Fall Celebration

We will be having a fall celebration on Thursday, October 31st. Children are allowed to come to school dressed in their costumes that day if you wish. (Please no weapons, masks or make up!) We will not be changing into costumes so they can wear them all day. 🙂

This is also the day of the Halloween Parade (See previous post for info!) so our celebration will be right after lunch and will last until it is time to go to the parade. 

If you are able to donate any materials for our celebration, please sign up. We appreciate any and all donations! If you have questions about anything, please let me know.

ALL DONATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 30th so I have time to prepare. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4DAAAF2AA2F94-fall

Reminder: Parade

Hello Snow Families,

We will have our Halloween Parade on Thursday, October 31st, beginning at 2:30pm.

You may have your child wear a costume (this is optional). No masks, weapons, or heavy makeup will be allowed. If you would like to watch the parade, you may stand on the Houston side of the building (on the black top or field). Please do not block the path of the parade. We will not be passing out candy, since Trunk or Treat will be taking place prior to the parade.

Pumpkin Raffle

The fifth grade team is raising money for the FUN activities they have planned for their last year at Snow. They are having a pumpkin raffle in the lobby. Tickets are $1 each. They are on sale before and after school in the lobby. I made a pair of pumpkins, Piggie and Elephant (and if you win those you also win a book!). Be sure to check it out!

UFLI

This year, we are using a program called UFLI for phonics instruction. It was created at the University of Florida Literacy Institute. I have used variations of this program over the years and this is by far my favorite!

I attached a PDF below that explains what we do everyday in phonics. It also explains how you can support your child’s phonics instruction at home.

Every week, I will send home a half sheet that is 2 sided. On one side, there will be the lesson that we are working on during phonics on Monday/Tuesday (or the first and second day of the week) and the other side will be the lesson from Wednesday/Thursday (or the third and fourth day of the week). On Friday, we will work on reviewing those two lessons and assessing. Please use that half sheet to help guide what you work on at home. I will send this week’s sheet home tomorrow.

Some info to remember:

*We are working on 2 (two) new concepts a week. This will be found in the BOLD print under the New Concept and Sample Words section. Most of the time, the New Concept will be a sound (for example, last week worked on the /t/ sound) but sometimes it’s a Concept such as CVC (Consonant/Vowel/Consonant) words.

*We are also working on the PROPER formation of these letters. I will post some more on that later but it’s important that the kiddos are practicing the letters correctly so they are not learning bad habits.

*There will be letter tiles/word mats in your child’s reading bag for building words. Please keep track of them as they were time consuming to make and they WILL NOT be replaced.

*We are learning some Irregular Words (we call them heart words because we have to know them “by heart”) but we are not simply memorizing a list of words. We will decode (sound out) some of the word and other parts we may have to learn. These words will be on that half sheet.

*Reading/Phonics bags will be sent home soon! I’m still working on those work mats. 🙂

Our first half sheet was sent home today! It is in your child’s folder.

Have a great night!


Snack Sale!

Our snack sale will be on Thursday this week. If sending in money, please help me out by putting it in an envelope or a ziplock baggie and placing it in your child’s folder. It’s so much easier to check ONE place when getting ready for snack sale. Thank you!!

A note from Mr. A

Dear Snow Community,  
Our PTA is diligently planning our 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat event this Friday, October 25th, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. If you would like to contribute by donating candy, please place your donations in the candy Monster collection bin located in the lobby.

Halloween

Hello Snow Families,

We will have our Halloween Parade on Thursday, October 31st, beginning at 2:30pm.

You may have your child wear a costume (this is optional). No masks, weapons, or heavy makeup will be allowed. If you would like to watch the parade, you may stand on the Houston side of the building (on the black top or field). Please do not block the path of the parade. We will not be passing out candy, since Trunk or Treat will be taking place prior to the parade.