Fox and Bear Community
December 18, 2020
We hope that everyone has a glorious holiday break with their families! Please stay healthy and enjoy a much needed vacation. The first week back after the break will be virtual for all children. We look forward to seeing many of you back inside Ellis on January 11th. We will be staying on our current schedule in January. Those children that are in the building will receive grade level lessons live with social distance. We are certain that the new hybrid model will take time to adjust to. We will keep you all abreast of changes that need to happen as needed.
Thank you to all that have already signed up to provide items on the wish list. There are still items that we could use to support our return to school. Here is the link to the sign up.
Georgia PTA is excited to once again team up with Scholastic Books to offer our members an amazing benefit to support reading and literacy for our youngest readers. Bookflix ® is an online reading resource that provides access to over 100 fiction, animated stories along with a paired non-fiction book. Many titles are offered in both English and Spanish. This resource is designed to help pre-K – 3rd graders become independent readers. Books are divided into the following categories:
Animals and Nature
Earth and sky
People and places
ABCs and 123s
Family and community
Music and Rhyme
Adventure
Celebrations
Imagination
These books are narrated aloud (often my famous celebrities) with words highlighted to build word recognition and include interactive games to build vocabulary.
With schools closed over the breaks and many libraries also inaccessible, Georgia PTA and Scholastic want to provide this member benefit so our youngest readers can keep building their literacy skills until they return to school.
To access Bookflix:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/freetrial
User Id: bookflix62
Password: lime
Please enjoy this amazing benefit and thank you for being a PTA member!
Boosterthon Dance Fit:
PTA has been distributing FREE t-shirts to students and teachers for our upcoming Boosterthon Dance Fit fundraiser. This year will be a virtual event, but students will have a daily Zoom call with their favorite Booster-teammates, earn prizes for gathering pledges, and have a rocking good time as they dance, dance, dance (a partnership with Just Dance). Please register your child and share the link with friends and family. Registration is open now! We’ll have the official Kick-off on January 8, and Dance Fit will be held January 20. This is our largest fundraiser and helps fund teacher and student grants!
Weekly Overview for January 4-8 E-Learning Week
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Friday:
Additional Weekly Expectations:
Word Study
Epic Reading
Khan Mappers
Amira Reading
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