November is Here!

Can you believe it? The year is moving so quickly! Last week was a CrAzY week! We had activities scheduled every day for Reading Celebration Week. Thank you so much for sending in the ingredients that we needed to make our Fall Centers a success! All of the children were very well behaved last week, even during all of the extra activities. It made for a very fun week. This week should be a little more on the normal side. We will have music on Monday, P.E. on Wednesday, and we will go to the Media Center on Thursday this week. This is a schedule change because we are normally scheduled to go on Friday, but we will be on our Zoo field trip on Friday. Make sure to return your child's library book on Thursday so he/she can check out another one. Report cards will go home on Tuesday this week. Please remember to return the yellow envelope!
Please don't forget to dress your child in his/her Bartram Springs Elementary t-shirt on Friday if you have one, otherwise, please dress him/her in a green shirt. This will help us to identify all of our little bugs as belonging to our group. Remember that a bag lunch is NOT needed for this field trip as lunch was included in the price of the field trip. We have four chaperones going on this field trip besides myself, so the groups will be absolutely manageable. This is my favorite field trip, and the weather should be fabulous! Please make sure that your child is at school on time on Friday because we need to be prepared to board the bus and leave by 9:00 a.m.
The secret word for this week is ZOO! Also, please remember that the secret word is only accepted for the extra sticker on Tuesday mornings. I remind them on Monday afternoon to remind you that night ;-)
Until next time, stay buggy!!

Exciting week!

Good evening! I hope you have had a fabulous weekend! Remember, Monday is a Teacher Planning Day, so your little angels will be at home with you! This week is our Bartram Springs Reading Celebration Week. You should have gotten a flyer home on Friday to tell you all of the activities we will be involved in this week. We have PE on Wednesday, so make sure to wear appropriate shoes. Also, we have Art on Friday, and that is always a fun resource that the kids look forward to. Don't forget that the Fall Festival is on Friday evening. You should have received home an order form to pre-order your tickets. That will save you time standing in line on Friday night. It will be a very enjoyable and family-friendly evening, so I hope to see you all there! This will be a very exciting week, but please remind your child that we are still having our regular lessons and he/she is still expected to follow school and classroom rules. Our secret word for the week is HALLOWEEN! I spent all day today at a cheer competition with my daughter. I also saw Sydney C. perform and she did an AWESOME job! Congratulations, Sydney C!
Until next time, stay buggy!!

News for the week!

Good afternoon! What wonderful weather we are having! The children are enjoying being outside now more than ever. It is so nice to go to the playground without the soaring temperatures. I wanted to catch you up with some information. Please remember that this Wednesday, October 20th is Early Dismissal. We will begin dismissing at 1:30. Also, Monday, October 25th, is a Teacher Planning Day so there is no school for the students.

Permission slips and money are due for our Zoo field trip on Wednesday, October 27th. Many of you have already sent that in, so thank you! There are still plenty of spaces for chaperones if you are interested!

There are still many planners that are coming in unsigned. Please make sure you are signing, or at least initialing, your child's planner nightly. This is where you will find his/her behavior for the day as well as any notes I need to write to you. The best way to monitor your child's daily activities is with an open line of communication.

Finally, please remember that your child will only get credit for the secret word in his/her planner if it is in there, in your handwriting, on Tuesday morning. Every week, I have a heartbroken child who brings the secret word in on Wednesday or Thursday. The secret word for this week is WHERE

Until next time, stay BuGgY!!

Happy Weekend!

Good evening! I hope all of you are having a restful weekend! Hopefully your child brought home his/her Jacksonville Zoo field trip form yesterday. Please notice on the back page that you need to make a meal choice for your child. The meal is included in the price of the field trip. Please make sure to have those signed and returned no later than October 27th.

There are quite a few students who are coming in without having their planners signed or initialed by parents. Please make sure to sign your child's planner every day. This lets me know that you are aware of their behavior for the day and that is the main path of communication between school and home.

We are ready to begin having parent helpers in the classroom, so if you would like to come in during the day to help, please let me know what days/times work best for you. Also, thank you so much to those of you who have already scheduled conferences with me. If you haven't, please let me know a day/time that works best for you.

Our secret word for the week is a skill we have been working on in math: Patterns!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Reminders

Good evening!

I just wanted to remind you that the last day to send in money for the Book Fair is Friday. The Book Fair will be open late on Thursday evening so that you can come by after work if you choose. The children visited the Book Fair today and were able to do some "window shopping". They brought home a sheet listing some books that they were interested in purchasing. When you are figuring the total, don't forget to add tax!

Please look for a permission slip for our field trip to the zoo to come home on Friday. We will need the permission slip and the money returned no later than October 27th so that we can get our count and our meal choices to the field trip coordinator. We are in need of plenty of chaperones for this particular field trip, so if you are interested in coming along on a field trip, this is a fun one! The trip will be on November 5th.

We started our Guided Reading groups this week. They are going well and we are also slowly introducing more centers. Right now we have independent reading and/or partner reading, word work, listening center, and Guided Reading. The children are doing very well moving cooperatively among the centers and staying on task.

Until next time, stay buggy!!

It's FALL!!

Good evening! We are so enjoying this fall weather! We have talked about the things we see around us during the season of fall. As a matter of fact, that is our secret word this week: FALL! Don't forget that we visit the book fair during school on Wednesday. If you would like to send in money for your child to purchase books, please make sure it is in an envelope clearly marked for the book fair. On Thursday night, the PTA will keep the book fair open during the evening for those of you who would like to visit the book fair with your children. If you would like to purchase a book for our classroom, the PTA had each teacher fill out a wish list that will be posted at the book fair.

Our resource schedule has been adjusted a bit with the addition of four new teachers to our school. We will have music on Mondays, PE on Wednesdays, and media and art on alternating Fridays. We certainly have a full schedule!

Have a fabulously buggy week!