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Goodness October is almost over! We are getting very excited about the Fall Festival! Check below for more information.
Upcoming Dates: Oct. 24th-28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Week Oct. 28th - Fall Festival 9:30-11:30 & PTA Wacky Tacky Fall Ball-4-7:30 in lobby. Nov. 1st - Progress Reports go home Nov. 4th - Helpful Forest hosts Friday Sing 2:10-2:40 Nov. 18th - K/1 Field Trip to Tallahassee Museum - more information to come Nov. 28th - Picture Day Dec. 9th - SASC Field Trip to The Tallahassee Ballet Nutcracker - more information to come. Phoenix Folders A LOT of work was sent home today in Phoenix Folders. Have your student show you what they have been up to during these first nine weeks! Homework was also sent home in this week's folders. We received the majority of the class's homework, way to go! If your student's work and homework was sent in without a Blue Phoenix Folder that means we did not receive it. Remember Phoenix Folders and Homework are due on Monday. Fall Festival The Fall Festival is just around the corner! Thank you again for everyone that has sent in supplies already. Please send in all supplies (other than the apples) by Wednesday afternoon so that we may prep everything for Friday. You can send them in with your student or drop them off at the Front Desk. We are still in need of a LOT of Station Leads to run activities. Please sign up below! www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4AADAF2FABFA7-fall In addition to the amazing activities that we have planned students may also dress up in their Halloween Costumes or Wacky Tacky as long as the costume is free of a weapon and/or mask. We recommend that a change of clothes is also sent in as costumes can often be scratchy or uncomfortable to wear all day. ART Fundraiser! - Please help Ms. Heather and the SASC Art Department. Dear Family, We have partnered with your child’s school to create a unique opportunity to celebrate their artistic accomplishments while raising much needed funds for the school. Coming home soon will be your child’s custom catalog featuring their artwork. Won’t you help make your child feel like an accomplished artist by purchasing keepsakes for the whole family containing their masterpiece? The school earns profit from every order. And as a thank you for participating, we provide each child with a sheet of stickers imprinted with their artwork — absolutely FREE! Watch for more details about the campaign and order deadlines. All online and paper order forms must be turned in by the due date on your child’s custom catalog. (No late orders can be accepted.) Together, we can help support the school, build your child’s self-esteem, and create lasting keepsakes from your child’s artistic achievements. THREE EASY WAYS TO ORDER KEEPSAKES
A huge thank you to all of the teachers, faculty and volunteers for their help in creating this meaningful fundraiser. Literacy Update: The computers have been opened up! This week students are exploring Starfall and ABCYA while learning the procedure to get out and use their headphones. In writing we have started to break up in the Birch and Elm groups to better target student's needs. This week is focused on getting the structure of the writing workshop up and running. Math Update: Artists are in Unit 2 comparing and contrasting numbers to 5 with the vocabulary 'greater than' and 'less than.' Scientists have started Unit 2 which is about developing fluency in addition and subtraction word problems to 10. Theme Update: Students are creating their own timeline of important events in their lives. Conscious Discipline Update: We are revisiting the expectations in the classroom and adding visual reminders to help students be successful. Wishing you well, Ms. Claire & Ms. Jenny
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Attention! Homework has been sent home. Look below for more details. Make sure to send in Blue Phoenix folders! We are missing quite a few. Upcoming Dates: Oct. 20th - End of First Nine Weeks & Scientist Math Test Oct. 21st - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Planning Day Oct. 24th-28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Week - More information to come. Oct. 28th - Fall Festival 9:30-11:30 & PTA Wacky Tacky Fall Ball-4-7:30 in lobby. Nov. 1st - Progress Reports go home Nov. 4th - Helpful Forest hosts Friday Sing 2:10-2:40 Nov. 28th - Picture Day FALL FESTIVAL! The K-1 team is very excited to be hosting a Fall Festival on Oct. 28th from 9:30-11:30. All parents and adult family are welcome to join but this is a strictly student only activity (no siblings). We will be splitting our classes into 2 groups, The Helpful Forest and the Friendly Phoenix together and the Willing Whales with the Helpful Explorers. We are looking for some brave volunteers to run stations as well as a few volunteers to help students navigate the fun. All directions and materials will be supplied for you, all we need you to do is show up and have some fun with our students! We are also in need of supplies in order to do all of the fun crafts and activities. We are hoping to have everything in by Wednesday afternoon (October 26th) in order to have everything ready and set up by Friday morning. Please take note about specific brands for food, we have multiple food allergies in the K-1 school family. Sign up with the link below and thank you in advance for your generosity! www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4AADAF2FABFA7-fall *Homework:* Our first homework of the year has been sent home in the Blue Phoenix Folders this week. Homework is due back by Monday, this gives everyone the weekend to finish up work. Right now both Artists and Scientists have Math homework and Artists also have handwriting practice. Remember "Where do we starts our letters? At the Top!" (ask you students to sing you the song to help them remember). Email me if you have any questions. Literacy Update: Our guided reading groups are going smashingly! Students are practicing their handwriting, letter sounds, sight words, fluency, and comprehension depending on their group. In writing all students are working on their handwriting and adding detail to their pictures. Scientists are also focusing on writing multiple complete sentences on a single topic or story. Math Update: Artists just finished up their Unit 1 test and are starting Topic 2 (comoparing numbers 0-5) tomorrow! Scientists are finishing up Unit 1 with our test on Thursday. Make sure to practice with your student at home, these word problems can be pretty tricky! Theme: In preparation for an American History Timeline students created a timeline of the events in the 3 Little Pigs. Come check them out outside of our classroom. Conscious Discipline Update: This week we are reading "Schubert Rants and Raves" which focuses on consequences. Unfortunately I was not able to find the book being read but I did find a class performing the story. Take a look below. PTA Update:
Wacky Tacky Fall Ball ticket orders are due Thursday, Oct 21 at 3 pm so that they can go home in Communication Folders next week. Any orders received after the Thursday deadline can be picked up before/after school in the Upstairs Lobby on Wed/Thurs, Oct 26/27. Box Tops are due Monday, Oct 24 at 3 pm. Tuesday Lunch orders for November are due Wednesday, Oct 26 at 3 pm. Lunches can be ordered through the new PTA website at sascpta.org. Please see the Policies and Procedures that went home in this week's Communication Folder for further ordering instructions. Wishing you well, Ms. Claire & Ms. Jenny REMINDER: No School TOMORROW for Fall Holiday. Our Class will be hosting Friday Sing on Nov 4. Families are welcome to come and enjoy our school family's group and individual performances. Friday sing is from 2:10-2:40 every Friday in the auditorium. Upcoming Dates: Oct. 11th - PTA General Body Meeting 6-8 Oct. 12th - NO SCHOOL - Fall Holiday Oct. 14th - SASC Share Night at the Sharing Tree (information below) Oct. 20th - End of First Nine Weeks Oct. 21st - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Planning Day Oct. 24th-28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Week - More information to come. Oct. 28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Fall Ball - 4-7:30 in downstairs lobby. Nov. 4th - Helpful Forest hosts Friday Sing 2:10-2:40 Nov. 28th - Picture Day Literacy Update: We have started Guided Reading during reading groups. We have also kicked off our phonics program Fundations. Ask your student about Echo the owl! Math Update: Scientists are deconstructing word problems to find the difference between two groups. Artists are comparing numbers 0-5. Theme Update: While studying American History students have learned about George Washington and Christopher Columbus. We will start talking about Timelines this week, including personal timelines as well as historical timelines. Conscience Discipline Update: Our class got a new School Family Job! We now have a Dr. Who, this person is in charge of our class 'Time Machine' as well as coaching students that are using it. The Time Machine is a tool to help students problem solve with peers. The steps are "Are you willing?" "STAR" "Wish Well" "123 Let Do It" "Big Voice" "Connection." This gives a visual representation of all of the steps of problem solving while sneaking in a Brain Smart Start as well! Below is a video of Dr. Becky Bailey explaining how to use it. Here are some pictures that we are using to create our Morning Routine Book. Ask your student what each picture represents.
Come out to support SASC!The Sharing Tree supports schools and art programs so lets support this newly established art department at School of Arts & Sciences! The School of Arts and Sciences at the Centre is partnering with The Sharing Tree for its first Craft Night! Shop, learn and create with Ms. Heather and Ms. Carly as we celebrate this season with art inspired by fall & reuse. Stay tuned for specific project details. Special shopping night- 40% of all shopping sales will be donated back to the art program. ALSO- $5 per craft project and 100% of the proceeds will go to support establishing a ceramics curriculum and equiptment. We look forward to your support! Wishing you well, Claire Depart Happy October everyone! Make sure to check your student's Blue Phoenix Folder tonight for information on the Wacky Tacky Ball. Many student's left their papers in the classroom so if it fell out more can be found in the front office. Upcoming Dates: Oct. 11th - PTA General Body Meeting 6-8 Oct. 21st - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Planning Day Oct. 24th-28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Week - More information to come. Oct. 28th - PTA Wacky Tacky Fall Ball - 4-7:30 in downstairs lobby. Literacy Update: Our new centers are going swimmingly! Students are loving the new FCRR activities and have been rocking the Read to Self Center. Math Update: Scientists have gotten the hang of using our new books and are speeding through Unit 1. We finished up reviewing addition yesterday and started creating subtraction stories today. Artists are perfecting their number formations, making groups up to 5, and comparing numbers as greater, less, or equal to other numbers. Theme Update: Last week we finished up our I'm a Scientist Unit by following the Scientific Method and experimenting with gummy bears in different types of liquid. This week we are kicking of our American History theme that will have a showcase later this semester. Conscience Discipline Update: Thanks to a generous class donation our Safe Place is getting spruced up a bit. Pictures to come! Students are really getting into creating new breathing techniques to help them calm. Ask you student to teach you a new breathing! Also here is the link to the CD facebook page. It gives thoughtful commitments and helpful weekly advice. https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousDiscipline/?fref=ts Wishing you well,
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