little bit each evening. We have been enjoying our chapter on plants. Ask your child about our greenhouse we planted Friday.
Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Reminders from the Awesome PTA:
Spirit Nights
This year we have scheduled Spirit Nights at four area restaurants. Each spirit night will occur on the same night each month. PTA receives 10 to 15 percent of all sales. The schedule is as follows: Applebee's (1st Weds), Jason's Deli (2nd Tues), Burger King - Chantilly Pkwy (3rd Tues) and Nancy's Italian Ice (4th Weds) of every month throughout the school year.
Just Give
If it's successful we will not have any fundraisers for the rest of the year. We've asked for $65/student...which is a small price to pay for the great education the students are receiving at Blount Elementary. Detailed information may be found on the PTA web site at www.blountpta.org.
Back to School Bash, Open House and PTA Budget Approval
We have had a lot of feedback from parents about consolidating the number of nights we ask them to come up to school during the first month of school. So we have combined our usual Volunteer Round Up with Open House Night to achieve this goal. We are also going to host a Back to School Bash as a way to publicize the Fall Festival and get our parents excited. Here are some details:
-from 5-7 p.m. we will have two inflatables for the kids to enjoy
-from 5-8 p.m. we will have food vendors on hand where parents, teachers and staff can buy treats and dinner. So far we have Jim & Nicks, the Great American Cookie Co. and Nancy’s Italian Ice scheduled to come.
-at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria we will have a QUICK PTA Budget Approval Vote. It WILL NOT be an all-out PTA meeting, it will JUST be a budget vote. We are not going to do the attendance contest at this gathering like we did at last year’s PTA meetings because it is NOT a full meeting.
Fall Festival
October 20 (rain date October 27) at Thompson Park (adjacent from Blount Elementary) from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wristbands are being pre-sold for $10 for students and $1 for parents. The price at the gate will be $15 for students and $2 for adults. Also available is the Fall Festival T-Shirt - youth sizes in fall orange are $10 and adult sizes (S-XL) in chocolate brown are also $10. T-shirt orders MUST be turned into the office by close of business on Oct.1. We will not be able to accept an order after that time. If you have any questions about Fall Festival, Back to School Bash and/or Just Give please feel free to contact Jeannine at fundraising@blountpta.org (Visit our Facebook page - Blount Fall Festival)
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