RIFA

Dear Parents,

I very much want our class to complete a community service project before Thanksgiving!  I spoke with RIFA today and they are in NEED of POP-TOP Soup cans for their snack pack program. The cans need to be pop-tops so that students can make them on their own. The snack pack program provides food to 912 elementary age children in JMCSS.  I want to set a HIGH goal and try to collect one can for each child before Thanksgiving break!  If we meet our goal of 912, the students will get a fun reward:)  

Mrs. B

The Market

Dear Parents,

The multi-cultural projects are due by the end of the day Wednesday.  Students have the freedom to be creative and complete their project in the style that best fits their strengths.  If anyone has any souvenirs, pictures, or items from China that they would like to display in the market, please send them by Wednesday.  I had considered handing out fortune cookies at the market, until my husband reminded me that there are NO fortune cookies in China, this is actually a Chinese-American tradition.  So, I decided that it would be fun and easy to give each guest a Green Tea packet.  Every restaurant and grocery we visited in China had Green tea; it is a huge part of their culture! If anyone would like to send a pack of Green Tea, just make sure that it is a box with individually wrapped tea bags. We will probably need at least 300 tea bags or more. If every student brings one box of 20 Green Tea bags, then we would have enough :)  I do not need any parents to work our table, however parents are invited to attend the market on Friday and tour with their child.  I am very happy to be back, and we are going to be very busy learning each and every day!!

Mrs. B

Hello from China

Hello everyone:) I wanted to say hello from China:) I am sorry that I will not be there next week for Parent Teacher Conferences, but I will work with Ms. Hughes and Mrs. Robertson to compile notes and observations on each child and send this home when I return.  Make sure your 1st graders are working on reading....2nd grade work on reading and adding/ subtracting with borrowing and carrying....3rd grade work on typing and multiplication tables!!!! Please tell your children that I miss them and I am gathering some great things for our multi-cultural market!!

Contact Info for Mrs. Hughes

Contact info for sub. Virginia Hughes 
(731) 988-6009.  We are working on getting her a school email as well.

Updates

Ms. Hughes will be starting tomorrow in the classroom full time.  This will give me a chance to see how things are going for a couple days before leaving the country.  The students are doing great, working their plans, and learning each day.:)  I am so proud of them!  We have an amazing class this year!  

Reminders: Friday is Inside Out/Backwards day or spirit shirt day

Everyone has been doing great about bringing healthy snacks.  We do have some allergies in the class: peanuts, eggs, yogurt, and aspartame.

Remember that if you have time in the evenings, reading aloud and math facts are excellent things to practice!  

Also, Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for September 3rd but I will not be back in the country at that time.  If I have any specific issues, I will email parents directly and feel free to do the same.  September 3rd will be a half day for students and there will be NO school for students on September 4th.

Blue and Yellow Day

Hello Parents,

Tomorrow is Blue and Yellow Day, which means that students can wear clothes that are blue or yellow.  They do not have to be uniform clothes, but they do need to be appropriate for school.  Also, I wanted to let you guys know that we had 3 kids out sick today, so watch out for illness :(  I am doing my best to clean and disinfect each day, but please talk to your kids about washing hands, covering their mouths when they cough, etc...  

Wednesday of next week will be my last day before I go to China.  Dr. Harris and I are finalizing details with the substitute tomorrow, so you will receive a note in your child's folder tomorrow afternoon about this. Originally I was going to be on maternity leave for the entire semester, but after MUCH thought and prayer, I have decided to have a tentative plan of returning to school on October 18th.  I just don't think I can bare to miss the entire semester! :)  I love all your children and we are going to have a wonderful year!!

Mrs. B

China

Parents,

We received word from China today that we need to be there next weekend, so we will most likely fly out next Thursday or Friday!  I assure you that Dr. Harris and I are working very diligently on a plan for while I am away! I will keep you updated as more information is finalized!  

Mrs. B

Welcome to the 2015-2016 School Year!

New Schedule

Lunch 11:30 - 12:00

Monday/Wed - 9:30 - 10:15 P.E.

Tuesday - 12:30 - 1:30 Guidance/Library

Thursday - 9:35 - 10:35 Art/Music

Computer Lab - Not scheduled yet

Recess - 2:25 - 2:45 Weather Permitting

Tips for the School Year:

Work plans- Work plans are to be done at school; they are not homework unless specified by the teacher.  All students work at different paces....every child may not complete their work plan each day and this is OKAY!

Homework - I do not have homework plans.  I believe that home time should be spent with family, resting, bonding, and following nightly routines.  If you would like your child to do homework, there are always things that they can work on such as: math facts, handwriting, reading aloud, spelling, and being creative.

Birthdays - Because we do not have assistants in the classroom this year and we are trying to be a Silver Healthy School, we are asking that parents do not bring Birthday treats or celebration items.  Other ideas for your child's birthday: Eat lunch with your child in the cafeteria, send a special healthy snack for the day (fresh fruit, cheese, or veggies), or you may send treat bags for the students and I will send them home at the end of the day!

Snacks

 A list of approved healthy snacks for our school district is available online.  It is very important that we have healthy snacks within our classroom on a daily basis and for special events.  It would be very helpful if snacks could be in individual packages or Ziploc bags, due to the fact that we will not have an assistant this year. We have 22 students.  We will also be skipping the cupcakes and sweets for birthdays this year, because we are trying to become a Silver Healthy School!

August 10^th – Elisabeth

August 17^th – Reed Cooper

August 24^th – Clare

August 31^st – Aubrey M.

September 7^th – Khaki

September 14^th – Allen

September 21^st – Reid F.

September 28^th – Jonas

October 12^th – Mady

October 19^th – Alissa

October 26^th – Dylan

November 2^nd – Trice

November 9^th – Ivan

November 16^th – James

November 30^th – Marcus

December 7^th – Zoe

December 14^th – Aubrey Reynolds

Snack Ideas:  Fruit, Veggies, Applesauce(unsweetened), granola bars, yogurt, cheese, veggie sticks, dried fruit, pretzels, cereal bars, rice cakes, trail mix (NO peanuts).

Montessori Shirts for Students and Parents

My husband and I are in the process of adopting a child, and we are selling these shirts that we designed to raise money for our trip to China. Please share with anyone that may be interested; they are pretty cool shirts!

https://www.booster.com/peace-love-montessorihttps://www.booster.com/peace-love-montessori

The Oceans

https://youtu.be/KUS2Kjzzd9s

https://youtu.be/KUS2Kjzzd9s

Continent Song

https://youtu.be/KxQ0WLlDxvU

Book Fair

Flat Stanley

More pics from Philadelphia

Flat Stanley goes to Philadelphia- More Coming Soon

Registration

Don't forget to turn in your child's registration card!

Pies

H.O.P.E.

Parents,

I am wanting to start something that I call the H.O.P.E. project; standing for Helping Other People Endlessly

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Our first project is going to be collecting things for Ms. Kelly Hoeflich.  Ms. Hoeflich is a teacher at South Elementary, who will be volunteering in Haiti this summer at a children's home.  She is collecting supplies to take with her for the kids.  If you would like to donate anything, we will be collecting for the month of Feb. weeks and then taking the items to Ms. Hoeflich.

Supplies needed:

* Scissors

* liquid glue (glue sticks dry out in the heat)

* tablet paper

* notebook paper

* construction paper (any color)

* counting manipulatives

* pencils

*shoes (any size! We have kids from 2-21 at the Children's home in Haiti)

Thanks,

Mrs. B

contractions lesson and music activity

World Biomes: An Introduction to Climate

Homophones

The Water Cycle Song

The Water Cycle Song

http://youtu.be/T05djitkEFI

I Have a Dream....

http://www.schooltube.com/video/02831c44b39940f193f9/I-Have-a-Dream-Martin-Luther-King-Day

Addition Rock

The Water Cycle

Adding 3 digit numbers with regrouping

Third levels

Tomorrow my 3rd levels will have a review multiplication quiz on their 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s.   We will also soon begin working on more word problems, multiple digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.