1st Quarter Awards Celebration

This morning we had our first Awards Assembly. Here are some pictures of our very excited first graders! Congratulations to all of our students for all of their hard work!

Dudes Do Read

We would like to send a special thank you to the dudes who came out to read to our class last Friday. Here are a few pictures of Dudes reading to our class.

Thank you Mr. Kaiser, Maddie's Dad, Mr. Hackney and Deputy Sherrif Yarborough

Fall Fun Pictures

Today was Flashlight Reading Day!   The children really enjoyed reading in the dark
We also practiced catorgorizing and classifying different items.  They enjoyed coming up with different ways to group things.  Here are some pictures from our day.

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Flashlight Reading Day

Tomorrow is Flashlight Reading Day!!!  We will have a nice quiet morning reading in the classroom by the light of our flashlights!   This might be just what our children need after a field trip and trick-or-treating! 

Please send your child in with a flashlight tomorrow!

Weekly Update

Resources/Activities this week:

Monday- Reading Week Kick Off Program
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- Zoo Field Trip ***Remember to wear your navy blue school shirt or another blue shirt. 
Thursday- Bring your flashlight for flashlight reading day
Friday- Dudes do Read- Thank you to the dads that our reading-Fall Festival 5:00-8:00 p.m

Here are some pictures from the Reading Week Kick Off Program this morning.  The kids loved it and can tell you all about it! 

For those of you who check our blog regularly please write in the planners tonight with the Mystery word to receive a treat.

Mystery word: Scooby Doo

We will check planners on Tuesday to see if your child has the mystery word.

Thursday Reminder

Just a reminder that homework is due tomorrow October 25th.  Please practice spelling words tonight for tomorrow's spelling test.

There is no school Friday, October 26th.   Ms. Tinc and Mrs. Pacciano will have a teacher planning day.  Enjoy your 3 day weekend!

Red Ribbon Week

This week is Red Ribbon Week, "Say No to Drugs." Each day this week we will show our support by wearing different items.
Monday- Our Slippers will "give drugs the slip."
Tuesday- Wear your favorite cap to "put a cap on drugs"
Wednesday- "Let's sock it to Drugs" by wearing crazy socks
Thursday- Wear sunglasses to "shade out drugs" (This is also our field trip day- wear your field trip shirt)
Friday- No School -Planning Day

Field Trip Reminder

Just a reminder that field trip money is due this Friday, October 19, 2012.

The costs are $8.00 for the zoo for children and $11.00 for chaperones.  If chaperones do not prepay the cost will be $14.95 at the door. 
The cost of Sweet Pete's are $10.00 for children and no charge for chaperones.  There was an error in the cover letter for Sweet Pete's.  The correct cost of $10.00 is on the permission slip.

Please remember to send in the exact amount in cash.  We cannot make change.

Scholastic Book Fair

 

On Monday our class will visit the Scholastic Book Fair. This is a great opportunity to add books to your children's library.  You do not have to send money in with your child that day.  Children will be writing wish lists on Monday that they will bring home that night. If you are considering buying books you have a few options.   You can send your child in with money during the week and we will send he or she back to the book fair to make his or her purchase.  Or you can come to Family Reading Night on Thursday, October 18 from 5-8pm with your child and purchase books then. There will be various teachers as guest readers that evening which the children really enjoy!  We hope to see you there! 

Fun Run!

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Fun Run Tomorrow

Here are a couple of pictures from Crazy Hat and Silly Sock Day!!

Tomorrow is the day of the Fun Run.

Here are a few reminders:

1.  Send your child to school in their fastest running shoes.

2.  Wear clothes comforatble enough to run in.

3.  Come join us at 8:45 and have fun!

Fun Run Update

This Wednesday is the Boosterthon Fun Run.  It is the major fundraiser for Bartram Springs Elementary this year.  Money raised from your pledges go right back into the classroom!  Our class is the 2nd highest class with pledges in the first grade and 10th overall in the school.  We would love to be first!

 Each time the class reaches a pledge goal we treat them with a special reward.  Our class is up to $34 per lap and has earned Crazy Hat or Silly Sock day tomorrow 9/25.  Be sure to wear your craziest hat or silliest  socks tomorrow.  For our next incentive we are going to have a popcorn party.  This will be when our class reach $40 per lap.

Be sure to come out and watch the kids run this Wednesday 9/26 from 8:45-9:45.  It is sure to be a lot of fun! 

Mark Your Calenders!

We have some dates you need to know about so get your calenders out and write these down!!! 

 September 13th is Open House at 6:15pm 

 September 17th is the Fun Run Pep Rally 

 September 25th is Fall Pictures 

 September 26th is the Fun Run 

 November 2nd is the Fall Festival after school

First Day Slide Show!

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'Twas the Night Before School

 

'Twas the night before school started when all through the town
The parents were cheering
It was a riotous sound
By eight the kids were washed
and tucked into bed
When memories of homework
Filled them with dread
New pencils, new folders, new
notebooks, too
New teachers, new friends-their
anxiety grew
The parents just giggled when they
learned of this fright
And shouted upstairs-
GO TO BED-IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT!

(Author: Unknown)

Tomorrow is the big day and we cannot wait to see you all in the morning!
Get a good night's sleep, eat a healthy breakfast and we will see you at 8:25!

Mrs. Pacciano and Ms. Tinc

Wish List

Here is a wish list of things that we would like for our classroom:

Band-Aids

Photo Splits

Avery Labels (30 and/or 10 to a sheet)

White and/or Colored Card Stock

Scotch Laminating Pouches (8 1/2x11)

Thin Expo Dry Erase Markers

Snacks for the Children (ex. crackers, popcorn, animal crackers, fruit snacks, etc.)

Class Bears

These are our class bears (and Mrs. Pacciano's daughter, Emily)! There is a class bear for the boys and a class bear for the girls to take home. The students will be naming them the first week of school and then they will be off visiting your families. Every student will get a chance to take the bear home. Please take good care of our class bears and make sure ALL of their belongings are put back in their backpacks. There will also be a journal for the students to write in. The students will write about the adventure they had the night and/or week they get the bear. Feel free to put pictures in or even draw pictures of the special time spent with the bear. But please remember to return the class bears THE NEXT SCHOOL DAY, so another boy and girl can have a chance to have their adventure as well. Very soon the class bears may be coming home with you to hang out for the night!

***Please scroll down to see information about Pop Tabs, a Supply List, and a Welcome greeting.***

Supply List

**Please DO NOT put your child's name on anything but their backpack**

2 Boxes of Crayola 24 count crayons

2 Black and white composition books
4 Plastic duo-tang pocket folders with prongs (blue, red, yellow, and green)
1 Package of Post It Notes
1 Package of sharpened #2 pencils
2 Glue Sticks
2 Packages of eraser tips
1 Hard plastic 5x8 pencil box
2 Bottles of anit-bacterial soap
1 Bottle of Hand Sanitizer
2 Boxes of Kleenex tissues
1 Container of anti-bacterial wipes (ex. Clorox or Lysol)
1 Box of Ziploc bags (boys- gallon size; girls- sandwich size)
1 Backpack (please no wheels)

Pop Tabs

     Please start saving your Pop Tabs from your cans! Our class is going to collect them for the Ronald McDonald House! We have been doing this project for a few years now and hope to continue the tradition with this class as well. 
     For those of you that do not know what Ronald McDonald House does with the pop tabs, they recycle them to get money to pay for bills and needs for the House. 
     Please start saving and sending in as soon as you can, it is for a great cause! For more information visit http://www.rmhjax.org/pop-tabs

Welcome to First Grade

Dear First Graders and families of First Graders,

Hurray, hurray!  You're a first grader...at last!   Ms. Tinc and Mrs. Pacciano have been waiting all summer long to meet you, and we can't wait to take you on the most wonderful learning adventures this year!  Get excited--we are going to be reading oodles of the BEST books ever written, conducting fun science experiments, writing and illustrating books just like real authors, solving all kinds of puzzling math problems, and all along the way we'll be dancing, singing, laughing, and having a GREAT time learning together!  Some of you may have butterflies flapping around in your little bellies-- maybe some of you are so nervous, you even have whole birds in there!  Don't worry.  First grade is going to be a BLAST! See you soon, first grader!