The Jones Journal
October 25, 2019
Trip and Jadah’ vote on their favorite David Shannon book.
FYI
Healthy Living Week is next week! To help encourage
healthy living, each day the students may participate in the
following ways:
• Monday “Sock it to Sweets”
(wear crazy socks)
• Tuesday “Peace, Love & Safety!”
(wear tie dye shirts or camouflage)
• Wednesday “Hat’s Off for a Healthy Heart”
(wear a crazy hat)
• Thursday “Dreaming of a Healthy Future”
(wear pajamas)
• Friday “Exercise Like Athletes”
(wear your favorite team’s colors/jersey)
Starting Monday, if your child is getting a breakfast at
school in the morning, they will come into the classroom
immediately after going through the line. Please
help remind them of this change Monday morning. My
hope is this will give them more time to eat without
missing any instructional time.
Books make wonderful gifts no matter what the occasion
and can be given to cousins, siblings, friends, etc.! There
will be three Scholastic book orders in next week’s Friday
Folder, along with an information letter. You can order
online or pay with a check (made payable to ‘Scholastic’.)
You may write one check even if you order from both
forms, but please make sure to double check your
calculations. This book order is due Friday, November
15th.
I would like to give a big ‘shout out’ to all the parents and
grandparents that volunteered their time to go to the
pumpkin patch last week. I know that running around after
19 children isn’t glamorous but the children and I
appreciate it very much!!
NEEDED
I always have something for those children that forget
snack or prefer ‘school’ snack. I usually buy the cheap
bag cereal or animal crackers and they seem to like it just
as well as the more expensive stuff. If you are at the
grocery store sometime, we would appreciate anything
‘scoop-able’. Thank you so much!
Please start working with your child on memorizing their
lunch number. In the near future, we are going to start
entering them as we pick up lunches. Remember, on the
back of the signature page inside Friday Folders, there is a
picture of what the number pad looks like, as well as your
child’ number.
PARENT READING
Alabama’s Action Plan for Literacy: Birth through Grade
12 was released several summers ago by the state and
includes a lot of great information about children’s reading
development. This week’s reading is the parent portion of
the plan (pages 6-11) which gives a detailed description of
each reading stage, and suggestions for teachers and
parents. The article, in its entirety, is attached to the same
email as this newsletter. It can also be found on our
classroom’s blog (mrssjonesclass.blogspot.com) on the
right side under Suggested Parent Readings.
DATES TO REMEMBER
October 29 – Flu Clinic
November 1 – Dad’s League @ 7:00
1 – October journals go home
4 – Square 1 Art orders due
7 – Veterans Day Program @ 1:00
11 – Veterans Day (No School)
15 – Scholastic Book Order due
19 – Barberitos Spirit Night
20 – Thanksgiving Luncheon @ 11:45
ONE LAST THING
I know that parent conferences are short; 30 minutes is not
enough time to talk about nine weeks. If you ever have
questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call or email
me. Your care and support go a long way!!!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!! -S. Jones