December 11, 2015

1) Our school-wide Advent service project goes through Wednesday, December 16.  Please send in new or gently used children's clothing for the Christ Child Society.
2) The Christmas Concert is Thursday, December 17th at 7:00 pm.  The students need to be there by 6:30.  Please have them meet at the stairs on the left of the entrance.  I will be there to meet them.  Please make sure that you take coats, hats, gloves, etc from them.
3) Friday, December 18 is a 2:00 Dismissal.  We do not have a Christmas party, but do have a small treat in class and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
4) Letter homework will go home today and will be due next Friday, December 18.
5) We will celebrate half birthdays for the late June, July, and early August birthdays.  Please remember if you'd like to send in a treat, no full size cupcakes.  
6) Thank you for sending hats, gloves, and winter coats every day for recess.  This ensures that our students are safe!

Theme: Advent/Christmas

Sight Words: said, good

Author of the Month: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Letter: b

VIP: Emerson

Poem: A Visit from Santa

Listening Center: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Word Family: -ad (bad, dad, fad, glad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad)

Math: addition and subtraction
one more and one less

Religion: Christmas

Reading: Real and Nonsense Words

Social Studies: Holidays Around the World
Israel (Hanukkah)
Mexico
England
America (Kwanzaa)
Sweden
Greenland

Writing: Would you rather be Santa's elf or Santa's reindeer?  Why?


Have a great week!

December 4, 2015

Reminders:
1) Please send winter coats, hats, and gloves EVERY DAY.  If there is snow on the ground, also send boots and snow pants.  Thanks for your help with this!
2) Our school-wide Advent service project is collecting used/new clothing for Christ Child Society.  Please consider donating.
3) The Christmas Concert is Thursday, December 17th.  We will go to Saint Mary's and practice in the morning.
4) Please review your child's homework before they turn it into me.  If something is wrong or messy, please have them redo it.


Theme: Advent/Christmas

Sight Words: play, for

Letter: u

Poem: Candy Cane

Author of the Month: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Listening Center: I'm a Little Snowman

Word Families: -ot (blot, cot, dot, got, hot, knot, lot, plot, pot, rot, shot, spot, tot)
                           -od (cod, nod, pod, rod, sod)

VIP: Adeline

Religion: God Chooses Mary

Math: plus one, minus one

Math Vocabulary: plus, add, addition, minus, subtract, subtraction

Reading: syllables
               replacing sounds
               ending sounds


Have a great week!