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!