December 1-4

Tommy's birthday celebration

This Week:

Monday - Christmas Pageant parts given today and begin memorizing (if applicable) at home.  Many students will not have lines in the play but will have other parts within the program.

Happy Helpers - Monday - Avery; Tuesday - Evie; Wednesday - Jack; Thursday -Mary Grace

No show and tell due to play practice.

Thursday -  Library

Upcoming:

Wednesday, December 10 - Late start, Jeans ($3)

Thursday, December 11 - Service Project (10:30-noon) More information coming from lead parent this week.

Thursday, December 18 - Christmas Pageant -9:00 Fellowship hall

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:1-4 & Jesus Storybook Bible
• Book of The Week - The Christmas Cookie by Dandi Daley Mackall
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Tapping, reading, spelling, writing words and short sentences.  Journal for creative writing; Phonemic awareness daily activities; Handwriting/Tapping Book; Decodable Readers; Sentence structure & punctuation
  Trick Words - and, on it
• Math - Christmas tree measuring (rulers, inches, more/less), geoboards/shapes, graphing
• Centers - Christmas ornaments, invitations (fine motor); assessments (1st semester)
• Habit - Responisbility

Homework:
Monday - Read words on reading practice sheet that is sent home.
Tuesday -  read all trick words (cards sent home)
Wednesday - Decodable reader
Thursday - Book of the Week journal

Hope your Thanksgiving was restful and enjoyable! Below are pictures of meeting our 5th grade buddies & Thanksgiving Feast.
Mrs. Lawrence

 

Thanksgiving (November 17-20)

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"Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether."

Psalm 139:4

This Week:

Happy Helpers -  Monday - Phoebe; Tuesday - Sawyer ; Wednesday - Tommy ; Thursday -Zane

 Tuesday - Bake Sale (bring $1)

Thursday -  Thanksgiving Feast (11:00-11:30) Send in item Thursday morning for Thanksgiving feast (from sign up genius)

No library this week.

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:4 - The children are doing great at memorizing verses. Please continue to work on these at home and ask him/her to show you the motions we made up to each one.
• Book of The Week - Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende & Harry Delvin.  No Narration this week.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Unit 2, week 2.  Letter formations & review writing upper/lower case letters A-H.  Tap and write words (consonant/vowel/consonant), Rhyming & word families. Journals for creative writing, Handwriting/tapping book, Alphabet sequencing
  Trick Words -a, the, I  - New flash card sheet sent home Monday. Cut apart and review. (Please review all color and number words. The students should know all of them at this point.)
• Math - Comparing weights using balance, visual discrimination (matrix), AB/ABB patterns (read color words), estimation journals
• Centers - Decodable reader "The Big Trip", Headbands with patterns, bead bracelets, turkey pine cones, Roll a turkey math game; Listening center
• Habit - Courtesy

Homework: 

• Read Words on Reading practice sheet (new one sent home Monday or Tuesday)
• Homework Sheet - Tuesday
• Decodable Reader - Wednesday (read & sign)
• No Book of the Week narration this week 

Other At Home Ideas:
Learn Phone number & how to tie shoes. Play games (board games, memory, etc.), read nursery rhymes, read books every day to your child, word of the day or week (vocabulary), listen to books on cd/ipod in car with no visuals (aid in auditory comprehension).

Hope you have a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Lawrence

November 10-13



 Psalm 139:3 "You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways."

This Week:

Monday - Return Disguise the turkey homework from last week. Also, thanks for your patience with my mistake on original works of art. I have corrected them and will send home.  Any problems or questions, call me.

Happy Helpers - Monday - Zane; Tuesday - Evie; Wednesday - Jack; Thursday -Mary Grace

Tuesday - Veteran's Day Program 9:45- dressy enrichment; Henry Massie Parent helper

Thursday -  Guest Reader - Josh Voss (8:30 or 11:50 ?)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:3 - Work on it every night at home please.   
• Book of The Week - "The Flag We Love" by Pam Nunoz Ryan  (flag etiquette, flag meaning, veterans)
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - We finished Unit 1 of our Wilson curriculum and will begin unit 2 this week.  This unit will reinforce writing with correct letter formation and students will learn how to blend words with 3 sounds by tapping out the word. A sheet will be sent home Monday explaining this. Journal for creative writing and words that are "tapped", Phonemic awareness daily activities; Handwriting/Tapping Book; Decodable Readers
  Trick Words -nine, ten
• Math - Writing Money/Ordering Money/Paying for Items (pennies/cents); Copying AB patterns; Months/Days; Before/After; Counting to 100, counting by 5's, identifying numbers
• Centers - Listening Center; Making Flag (fine motor); Journals & Decodable Reader - "Frog Runs"
• Habit - Courtesy

Homework:
Monday - Read words on reading practice sheet that is sent home. Work on Bible memory verses.
Tuesday - Time Sheet, read all trick words (cards sent home)
Wednesday - Decodable reader
Thursday - Book of the Week journal
Hope you have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

November -3-6

Psalm 139:2 " You know when I sit down and when I rise up; 

you discern my thoughts from afar." 

This Week:

Happy Helpers - Monday - Phoebe; Tuesday - Sawyer ; Wednesday - Tommy; Thursday - Zane

   Happy helpers write and/or draw one or more things thankful for.

Wednesday - Late Start 9:25 - May wear jeans, sweater, boots for donation of $5 for Tanzania missions

Thursday - Library

Next Week - Tuesday, Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Program - 9:45 - Dressy Enrichment

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Discuss & Memorize Psalm 139:2
• Book of The Week - "The Thanksgiving Story" by Alice Dalgliesh
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Trick Words -seven, eight; Letters Qu qu & Zz; Journals, Handwriting Sheet, Making Words & Sentences; Decodable Readers
• Math - Comparing Weather Graphs, Time to hour, number words, counting by 10's & 5's, addition with manipulatives
• Centers - Thanksgiving Book, Scarecrow glyph, reading practice, listening center (book on tape with a reading response sheet)
• Habit - Courtesy

Homework - 

Monday - Reading Practice Sheet (read words); 

Tuesday - Disguise the Turkey (due Nov. 10); 

Wednesday - memorize verse (Psalm 139:2); 

Thursday - Book of the Week Journal

Our morning run

 Above - they loved looking through their completed "Creation Books"

 Hope you have a great week!

Mrs. Lawrence

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