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END OF THE YEAR STUFF

NEXT WEEK FUN:

Next week, we have some fun days planned. 
Monday:  Friends Forever Day:  Children bring their yearbooks or we'll have an autograph book made for them to have their friends sign.  We'll have some fun friends games and things to do too.  It will be lots of fun.

Tuesday:  Read Me Day:  Children need to wear a shirt with LOTS of words on it.  The entire first grade will be looking for words on the children's shirts.  :)  It's another exciting day for the kids.  Also, children may bring in a chapter book or two to read. 

Wednesday:  Game Day:  Children may bring a board game in from home.  Please make sure your child's name is on the game and they know how to play it.  They will be teaching friends how to play these games during the day.  :)

Thursday:  Beach Day: The children may bring a beach towel in and wear beach clothes.. PLEASE NO BATHING SUITS!!!!  We will be playing beach games and having a "Beach Party" later in the day.

Friday:  Clean Up/Pack Up Day:  Each child needs to bring an old sock that we will throw away at the end of the day.  We will be cleaning our room, putting things away for the summer, and packing things up for the anticipation for our move to 2nd grade.  :) 

PTA...END OF THE YEAR:

Dear Parents,

1.       MODEL CLASSROOM runs June 10^th – 13^th  at Sope Creek:

8am to 12pm T, Thu, Fr

8am to 3pm Wed for field trips

                K – 2nd will visit the Sope Creek pond

                3rd – 5^th will visit the Solar House at Georgia Tech

                We are in need of 25 K-2^nd grade students and 25 3^rd – 5^th graders.

Please pack a lunch every day.

                Contact Jessica Appleyard if you are interested in sending your student to Model Classroom Week.

Jessica Appleyard (jessica.appleyard@cobbk12.org)

2.       The week before school starts is extremely busy for the PTA and we need your help to ensure a smooth Meet and Greet and start of school for our Sope Creek families and children.  There are signup sheets on the door of the PTA office in the 2^nd grade hallway for everything from stuffing, delivery, teacher luncheon, meet and greet, and hospitality.  Please let your friends and other parents know about the volunteer opportunities available and how much we would appreciate the help.

3.       Our PTA Reflections Committee wants to you to put on your thinking cap this summer.  Next school year’s PTA Reflections theme is “WOW” which lets the imagination run wild!  The program is open to all students at Sope Creek.  The categories for Reflections are Literature, Musical Composition, Visual Arts, Photography, Film/Video Production, and Dance Choreography. 

4.       And speaking of themes, Sope Creek is going green next year and our theme is “WE ARE WHAT WE GROW.”   We work to help our children grow into wonderful adults.

Barbara Dyck

Phone: 404 259 5619

NEW EMAIL – barbara@thedycks.com

YEARBOOKS:

Attention Sope Creek Parents:

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!! We hope to see those of you who aren't looping up with us sometime next year for a visit.  For the rest of you... WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR FOR SURE!!!!  :) 
Many Smiles and Summer Sunshines,
Caryn and Kelly

All yearbooks have been distributed for the year. If your child failed to preorder a book, it is not too late to buy one! Yearbooks will be on sale from 7:30 am - 7:50 am in the cafeteria for $30.00. This is a 104 page ALL COLOR, hard cover book! Don't miss out on the memories.... Supplies are limited!

AWARDS DAY CHANGE!!!!

Tomorrow is still Awards Day for those of you who are planning on joining us today.  However, we wanted to let you know the time change. 
Instead of 8:15am, the 1st grade awards ceremony will start at 9:15am.  We apologize for the late notice, but we just found out tonight leaving work. 

We'll see you there.

Smiles,

Caryn and Kelly

FIELD DAY TOMORROW!!!!

Field Day is Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

A Few Reminders:
1.  Please make sure your child is wearing their Yellow Jacket Class Shirt.

2.  Please make sure your child wears sunscreen, as we'll be outside most of the day.

3.  If your child wants to wear a hat or a visor outside, please make sure your child's name is on the hat, and send it in with your child tomorrow.

4.  Please make sure your child wears appropriate shoes for relay races & games/ clothing for the weather.

5.  LUNCHES:  Children may either bring a sack lunch, or may order a sack lunch from the cafeteria. 

We're looking forward to a fun-filled day!!!!! 
Smiles,

Caryn and Kelly

WEEKS 31, 32, & 33

Well, it's that time of year where things start to get REALLY hectic as the year comes to a close.  We thought you'd want to know everything that we'll be working on until the end of the year.  Can you believe we are 3 weeks away?????  WOW!!!!  So, We are passing on all of the information we know up until this point, and then if we get other information in, we'll post it on the BLOG for you informally.  :)  We hope this will help in all of your planning during the end of the school year!  :) 

Language Arts:  The next two weeks, we'll continue with our reading books, and our homework like we have in the past.  We will be reviewing all of our skills we have learned in language arts. Be expecting your spelling words on Mondays as usual, and we're going to still be testing on Thursdays.  Centers the next two weeks will be about animals. 

Math:  We're going to be doing some fun activities to review all of our skills that we've learned this year:  addition, subtraction, time, money, measurement, fractions, place value, etc.

Writing:  We are working on some special projects, and continuing to review the writing skills that we've learned over the past year.

The next two weeks will continue to be academic weeks as normal, but the last week, we've planned some end of the year fun days for the children.
This is our tenative schedule for that last week: 

***This is a surprise for the little ones, so please don't let them know quite yet.***

Monday, May 19:  Friends Forever Day!!!  We will be signing autograph books and year books if your child bought one.  We will be drawing pictures, talking about our friends we've amde this year, and having a great time with our friends in class.

Tuesday, May 20:  Read Me Day!!!!  Please have your child wear clothes with lots of words on them!  We will be going on a scavenger hunt to find words that begin with each letter of the alphabet.  Also, bring your favorite books in to read with friends and to the class.

Wednesday, May 21:  Game Day!!!!  Have your child bring their favorite board game to share with the class.  Make sure your child can play it, and they can teach other children to play it.  Also, please make sure the child's name is on it. 

Thursday, May 22:  Beach Day!!!! Bring a beach towel, sunglasses and wear your best beach attire (NO BATHING SUITS, PLEASE!!!)  We're going to play beach ball games, listen to beach music, and have a wonderful surprise treat in the afternoon!

Friday, May 23:  Clean up/Pack up Day!!!! Wear old clothes... we will be cleaning our desks, inside and out, putting puzzles together to make sure we have all of the pieces, straightening shelves, and making sure our room is ready to be cleaned by the custodians over the summer.  Bring an old sock to wash desks with and be ready to do your best!!!  In the afternoon, we'll be having a special surprise for our summer birthdays to celebrate with the whole class.  :)  (More information to come!!!!)

FROM SOPE CREEK FRONT OFFICE:

May 3 - Campus Clean-up

Come anytime between 9:00 & 12:00 to help "spring clean" our campus.  Everyone is invited.  Bring your rake, shovel, gloves, and brown paper trash bags.  The class with the highest participation will receive a flower for their teacher.

HAT DAY:

The Relay for Life is trying to raise more money by having a hat day on May 9th. If your child would like to wear a hat that day, they are asking for $1.00.  :)  Join in the fun with us, and help us raise more money for a really good charity.

Wear a HAT pay a $1.

LAST PIZZA NIGHT SO... SAVE THE DATE:

May 13

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• May 3                             Campus Clean-Up
• May 5                             Cinco de Mayo
• May 7                             Field Day
• May 9                             Field Day (Rain Date) &/or Hat Day
• May 11                           Mother's Day
• May 14                           7:20 Birthday Book Club
• May 15                           Awards Day 1st Grade 8:15am
• May 23                           Last Day of School

Thank you all SO much for all that you have done this year!  We really appreciate your hard work, support and dedication you have shown us!!!! We have had a great year with your little ones.  Thank you SO much for sharing this special year of their lives with us.  We truly have enjoyed watching your little ones grow academically, socially and physically.  They are ready for second grade, and we are SOOOOO PROUD of them!!!!!!!  Have a FABULOUS summer break, and we'll see you next year in 2nd Grade!!!! 
Love,
Caryn and Kelly

LAST PIZZA NIGHT SO... SAVE THE DATE:

May 13