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Please check your child's folder daily for homework and other important announcements. I am providing folders, so there is no need to buy new ones. You might want to have a set of crayons and kids scissors for home projects. If there is ever a need for an unusual object for a project I will send home a notice in your child's folder. Also, check the monthly newsletter for our Wish List.
REMINDERS: - We will have a snack every morning. Please send in a healthy snack such as crackers, fruit, yogurt or a granola bar. Students have the option of purchasing white or chocolate milk for snack as well as lunch. Please try to keep track of cafeteria account balance. Snack milk cannot be purchased if there is a negative balance.
- Please send in any money in a sealed, labeled envelope with your child's name on it with the amount, and what the money is intended for.
Upcoming Events:  August 24th & 25th- Teacher In-Services August 26th- First Day of School! Come with your smile :) September 6th- No School - Labor Day September 16th- Elementary Open House 5:30-7:30 (No tutoring due to Open House) September 16th- Craig Photography (Picture Day) Individual and Group Pictures September 21st- PTO Meeting - 7pm Elementary Library
Quarter 1 Specials: (Day 6 will change each quarter) (Our class has Special from 1:50- 2:32 every day) Day 1: Music Day 2: Computers (bring in headphones) Day 3: Gym (wear sneakers) Day 4: Art Day 5: Library (return borrowed books) Day 6: Computers
Class List (Please use when writing any birthday invitations or cards) Girls: Audrey, Skylar, Kiley, Adeline, Lila, Ashley, Makayla Boys: Tanner, Jeremy, Jayden, Anthony, John, Andrew, Owen, Vincent, Cory, Elijah
Pizza-Hut Book-It! Program  Beginning in October, our class will begin the Pizza Hut "Book-It" Reading Incentive Program this year to encourage more reading inside and outside of the classroom. The program is easy and fun! Your child has the opportunity to earn Reading Reward Certificates by meeting monthyl reading goals that I set. The Reading Award Certificates cab be redeemed at a participating Pizza Hut restaurant where your child will receive a BOOK IT! award and a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza. I will send home monthly goals with a date to return the paper by at the top. Please list the books your child has read, or books you have read to your child. Have your child sign the bottom, along with your signature. Send the paper in to school and your child will receive their BOOK IT! certificate the same day! (Keep in mind these certificates are valid for one month after the date your child receives them) The BOOK IT! Program is sponsored by Pizza Hut, Inc. and has been in elementary schools for more than 20 years. I also want to encourage you to join the new BOOK IT! online parent group, Bound Together. Membership is free and gives you access to discounts, family reading activities, reading lists and tips. Everything you need to support your reader! To learn more about the BOOK IT! Program and to join Bound Together, please visit www.bookitprogram.com. CONGRATULATIONS TO OCTOBER WINNERS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO NOVEMBER WINNERS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO DECEMBER WINNERS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO FEBRUARY WINNERS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO MARCH WINNERS!! Congratulations to all those who read during this program!!!
Fun Websites:  www.betweenthelions.org/games www.starfall.com www.arcademics.com www.funbrain.com www.bookadventure.com www.rif.org/summer www.coolmath4kids.com www.primarygames.com/math.htm www.arcademics.com
September Birthdays:  Cory- September 21st Johnny Appleseed - September 26th HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS BORN THIS MONTH!!
Dress Code Policy:
Cafeteria Balance: Visit www.MyNutriKids.com to create an account for your child. You can make online payments into their account and check transaction history and account balances. If you do not know your child's student number, please ask me for it.
What Parents can do to help their child become better readers: -
Read to and with your children for 30 minutes every day. It is very important to read out loud to your children before they start school. Help your children to read with you. Ask them to find letters and words on the page and talk with your children about the story. -
Talk with infants and young children before they learn to read. Talk with your children all day long, using short, simple sentences. Talking with them even before they can speak will help them later when they learn to read and write. -
Help your children to read on their own. Reading at home helps children do better in school. Have lots of children's books in your home and visit the library every week. Help your children get their own library cards and let them pick out their own books. -
If your child has a developmental delay, your child may find reading frustrating. Have books on tape in your home. Borrow or buy a tape player that is easy to work. If you cannot find recordings of your child's favorite books, you or a family member could make recordings of them for your child to listen to while looking at the books. -
Help your child to see that reading is important. Suggest reading as a free-time activity. Make sure your children have time in their day to read. Set a good example for your children by reading newspapers, magazines, and books. -
Set up a reading area in your home. Keep books that interest your children in places where they can easily reach them. As your children become better readers, make sure that you add harder books to your collection. -
Give your children writing materials. Children want to learn how to write and to practice writing. Help them learn by having paper, pencils, pens, or crayons for them in your home. Help your children write if they ask you. If your child has a special learning or physical need, regular pens and pencils may not be the best choice. Ask your pediatrician or people who work with your child at school or at the child care center to suggest other writing materials your child can use. -
Read and write with your children in their native language. Practicing their first language will help your children learn to read and write English. -
Talk with your children as you do daily activities together. When you take your children places, talk with them about what you are doing and ask them questions. If your child cannot hear, use whatever form of communication your child usually uses. -
Ask your children to describe events in their lives. Talking about their experiences makes children think about them. Giving detailed descriptions and telling complete stories also helps children learn about how stories are written and what the stories they read mean. -
Restrict the amount and kind of TV your children watch. Watch educational TV programs with your children that teach letter sounds and words or give information about nature and science. -
Keep track of your children's progress in school. Visit your children's classrooms to learn how your children are doing in school and how you can help your children become better students. Ask about the school's reading program and where your children need help. -
Become a learning partner/reading tutor to a child in your neighborhood or from your local elementary school. Volunteer to read with or to a child for 30 minutes a week for at least eight weeks. Take the child to the library to get him or her a library card.
Contact Information: If you need to contact me you can: - e-mail me: kbilsky@fcrsd.org - leave me a message in office: 570-785-2410 - send in a note: I will check folders every morning | 
