Our class is about to celebrate the winter holidays! We are excited to learn about different traditions around the world. Please help with our holiday activities by supplying our class with some supplies. We need all supplies by Friday, December 14th! Please click on the link below to see what we need. Thanks in advance!

Winter Holidays Supply Sign-Up

Holiday Party
We are having a holiday party in the classroom on December 19th at 9:30. Please click on the link below if you are interested in helping out! Thanks in advance!

Click Here to Sign-Up

Wish List

- adhesive wall hooks

- HP ink replacement #96

- treasure box items

- band aids

- white lunch bags (large size)

- Mod Podge

Wish List

- tinsel

- white mailing envelopes

- adhesive wall hooks

- duct tape

- HP ink replacement #96

- treasure box items

- colored card stock

- cotton balls

- band aids

- white lunch bags

- Mod Podge

Have you heard of Flat Stanley?

It is a story about the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board, allowing him to travel by mail, fly like a kite, and catch sneak thieves. The book has captured imaginations for more than forty-five years.

Get ready to meet C.U.T.I.E....

As part of our upcoming IB Unit, This Land Was Made for You and Me, the first graders will be making a JYJ version of Flat Stanley. Your child will be making a C.U.T.I.E which stands for Community Understanding Through Interpersonal Exchange. Your child's C.U.T.I.E will be coming home next week in a brown envelope. Be on the lookout...

This is an amazing learning experience for everyone involved! We strongly urge you to carefully read through the information that will be coming home in your child's BEAR folder. We can't wait to get started...

As another part of This Land Was Made for You and Me, we will be learning about different places around the world. We need parents/relatives/friends to come to JYJ and give a presentation to the first grade. If you are interested in giving a presentation (20 - 30 minute PowerPoint) on China, Kenya, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Mexico or some other place around the world please send me an email (awright2@wcpss.net). We are looking for presenters that have visited or lived in the aforementioned places.

adhesive wall hooks
duct tape
HP ink replacement #96
treasure box items

colored card stock

We had a wonderful time at Marbles! A huge thank you to Mrs. Calvillo, Mrs. Cox, and Mrs. Pinnix for chaperoning.

If you would like to be a volunteer this year at Joyner or assist in any field trip, we need for you to please register through the electronic volunteer system in our media center. All approved volunteers from the 2011-2012 school year must re-activate no later than October 31st in order to continue as approved volunteers during the 2012-2013 school year. 

Next week is spirit week...

Patriotic Monday: wear stars, stripes and/or red, blue, and white

Tourist Tuesday: wear your fanny pack, camera, binoculars, favorite souvenir t-shirt, etc.

Wacky Tacky Wednesday: mismatch

Favorite Team Thursday: jerseys, t-shirts

Joyner Spirit Friday: blue and gold or Joyner tshirt

From October 22 to November 2, JYJ will be selling paper sneakers for $1.00 each and all proceeds will be donated to JDRF to help fund research to find a cure for diabetes.

Field Trips
Our first field trip of the year is coming up! We are going to Marbles on November 9th. Please make sure you click on the link below to pay for your child's field trips for the year. Thanks in advance!

Click Here to Pay for Field Trips

Conferences
Parent/teacher conferences will be held on November 6th. Please click on the link below to sign up for a conference time. I am looking forward to talking to you about your child's progress during the first quarter. Don't forget that children are not allowed to attend conferences. Thanks in advance!

Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Up



adhesive wall hooks
bandaids
clear packaging tape
duct tape
HP ink replacement #96
HP ink replacement #97
treasure box items

Our 1st grade field trips have been planned! You may now go online to pay for your child's field trips for the year. We will be visiting Marbles Kids Museum in November (Cost $11.00). We will have an in school field trip with Science Fun for Everyone in March (Cost $9.00) and we will be visiting the North Carolina Zoo in May (Cost $23.00). You may go to http://osp.osmsinc.com/WakeNC/Default.aspx to pay for field trips. We encourage you to pay online and in one lump sum so that your child is covered for field trips for the year. Permission forms will come home closer to the date of the field trips. Thank you!

Beginning next week we will need volunteers to help out with centers! We would like to have one parent every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:20 - 10:30. Please click on the link below to sign-up to volunteer during the month of October.

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-e_76nFXrGISFYZMvIH1S7lpFnvW3iupQTN8_i-71XY/edit?hl=en_US

We are off to a great start this year! Please sign up to follow this blog by email. This means any time I post something on the blog, you will get an email alert. I will be posting weekly news, important dates, updates, pictures, and reminders. Thanks in advance! 

The students are hard at work during reader's workshop...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, we had our first assembly on Friday. The dancers from our class did a fantastic job!

Important Dates:

October 4 - PICTURE DAY

October 13 - JOYNER BEAUTIFICATION DAY 

October 19 - 12:30 EARLY RELEASE

October 31 - TEACHER WORK DAY