Week of December 16, 2024

Please Note 

- I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week. The kids looked and sounded wonderful. We hope it put you in the Christmas spirit! 

- There is no homework this week, but please have them continue to read each night.

- On Tuesday morning we will go to Santa's Secret Shop. Please mark the envelope with who your child is shopping for and how much to spend on each person. It is really helpful to the volunteers. Envelopes we sent home last week so please send them back in for Wednesday. Thanks!

- Our Buddy Bowling Trip will be on Thursday.  The children will wear their gym uniforms.  We will have pretzels for morning snack and a pizza lunch so there is no need to pack anything unless they will not eat those things.  We will make cards for our buddies in school.  No gifts or treats are to be exchanged.  Thank you!

-If you volunteered to chaperone for bowling, you are welcome!  We will meet at Devon Lanes around 9:45/10:00.  We will leave around 11:30.

- Friday will be a free Dress Down Day - pajamas or festive outfits are welcome . Thank you!

Week of December 9, 2024

 Please Note

- I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have another busy week here as we begin the second trimester and continue to prepare for Christmas.

-We will complete our Letter to Santa for homework on Monday night so we have time to mail them off to the North Pole.  We usually receive a response from Santa’s elves during lunch with our buddies after bowling. ;-)

- Wednesday night will be the K-4 Christmas Concert. The kids should wear their Sunday/Christmas best. Please no jeans. Please have your child arrive at church by 6:15pm. They can go right to their pew where we have been practicing. After the performance, you can pick them up from their pew. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. FYI...It was mentioned that parking in the Rite Aid lot is no longer an option.

- Our Buddy Bowling Trip is scheduled for Thursday, December 19th.  Please complete the permission form sent from the office via Option C.  Remember the students will be provided with lunch so there is no need to order. Last call for chaperones for the trip.

-Report cards will be sent home on Friday. Please remember that these grades reflect your child's schoolwork and test scores. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please just sign and return the envelope. If you have any questions, please let me know.

-We will have a math test on Tuesday on place value. A review will be sent home for homework.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday please sign and return on Thursday. 

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Complete Letter to Santa

Math: complete test review

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: worksheet

Wednesday 

Christmas Concert - No Homework

Thursday

Reading: complete worksheet

Study words for test tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek At Our Week

Religion

We will continue learning about the seasons of Advent and Christmas and continue Chapter 5, ‘Jesus Teaches Us About Love.’

Reading

Story: Stories Have a Narrator

Target Skill: Identifying who is telling a story, Ask and Answer Questions, Use Context Clues

Phonics Skill: digraphs th, sh and ng

Grammar: Adjectives

Sight Words: our, these, were, could

Spelling Words: sing, bring, thing, shop, ship, shut, this, than

Math

We will have a test on place value: matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits. Then we will begin working with expanded form.

Week of December 2, 2024

 Please Note

 -I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a relaxing, fun-filled break. Thank you again for all of the birthday wishes and for your generosity.  My home has a beautiful new Christmas tree and I will always remember that it was a special gift from my class. 💖💚💖

- There will be a school mass on Friday.  All are welcome!  No dress-downs please.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- The first trimester ends this Friday. Report cards will be sent home on Friday, 12/13.

- The K-4 Christmas Concert will be next Wednesday, 12/11 at 6:30 pm. The students are to wear their Christmas best. More information will be sent next week.

- The Craft Club Christmas Extravaganza will be next Friday, December 13th. The children will have a jolly good time at the annual party: extended hours (3:00 -5:30), outside playtime, Christmas Bingo, a wreath craft, snack, dinner & an ice cream treat (all allergy friendly)...and the much loved Christmas Karaoke! Craft Club Christmas Extravaganza

- Our second field is quickly approaching. We will be bowling at Devon Lanes with our 8th-grade buddies on Thursday, December 19th. Please note that there will be a pizza lunch when we return to school which is included so you do not have to order lunch on that day. You will receive a link to the permission form soon.  There is no charge for this trip because we had funds left over from our trip to Riverbend.

-We need chaperones for our bowling trip. We will meet at Devon Lanes at 10:00, and leave by 11:30.  If you are interested, please email me and I will pick from a hat next week. Sorry, no younger siblings are permitted on this trip. 

 -Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 60

Tuesday

Reading: worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb page 61

Wednesday

Reading:  worksheet

Practice words and read

Math: wb 62

Thursday

Reading: worksheet

Study words for test tomorrow

Math: wb page 63

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will learn about the season of Advent.

Reading

Unit: Being a Good Community Member

Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Using photographs to answer questions, Using context clues

Phonics Skill: ending consonant blends 

Grammar: pronouns 

Sight Words: who, good, by, them

Spelling Words: jump, clamp, mist, trust, send, wind, bland, west

Math

We will continue our unit on place value. We will learn about tens and ones and practice making numbers from 10-60.