Weekly Newsletter for Dec. 15 - 19

There will be no Bible verse or spelling words this week.  These will resume the week we return in January.   

Monday and Tuesday are full days of school and Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are half-days of school.  I will walk the students out at 11:30 on the half days. 

Thursday is our class party, it will begin at 10:00.  Thank you for sending the gift cards for the students to exchange!  We will have a treat bag, so any requested items or extra items you wish to send will be fine. 

Important dates to remember:  

Thursday, Dec. 18 – Class party at 10:00

Friday, Dec. 19 – Last day before Christmas Break

Monday, Jan. 5 – School resumes

***Thursday, Feb. 5 – Our Class chapel program at 8:40. ***

Thursday, Jan. 15 – Move Up Morning for 3^rd – 6^th grades (visit 3^rd grade classes)

Monday, Jan. 19 – No School/MLKing, Jr. Bday

Thursday, Jan. 22 – Move Up Morning for K – 2^nd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Weekly Newsletter for December 8 – 12

• Boxes of macaroni and cheese, canned fruits and vegetables for the food drive are due Friday the 12th. 
• Monetary donations to purchase items for the needy family with 6 children are due Friday the 12th.  ( If you wish to purchase an item yourself, I have a list of needs and sizes.)
• Gift card to exchange for our party is due Friday the 12th.
• Class Christmas party is Thursday the 18th at 10:00.    

Bible verse:  Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good will toward men!  Luke 2:14

New Testament Book of the week:  I Timothy 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians  and I Timothy will be written on the back.

Spelling Words Lesson 14:  bring   clang   prong   strong   thing   blink   crank   drink   honk   shrunk   prank   think   clunk   bang   how   when   July    I Timothy

Reading:  We will conclude Summarization next week.  I want to test on it next Wed.  The students need to study the  process questions and be able to fill in the missing words on the test.  A study sheet will be sent home Monday of the visual tool.  They will need to be able to fill in the exact sheet for the test.

English: Shurley English, chapter 8 is a short chapter on writing skills.  There are no antonyms or synonyms with this chapter.  

Math:  New facts for 15, 16, 17, and 18 will be introduced this week.   Look at the daily math sheets to see the skills your child should know.  

IXL:  S1 - Read a thermometer

Social Studies:  We will focus on Christmas activities.

AR:  Please help your child write the title of each book and the testing number on the reading log in the back of their red folder.  The number can be found by going to AR Bookfinder.com and typing in the title.  Feel free to copy that number into any of my books that do not have a number already!

Weekly Newsletter for December 1 - 5

Bible verse:  You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.  Matthew 1:21

New Testament Book of the week:  II Thessalonians 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,  I Thessalonians and II Thessalonians  will be written on the back.

Spelling Words Lesson 14:  baggy   grumpy   monkey   cherry   money   every   fuzzy   plenty   thirsty   ready   scary   valley   donkey   turkey   more   our   June  

 II Thessalonians  

Reading: Our current unit is called Summarization.  Please help your child learn the Pattern Statement and three of the process questions for when they are tested. 

English:  We will begin Shurley English, chapter 8.  Please study the vocabulary, synonyms, and antonyms.  We are identifying parts of speech. 

Math:  The new facts of 13 and 14 were sent home in the folder Friday.  

Our four new facts are:  8 + 5 = 13, 5 + 8 = 13, 6 + 8 = 14, and 8 + 6 = 14

  Look at the daily math sheets to see the skills your child should know.  

IXL:  A 9, selecting even and odd numbers on a number line. 

Social Studies:  We will focus on Christmas activities.

AR:  Please help your child write the title of each book and the testing number on the reading log in the back of their red folder.  The number can be found by going to AR Bookfinder.com and typing in the title.  Feel free to copy that number into any of my books that do not have a number already!

Weekly Newsletter for November 24 – 28

Thanksgiving Lunch – Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 12:30 in our classroom.  Parents are invited to attend!  We will not be doing crafts,  just enjoying our meal together! We have made several items that will be on display for you to see. The class will play a game that they will make.

***The following Bible verse and spelling words will be tested on the week of 

Dec. 1.  

Bible verse:  You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.  Matthew 1:21

New Testament Book of the week:  II Thessalonians 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,  I Thessalonians and II Thessalonians  will be written on the back.

Spelling Words Lesson 14:  baggy   grumpy   monkey   cherry   money   every   fuzzy   plenty   thirsty   ready   scary   valley   donkey   turkey   more   our   June  

 II Thessalonians 

Reading: Our current unit is called Summarization.  Please help your child learn the Pattern Statement and three of the process questions for when they are tested. 

English:  We will have a Chapter 7 Shurley English quiz on Monday.  Please review the review sheets in your child’s folder Friday and use the English sheet in their Take Home folder to review. Please study the vocabulary, synonyms, and antonyms.  We are identifying parts of speech. 

Math:  The new facts of 13 and 14 were sent home in the folder Friday. 

Our four new facts are:  8 + 5 = 13, 5 + 8 = 13, 6 + 8 = 14, and 8 + 6 = 14

Look at the daily math sheets to see the skills your child should know.  

IXL:  None for this week!

Social Studies:  We will continue with Native American/Thanksgiving activities.

AR:  Please help your child write the title of each book and the testing number on the reading log in the back of their red folder.  The number can be found by going to AR Bookfinder.com and typing in the title.  Feel free to copy that number into any of my books that do not have a number already!

Weekly Newsletter for November 17 – 21

***Thanksgiving lunch – Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 12:30 in our classroom.  Leslie and Jahnae will send a note requesting items this upcoming week.  

***Please help your child complete the Thankful Hands project that was sent in Friday's folder.  Please have it completed and returned by next Friday, Nov. 21.

Bible verse:  You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.  John 15:14

New Testament Book of the week: I Thessalonians 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and I Thessalonians will be written on the back.

Spelling Words Lesson 13:  bread   deaf   thread   breakfast   spread   heavy   wealth   dread   steady   instead   meadow   weather   heaven   breath   nice   many   May   

I Thessalonians

Reading:  We will begin a new unit called Summarization.  The new sheets will be in the red folder Tuesday.  

English:  We are in chapter 7 of Shurley English.  Please study the vocabulary, synonyms, and antonyms.  We are identifying parts of speech. 

Math:  Continue practicing the math facts with sums of 12.  Look at the daily math sheets to see the skills your child should know.  

IXL:  G1  Add  multiples of 10

Science: We will learn about Native Americans and do Thanksgiving activities.

AR in computer lab on Thursday.  Have five or more books ready to be tested.