Hoppy Spring!

Eric Carle Celebration
Thank you to everyone that sent in items for our Eric Carle Celebration. The children enjoyed the pancakes and all the fun activities. A special thank you to Dru, Danielle, and James’ family. We appreciate all your support!

Spring Celebration
THANK YOU to Mr. Winter, Mrs. Hori,
Mrs. Reyes, Mrs. Spears, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Paul, Ms. Souza and “Grandma” Loyal for helping with our Egg Hunt & Spring Celebration! The boys and girls had a great time hunting eggs & eating ice cream sundaes! Thank you to all families for making these events possible!

St. Patrick's Day Chets Creek

Wow! What a day we had. The leprechaun really messed up our classroom. He left footprints, turned over chairs, made a maze with tissue paper, scattered glitter everywhere and left a green surprise in the bathroom. Ha! Ha! We were not laughing. We looked everywhere but No Luck! No Leprechaun!
Before going to lunch we set our traps with hopes of catching him!

BOO! He actually surprised us with a quick visit near our window. Again No Luck! No Leprechaun!
Oh well, we had a fun day anyway we made a leprechaun mask, a pot at the end of the rainbow, enjoyed lots of green food, made pistachio pudding and ended the day with some River Dancing! We hope your St. Patrick’s Day was as GREAT as ours.

FCAT SUPPORT

Mrs. Smith’s & Ms. Tillis’ class were thrilled with our treats throughout the week! Thank you for sending in treats to make this event successful!
FCATS will continue through Thursday Mar.18th.

Officer Friendly visits Chets Creek

Friday we had a visit from “Officer Friendly” a JSO police officer.
Officer Friendly discussed several things with us. Our discussion started with how you can identify a police officer by their navy blue uniform and their name badge. Officer Friendly discussed her “duty belt” which carries all their tools. Wow! they carry a lot of tools; a gun, handcuffs, pepper spray, taser gun, night stick, and wear a body armor (vest).
We were reminded to make good choices like wearing a seat belt when ridding in a car, wearing a helmet when riding a bike, NEVER go with someone you do not know, they are considered a stranger, stay away from guns and bullets they are DANGEROUS.
We all chanted the emergency number to call 9-1-1 in case of an emergency. Police officers are our friends. Ask your child about our visit with Officer Friendly.

Our Day at The Jacksonville Zoo

We had a great time at the Zoo on Friday! Thank you to all the chaperones. We appreciate all your help and support. Have a great week!

Me and My Shadow

Letter Combinations Poem

Please review the Letter Combinations poem with your child each night when reading. We read it during Skills Block and use it daily for reading and writing.

Valentine's Day Fun

Awesome Valentine’s Day Celebration.
Thank you so much to all the parents and grandparents who gave their time to help make our celebration so great!

Newsletter for the week of Feb. 8th

Important Dates
Mon., Feb. 8th PTA Cookie Dough Sale begins
Mon., Feb. 8th Chick-fil-A Night
Fri., Feb. 12th Flag Raising @ 9:05 am /
Valentine’s Celebration
Fri., Feb. 12th PTA Valentine’s Day Dance
Mon., Feb. 15th Presidents’ Day NO SCHOOL
Fri., Feb.26th Zoo Field Trip
Wed., Mar. 3rd Early Dismissal

Valentine’s Day Celebration
Valentine’s Day is near and Love is in the air! Don’t forget we will be having a Valentine’s celebration on this Friday, February 12th. We will be exchanging Valentine’s cards and having fun centers. You should have received a homework sheet explaining about the cards and decorating a mailbox. Each child will need 34 cards to exchange with their friends. If you would like to help us decorate and set up on the 11th after school, please let us know. Please plan to join your child for this day of heart filled fun!

Awards Ceremony
On Monday we had an awesome Awards Ceremony. Thank you to all the families who attended. It makes the students feel so special. We appreciate all your support!


100TH DAY OF SCHOOL
We had a fun filled day with counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s. Thank you to everyone who provided items to make this day complete. Ask your child about Zero the Hero (aka Mr. Dygan) and the 100 year old items that he shared with us from yesteryear. A washboard, rug beater, milk can, and a tool box to name a few.


WE ARE WORKING ON…

Skills Block: Rhyming (Word Families _en, _ug,); Letter Recognition & Sounds and Letter Combinations (ow, ou)
Reader’s Workshop: Reading Strategies: Does it make sense?, Get your mouth ready & Finding Letter Combinations in our reading; Fiction & Non-Fiction books about Presidents Washington & Lincoln, Dental Health, and Valentine’s.
Writer’s Workshop: STRETCH the word sound by sound for writing; Re-reading our writing, Writing Reports & Sharing our work with a partner.
Math Workshop: Calendar Skills; Math Games; Counting Strategies, Learning about Lengths, Exploring Data
Science Workshop: Earth in Space: Day & Night time skies, Shadows

Behavior Calendars
We’re at the time of year when we expect to see a decrease in the frequency of card flips each week. PLEASE check your child’s behavior calendar each night and initial the box to indicate that you have discussed it with your child. We need your help to maximize our learning time. We appreciate your support from home!
Fun Friday Treat Reminder

This week’s treat is being brought to you by…
• Feb. 12th ~ Sophia’s Family
• Feb. 19th ~ Vincent’s Family
• Feb. 26th~ Tanner’s Family
• Mar. 5th ~ Will’s Family
• Mar.12th ~ Open
Thank you to the families who have supplied us for the past few weeks. We appreciate all you do. PLEASE remember we have 34 students.

Hooray the 100th Day of School!

We had a fun filled day with counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s. Thank you to everyone who provided items to make this day complete. Ask your child about Zero the Hero (aka Mr. Dygan) and the 100 year old items that he shared with us from yesteryear. A washboard, rug beater, milk can, and a tool box to name a few. Awesome history!