Week of December 31, 2018

       I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year.  I hope everyone had a good break.  This week the children will review procedures and expectations for the classroom and the entire school.  I will be doing assessment on all students in reading.  I will assess them in decoding skills, reading comprehension, and reading fluency.  Your child should continue to review sight words and math facts daily at home.

        We have been invited to go to the Tennessee State Capitol by Jason Potts. The father of Amalie Potts.  He is a State Representative for District 59.  He has plan an exciting field trip.  The field trip will be on Friday, January 25th.  There will not be a cost for this field trip.  Lunch will be provided.  More information will be sent home as we get closer to the field trip.

AR READING:  

Your child will begin bringing home books to read from the library on Monday, January 7th.  Your child should read at least 3 AR books a week or one chapter book on their reading level.  Your child will receive a reading grade this quarter for reading AR books.  Please help your child remember to bring their AR book  to school each day.  Even if your child does not plan on taking a test they should still bring the book to school each day.  

Your child will be working on the following skills this week:

• The children will read and retell and rewrite stories about winter.
• The children will sequence stories that they read
• The children will discuss and write their New Year Resolution
• Read and solve addition/subtraction word problems.
• The children will continue to work on place value and counting and writing to 200.
• The children will be assessed on reading skills
• The children will begin a unit on the state of Tennessee in social students
• The children will begin a unit of study on weather.
• The children will work on handwriting skills

REMINDERS:

• Report cards                                    1/4
• Family Chapel                                 1/10
• Martin Luther King Day                  1/21
• Field Trip                                          1/25

Week of December 10, 2018

         Wow!  I can't believe the semester is coming to a end.  I feel that the children have all made a lot of improvement.  They are extremely excited about this week.  This will be a different week, since we will have a field trip and two half days.  Please read the information carefully below about the class party and field trip to the library and Chuck E Cheese.

FIELD TRIP:

The children will go on a field trip on Wednesday, December 12th.  Parents are welcome to come.  We will first go to the public library on Bell Road for stories and games.  Then we will go to Chuck-E-Cheese for lunch.(This is a surprise for the children.  (Help me keep it a secret.)  The bus will leave the school at 10:15 and arrive at the library at 10:30.  We will go to Chuck E Cheese around 11:30.  Your child should wear jeans and a EH shirt.  Your child will not need any money to spend.  All children will have pizza, drink, and will receive tokens to play games.

CHRISTMAS PARTY:

Our class will celebrate together by having a Christmas Breakfast on Monday, December 17th at 8:30 am. Parents are asked to donate items for the meal. Please click on the following link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A49AFAD2FA4F85-christmas

In addition, I would like each student to bring in 1 item to contribute to their classmates' stockings and a bag of wrapped candy for the pinata.  There are 12 students in the class.  Our class would like to have a Pinata. If any one would like to donate one to our class it would be great appreciated.  Let me know if you would be donating a pinata,.Parents are invited to come and assist with our breakfast.

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• The children will continue to learn about how the holidays are celebrated around the world.
• We will review all the Bible stories we have read this semester.  The children will have a Bible test on Friday.  I will send a study guide on Monday.  
• The children will continue to work with place value, word problems, and addition/subtraction facts.
• The children will enjoy having Grinch Day on Tuesday. 

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS;

bell, carol, wreath, stocking, candy, holiday, elves, gift, toy, peace

Bonus Words:  Christmas - Jesus 

Classroom Reminder:

• All children should read at least 2 AR books a week.  Your child should read their AR book at home and should be prepared to take a test the next day.
• Please review your child's work they bring home daily and sign your child's binder 
• Field Trip - December 12th
• Half Days -December 13th-18th
• End of 2nd Quarter - Dec. 18th
• Christmas Breakfast - December 17th
• Christmas Break- Dec. 19th - Jan. 3rd