The Jones Journal
March 1, 2019
Sophia and Christian show off their crazy hats.
FYI
…have been reading several versions of different
fairy tales. We have continued our conversation
about reading books with the same/similar title that
have differences in the story. We have filled out
venn diagrams for two versions of THE THREE
BILLY GOATS GRUFF and THE LITTLE RED
HEN.
NEEDED
We are in need of some band-aids (plain and cheap
work great) for accidents that can only be healed
with those little plastic things. J
I need everyone to fill out and return the two PSA
field trip permission forms that were in last week’s
Friday Folder. I have put another copy of the forms
in this week’s Friday Folder just in case you
misplaced the ones from last week. I’m sorry if I
have overlooked. Please note the easiest way to
pay the $5 fee is online at
www.myschoolbucks.com/. I will send you any
‘guidelines’ I that receive ASAP.
Join us Thursday, March 21st from 6:00-7:00 for a
STEM Night at RES. Various stations will be set
up around gym with high school engineering
students and their teachers working the stations and
helping to manage the flow of students.
Friday, March 22nd, RES will celebrate Jump
Rope for Heart and each class will have an hour for
outdoor activities. Each class needs 2-3 parent
volunteers during that hour. Volunteers will watch
different stations and/or distribute snacks and water
during their specific time. Our class’ JRFH
activities are scheduled for 10:30-11:30. Please let
me know if you are interested in
volunteering. Thanks so much!! :)
PARENT READING
This week’s reading is titled Are We Paving
Paradise? It traces the evolution of kindergarten
from its focus on children, to its focus on
outcomes, to its current focus on literacy and math.
The author expresses her worry about the early
childhood parts of kindergarten losing ground to a
growing allocation of time to academic content.
The reading ends by discussing how the
kindergarten experience should be broad based,
contextual, and inclusive of all dimensions of
development. The article 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
March 1 – Journals go home
6 – PSA forms and money due
6 – S. Jones absent in the afternoon
8 – End of 3rd nine weeks
8 – Behavior Celebration at PSA
11-15 – Spring Break (no school)
18 – 4th nine weeks begins
21 – STEM Night (6:00-7:00)
22 – Yearbook orders due
22 – Jump Rope for Heart
ONE LAST THING
Don’t forget that February journals are being sent
home today. The children are extremely excited
about showing them off to you so take some time
and read it with your child.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!
-S. Jones