The Angels did a marvelous job last night!
Thank you for getting your angel there...it made all the difference!

I cannot believe that we only have one more week before Christmas break.
Time is flying by.

We will continue serious learning - mixed in with lots of fun.
Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - Long u
English - Nouns and Verbs
Math - Money
Science - Sound
Bible - The Shepherds and The Wise Men
Verse - No verse this week!

Our party will be Thursday at 2:00.
Friday is an early dismissal day.

I will see you next week!

Wow! What a busy week we've had!

We've attended special Christmas programs as well as our regular routine this week.

Christmas is a busy time for us all...

With that said - let me thank you for allowing your child to sing Thursday night.

Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - Long o (oa, oe, ow, old, oll)

English - Nouns and Verbs

Math - Money***

Science - Heat, Light and Sound

Bible - Jesus Is Born

Verse - Luke 2:11

*** Money can be a difficult concept for first graders to grasp.

They will need to be able to identify the coins, their values and count mixed coins.

A tip that has helped reluctant learners in the past is for Mom or Dad to empty change from their pockets. If the child can correctly count it - they get to keep it!!!

Next Friday - Dec. 9th will be the cut off date for grades counting towards the 2nd 9 weeks.

All graded work from the following week will count on the 3rd 9 weeks report card.

This way you will have seen all of the grades for the reporting period.

Enjoy your weekend!

God is good! What a glorious day for a feast.
We had a great turn out.
A great, big thank you goes out to our moms who organized, set up, served and cleaned up!
A huge thank you goes out to Kadra Parkman who gifted us with those adorable cookies!
The kids were precious and we had a fabulous day.

When we return from Thanksgiving Holidays we will be learning about:

Reading - Long i (ie, igh, ign, ild, ind)
English - Verbs
Math - Mixed Practice (addition and subtraction)
Social Studies - Maps
Bible - Mary and the Angel
Verse - Luke 2:7

Over the break - please check all of your child's outerwear.
Jackets have gone home with the wrong owners and we need to track them down.
If your child's name is not in his/her outerwear this would be a good time to do that.

Enjoy your break and your family!
Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you enjoy your long weekend...
Rest up because next week we will hit the road running!

We will be learning about:

Reading - long e (ea. ee)
English - review
Math - Addition to 12
Social Studies - Thanksgiving
Bible - Psalm 100
Verse - Psalm 100 Each child will be assigned a portion of this psalm.

The Thanksgiving Feast is this Friday! (Can you believe Thanksgiving is here?!!)
Children will wear their outfit of choice - Pilgrim or Native American - to school Friday.
The feast will begin at 10:30 in the Concession Area. An information sheet will be
home in the Red Folder Monday.

Friday is a REGULAR SCHOOL DAY.
We will have all of the subjects and graded work normally planned for a Friday.

By the way... all of the "turkeys" are precious!

We have soooo enjoyed our week this week.

We seemed to run out of time almost every day.

I asked the kids if they would bring their pajamas one day so we could finish.

I didn't get many takers - until I offered to throw in pizza!

We are finished with "review" sounds in Reading.

We will spend one week on each of the long vowel sounds - spellings and all!

Check the back of the November calendar for weekly flashcards.

Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - long a (ai,ay)

English - Pronouns

Math - Addition to 12

Social Studies - Maps

Bible - Joash

Verse - Proverbs 3:5-6

We will NOT have school on Friday the 11th.

I will send spelling words home this Friday since the test will be on Thursday.

The Bible Verse will be recited on Thursday as well!

Thank you for taking the time to meet with me yesterday!

Your child is important to me and I want to do all that I can to help

him/her have a successful - and even fun - year!

Next week is a full week....Yea!

We will have lots to do.

We will be learning about:

Reading - e on the end (We call her Ethel. We'll learn a "secret" about her.)

English - Special Nouns

Math - < >, 1 more/1 less, 10 more/10 less

Science - Liquids

Social Studies - Communities

Bible - Josiah

Verse - Proverbs 3:6

Thanks again for yesterday!

WOW! What an exciting week!!!
I would say that next week will be back to normal but, with a short week for the kids, that wouldn't be entirely truthful.
I am looking forward to meeting with you on Friday.
It's always nice to touch base and keep you informed.
I promise to keep our visits short and sweet so you can get on with your day -
especially since your kids will be home!

Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - ar, or, er, ir, ur
English - Nouns
Math - Place Value tens and ones
Science - Liquids
Bible - Josiah
Verse - Prov. 3:5

I'll see you next week!