Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Important Reminder

**** There has been a time change. Lessons and Carols will begin at 8:30am, all parents are invited.  Please drop off your child at their regular time in the classroom between 7:45 and 8:00.  Remember children are to wear their green and red tomorrow, no uniforms.


- Homework folders went home today for Review and Practice during the Christmas Break.  Review for 15 - 20 minutes every day and complete assignments.  Seat sacks and sleeping bags went home today as well to be washed.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Reminders

- Sleeping bags and seat sacks will go home tomorrow to be washed over the Christmas break.

- Lessons and Carols Wed. 12/2 -- 9am at the Church, but children are to be dropped off in the morning at their regular time.  All parents are invited to the Church at 9am.  Children are to wear their dress up clothes; Sneakers and Jeans are not allowed.  Girls: Red blouse with black skirt or black slacks.  Boys: Green shirt with black slacks.

- Please send $4. for Christmas Party by tomorrow morning if you have not done so.

- Wednesday, 12/21 Early Dismissal 12 noon. After School will not be available

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Week of 12/19/11 - 12/21/11

News of the Week 
- Lessons and Carols will be Wednesday, Dec. 21st - 9:00am at the church.  Children are to wear their dress up clothes; sneakers and jeans are not allowed.  Girls: Red blouse with a black skirt or black slacks.  Boys: Green shirts with black slacks.

- Christmas Party will be Wed. Dec. 21st from 10am - 12noon in the classroom for the children.  Please send $4. for party by tomorrow.

-Tomorrow is the last day for Christmas cards, we will be decorating Christmas cards for friends and family  in the morning.

- Tuesday I will be sending home Christmas Break homework and sleeping bags.  They will be taking home their notebooks to review letters, initial sounds, numbers, number words zero - five and high frequency words: a, and, my, we.  Take 15 - 20 minutes a day during the break to complete assignments in notebook.  Continue reading to your child every day and review retelling story in sequence order, discuss story characters and story setting.  Also, continue to review number recognition in random order 0 - 20 and addition stories.

- Do not send snacks on Wednesday as the children will be having chicken nuggets, french fries, juice and other Christmas treats.

- Reminder that on Wednesday, Dec. 21st we will have early dismissal at 12noon and After School will not be available.
Merry Christmas and Have a 
Blessed New Year!!!!
Lessons of the Week 
Religion 
Math   
Reading  
Social Studies 
Science 







Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Homework - Wednesday, 12/14/11

Reading - In the notebook draw and label pictures of things that begin with the sounds /c/ and /d/.


Reminder
- Please send a box of Christmas cards.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Reminder for Up-Coming Christmas Events

- Next Wednesday, Dec. 21st. we will have Lessons and Carols at the Church. I would like the children to wear their dress up clothes, no jeans or sneakers.  The girls are to wear red blouses with a black skirt or slacks.  Boys are to wear a green shirt with black slacks.  

-  After Lessons and Carols we will have a Christmas Party in the class. We decided to get the children Chicken Nuggets and french fries from McDonalds instead of Pizza because we will have Early Dismissal at 12 noon.  If everyone can contribute $4. for the food, juice and some Christmas treats I will greatly appreciate it.

Homework - Tuesday 12/13/11

Reading - In the notebooks draw a picture of objects beginning with the letter sounds /a/ and /b/.  Make sure to label the pictures.  Each page has the assignment written on the top of the page, please make sure to complete in the correct pages of notebook.


Monday, December 12, 2011

Homework - Monday, 12/12/11

Math - Draw a picture to show "Joining groups" story in notebook.

Journal Notebook - Draw and write about your family.

Reminder:
- Don't forget new scarves, hats or gloves for those in need in the winter season.
- Bring a box of Christmas Cards for our Christmas mailbox.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Week of 12/12/11 - 12/16/11

- This week our Christmas Mailbox will be displayed. I am asking each child to bring a box of Christmas cards to write (draw pictures) cards for their friends and teachers.

- I want to remind everyone that we are still collecting new hats, scarves and gloves for the homeless. Any donations will be greatly appreciated.

- Lessons and Carols will be held on Dec. 21st in our church. The children have been practicing their song with our music teacher Mrs. Alma.  That same day after Lessons and Carols we will have our Christmas Party in our class.  I am asking each family for $4. for pizza and Christmas treats.

- This past week we began working in our notebooks, any unfinished work in the notebooks will be sent home to be completed.  Please continue practicing on using writing lines correctly for uppercase and lowercase letters.

- Sight words to review at home are:  a, and, my

- Children have begun to learn how to add and join two groups. It's important you continue to help your child identify numbers 0 - 20.  Also, review putting numbers 0 - 20 in order.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Reminder

- School Closed Tomorrow Friday, Dec. 9th. Teacher Conference Day.

- Children that have not finished their handwriting took notebooks home today to finish over the weekend. Remind your child to use top, middle and bottom writing lines to help them form the uppercase and lowercase letters correctly.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Homework - Wednesday, 12/7/11

Math - Joining groups.  Join the two groups and write the number for how many in all.

Journal Writing - Draw a picture of yourself with your favorite thing.

Note:
- I sent home a new Journal Book today. Have your child draw the picture. Then have them dictate what their picture is about and write their sentence using their own words.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Homework - Tuesday 12/6/11

Reading - Make predictions. Draw a line to what will happen next.

Math - Count how many and write the number.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Homework - Monday, 12/5/11

Reading - Predict what will happen next. Draw a line to match.

Math - Counting 1 - 20. Draw a path from the monkey to the island and trace the numbers.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Week of 12/5/11 - 12/8/11

News of the Week
- We are collecting new gloves, scarves and hats for those in need.
- School Closed - Friday, Dec. 9


Lessons of the Week
Religion   
Math  
Reading  
Social Studies  
Science

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Homework - Thursday, 12/1/11

Math - Picture Patterns. Circle the picture that comes next in the pattern.

Reminder:  
- Early Dismissal 12 noon tomorrow - Faculty Meeting.