Friday, August 24, 2018

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The Grove Grizzly
A Note from Mrs. Matthews

Dear Grove Families,
 
We had a terrific first week back at Grove! It was wonderful to see all of our returning students on Monday and equally exciting to meet the many new students who have joined our school community! As our students and staff begin to get back into the swing of things for the year, I would like to take this opportunity to communicate with you as parents as to how you can support your child. Together we want to help set your child up for success throughout the entire school year and for years to come.
 
As many of you are aware, Grove’s homework policy does not reflect the traditional homework practices that we as adults experienced growing up. With that said, there are still important routines and practices that we know all children need to engage in to help contribute to their academic achievement. At the top of the list, is the amount of reading students complete each day, which requires students to read outside of school at home every night.
 
Teacher and author, Donalyn Miller, writes, “Children who read the most at home surpass the educational success of their peers who do not read at home—even those who are hardworking and capable students. The children who read the most, both inside and outside of school, are the best readers, of course, but they are also the best writers, spellers, possess the best vocabulary, and perform better in content-heavy areas like science and social studies.” 
 
As a result, our school staff is dedicated to partnering with parents this year in order to help each student develop a “reading life” at both home and school. As our Grove staff launches our reading routines at school, we are requesting parents commit to establishing reading routines at home that include every child reading every night. Our staff has created reading logs for each grade span that we are asking parents to complete over the course of the next month. The purpose of the logs is twofold: first to help aide in communication between home and school regarding each child’s reading, and secondly to help inform parents and teachers of students’ reading habits in order to then provide support and instruction to students to move them forward as readers. For example, information gathered over the course of the next month from the logs will be used to aide staff in not only gathering more data about students as readers but also in:
  • Helping students choose appropriate books or books they will enjoy 
  • Helping students increase their reading quantity or stamina for reading
  • Used as a tool for goal-setting in reading conferences
  • Used to help develop strong reading habits or a stronger reading life
 
While our staff is here to aide and support families in setting up daily routines for reading, please keep in mind that the only people who can carve out reading time for your child outside of school is you. As a result, we strongly encourage you to develop strong and consistent routines right from the start of the year and make the reading time outside of school a priority for the entire family. There are a variety of ways in which a child can complete their reading, so if we can be of assistance in finding what works for your child in this process, please feel free to contact your child’s classroom teacher, our librarian Mrs. Banach, or me!


Upcoming Dates:
Tuesday, August 28th – PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. in the Art Room
Monday, September 3rd – Labor Day, NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 4th – 2nd Grade Prairie Walk Field Trip (4 classes)
Tuesday, September 4th – 1st Grade Field Trip to Stillman Nature Center (1 class)
Wednesday, September 5th – 1st Grade Field Trip to Stillman Nature Center in (2 classes)
Friday, September 7th – 2nd Grade Prairie Walk Field Trip (2 classes)
Friday, September 7th – 3rd Grade Smart Farm Field Study (4 classes)
Thursday, September 13th – 3rd Grade Smart Farm Field Study (2 classes)
Friday, September 14th – PTO Back to School Bash, 5:00-8:00 p.m. @ Grove
Tuesday, September 18th – PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. in the Art Room
Thursday, September 20th – Grove Parent Curriculum Night, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, September 24th – Friday, September 28th – Safety Week  
Monday, September 24th – Room Parent Meeting, 9:15-10:00 a.m. in the MPR
Monday, September 24th – Picture Day for Students and Family Picture Night
Tuesday, September 25th – Family Picture Night
Tuesday, September 25th – Community Safety Night, 7:00 p.m. in the BHS Auditorium
Tuesday, September 25th – Kindergarten Field Trip to Crabtree Nature Center (1 class)
Wednesday, September 26th – Kindergarten Field Trip Crabtree Nature Center (2 classes)
Wednesday, September 26th – 4th Grade Stillman Field Trip (4 classes)
Wednesday, October 3rd – Friday, October 5th – 5th Grade Outdoor Education

 
The Grove PTO has been hard at work this summer planning our annual Back-to-School Bash!  
This event is not possible without our amazing volunteers and donors, please considering signing up today!  
Donate:
www.tinyurl.com/GroveBSB2018 
Volunteer:
www.tinyurl.com/GroveBSB2018Volunteers

Thank you for your support!
Bash Co-Chairs Alejandra Acosta & Kelly Daugherty


 
August 28 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room 
September 18 - PTO, 9:15 a.m. @ Grove Art Room 
October 16 - PTO, 9:15 a.m. @ Grove Art Room 
November 20 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room 
December *Week of 17th - PTO Luncheon TBA  
January 15 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room 
February 19 - PTO Evening Meeting, TBA
March 19 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room 
April 16 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room 
May 21 - PTO, 9:15 a.m., @ Grove Art Room
  










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