First Grade Events Newsletter
February 2016
Important Dates:
- Feb. 4th, Thursday: Bring a Fruit to Lunch Day
- Feb. 4th, Thursday: Walking Field Trip to Renaissance Centre 11:00am
- Feb. 9th, Tuesday: "All You Need is Love" Event at Brookdale, Wake Forest
- Feb. 11th, Thursday: Sock Hop- FA3 at 6:00
- Feb. 12th, Friday: Valentine Celebration in Homeroom classes, 1:30-2:30pm
- Feb. 12th, Friday: Progress Reports will be emailed out
- Feb. 24th, Wed. "DEAR" time (Drop Everything and Read) 2:15pm
3rd Quarter Accelerated Reader "AR" Goals
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Thank you for ensuring your child meets his/her AR goal each quarter! We will have a Dr. Seuss based AR celebration at the end of the quarter. The Spirit Committee will be hosting a Book Character Parade and students will be allowed to dress up in costume as their favorite book character. Please stay tuned for more details! Please contact your child's homeroom teacher if you have any questions about AR.
Mrs. Bardes & Mrs. Jenkins 1.5 points
Mrs. Carter 1.5 points
Mrs. White 2.0 points
Mrs. Lewis 2.5 points
Ms. Steinmiller 3.0 points
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tues., Feb. 9th, 3:30-4:30pm - "All You Need is Love" Event: Brookdale - Wake Forest
Googly eyes, pom-poms,beads, self-adhesive jewels, Elmers glue, ribbon,toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, and water bottles for residents and parents.
Thursday, Feb. 11th, 6:00-7:30pm - SOCK HOP for FA I and II!
Meet us at the Franklin Academy III Gymnasium (located on 1127 Chalks Rd.)
Everyone is welcome to join us for our Sock Hop! Have fun dancing and listening to music. You’ll see some special performances and we hope you’ll stay and dance after the performances. As a community service, your family may bring a new pair of socks of any size to be donated to a local Wake Forest Charity. Please contact Mrs. Church with any questions at ChurchP@FranklinAcademy.org. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!
Friday, Feb. 12th, 1:30-2:30pm - Valentine Celebration!
Your child needs to decorate a box to hold his/her valentines (cereal boxes and shoe boxes work nicely). Please help your child decorate his/her keepsake box and be sure to label it with his/her name. You may choose to decorate a gift bag if you would prefer to do so. Have fun and be creative! Please bring the decorated box and valentines on Friday, Feb. 12th. We will be exchanging valentines as a homeroom on Friday, Feb. 12th from 1:30 – 2:30pm. Please have your child bring in his/her valentines WITHOUT THEIR CLASSMATES NAMES on them. Since our celebration is only one hour in length, it would be too time-consuming for every child to place the labeled valentine in each individual classmate’s box. Please contact your child’s homeroom teacher with any questions. Thank you!
"DEAR" - Drop Everything and Read! February 24th at 2:15pm
As you may know, FA I and II have DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read) each month. The students really enjoy this special 15 minute block of time set aside to read a book of their choice. Happy Reading! The DEAR times and dates for the 2015-2016 school year are listed below:
August 11th - 9:00am
September 16th - 11:00am
October 20th - 8:15am
November 16th - 10:20am
January 21st – 11:30am
February 24th - 2:15pm
March 10th – 9:15am
April 13th - 8:15am
May 4th - 10:45am
February Buzz Word!
Responsibility
Having the job or duty of dealing with or taking care of something or someone.