Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Open House was fantastic. I know it was hard to get back out...

but, we sure do appreciate the turn out!

Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - soft g (ge, gi, gy = s)

English - Adjectives

Math - Patterns

Science - Motion and Balance

Bible - Jesus Loves Children

Verse - Luke 18:16

You will find an information sheet in your child's Red Folder about Oral Reading.

There has not been a problem with oral reading. We just send this home 2nd semester

because we are learning so many weird sounds and history tells us what we can expect.

I hope you have a wonderful and restful weekend!

Brrrr!!! What a frigid end to our week!

Winter has finally shown up.

Remember - we do NOT have school Monday.

Next week we will be learning about:

Reading - Soft c (ce, ci, cy = s)

English - ABC Order

Math - Spatial Awareness

Social Studies - Work!

Bible - Jesus Calls His Disciples

Verse - Matt. 4:19

I'll see you Tuesday!

Well... I think everyone is back in the swing of things.
You may not see it - but, so many of the kids grew up over the holidays.
It happens every year but, every year I'm amazed!

Next week will be a full week of school.
We will be learning about:

Reading - "Cousin Y" (sometimes he says e sometimes he says i)
English - Synonyms
Math - Time
Social Studies - Work!
Bible - Jesus Is Tempted
Verse - Matt. 4:4

Ahna will be sending home information about Kindergarten Open House soon.
Go ahead and mark your calendars... January 19th - p.m.

Enjoy your weekend and I'll see you Monday!

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone enjoyed the time off with family and friends.

Hopefully, the short week will help ease us all back into the school routine.

This week we will be learning about:

Reading - Review of all long vowels

English - Contractions

Math - Fact Families, Graphs and Place Value Review

Social Studies - Work!

Bible - The Boy Jesus

Verse - No Verse this week

Report Cards will go home Thursday.

See you tomorrow!

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!