Our last 7 days together - so sad.

Happy Helpers:

Tuesday - Sawyer, Wednesday - Tommy, Thursday - Zane

Tuesday (May 12) 6:15 - rising grade level meeting & 7:30 - Campus meeting

 Thursday, May 15 - TAD prep day 10:00-12:00

Tuesday, May 19 - Talent Show - 8:30 - all school dismissal @ noon

Wednesday, May 20 - Is anyone available to come help me some or all from 10:30-noon?

My own children have honors day during this time.  All school dismissal @ noon.

Thursday, May 21 - Last day of school & TAD 11:00-noon - all school dismissal @ noon

Game Week - Bring your favorite game from home this week. 

I am so sad that the end is near.  Your children have been such a joy this year!  This week and next week, we will be reviewing Psalm 139:1-14 and finishing the Jesus Storybook Bible.  We will be rereading their favorite books of the week from this year.  We will do lots of reading in readers and creative writing. We will continue to practice trick words and math lessons (money, shapes, number sense).   During centers, we are having game week and rotate playing different games.  

This will be the last blog entry.  Also, I am available this summer if you need to ask me any questions concerning your child or things to work with him/her.  I will attach a list of activities to their narrative (report card) for ideas to work on this summer.  As always the best thing is to read, read, read! Have him/her read to you and you read to them.  Work on trick words - reading and spelling.  Write, write, write!  Have lots and lots of fun because they grow up way too quickly!

Mrs. Lawrence

May 5-8

Happy Helpers - Monday - Evie; Tuesday - Jack; Wednesday -

Mary Grace; 

Thursday - Phoebe

Wednesday - Chapel - Dressy Enrichment (Grant to help)  

Thursday - Library last day (return all books)

Upcoming:

Monday, May 11 - No school, teacher workday

Tuesday, May 12 - Rising grade level meetings - 6:15; Campus Mtg. 7:30

Thursday, May 14 - TAD prep day 10:00-12:00 (Ginny, Mindy, Anna)

May 19 - Talent Show - 8:30 - all school dismissal @ noon

May 21 - Last day of school - all school dismissal @ noon

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:14 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week - Runaway Bunny  by Margaret Wise Brown
  
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - We are done with the whole phonics book!!  We will learn 3 new phonic skills this week from Saxon reading.  oo - in book and tooth - Read "Look Who Can Cook" reader; ee - in sheep - Read "Three Rich Sheep" decodable reader. I will send home readers to practice. Please send back the next day.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - Review all words - read quickly (less than a couple of seconds)
  
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.  Reading sight/trick words increases reading fluency dramatically.  So I am going to start timing the kids read the list of trick words and have them try to beat their time each week.  You can do this at home as well.  If they don't know the word immediately, then they need to work on it.
• Math -  identify shapes (hexagon, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, cube, cylinder, cone) - Make barn using shapes with pastels; raisin experiment; calendar skills
• Centers - Make a book & art project; Assessments 
• Habit -Remembering

Prayer - Mary Michael - healing, wisdom; Henry - job

Looking forward to another great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

April 27-30

This Week:  

Happy Helpers - Monday - Tommy; Tuesday - Zane; Wednesday -Avery; Thursday -Evie

Tuesday - Farm Field trip -Be at school by 8:10. Leaving at 8:15.

Important Information about trip - Car Assignments: Drivers meet me at 8:00 in Main Entrance
    Car 1 - Mary Michael Massie and the 4 boys - Tommy, Sawyer, Zane, Jack
    Car 2 - Wendy Crawford (driver) & Anna Voss (rider) and the girls -
                 Avery, Evie, Mary Grace, Phoebe
**Work with your parent driver to get booster seat for your child. No booster seat, no trip. 

Upcoming:

Wednesday, May 6 - Chapel Dressy Enrichment (Grant Wells parent helper)
Thursday, May 7 - Last library day
Monday, May 11 - no school for lower elementary - teacher workday
Tuesday, May 12 -Rising Grade Level Meeting @ 6:15/Campus Meeting 7:30

Thursday, May 14 - TAD prep day 10:00-12:00

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 1390:13-14 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week - Blossom Comes Home by James Herriott
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - This is the last week of our phonics book! Reading trick words quickly and in sentences; read real and nonsense words; read sentences and readers; write words and sentences; write upper/lower case letters quickly (important in writing fluency); long vowels and reading words with long vowels
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - review all - no new ones
  
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.  Reading sight/trick words increases reading fluency dramatically.  So I am going to start timing the kids read the list of trick words and have them try to beat their time each week.  You can do this at home as well.  If they don't know the word immediately, then they need to work on it.
• Math -  cone & 3 dimensional shapes, time to hour and half, more/adding, charts/surveys
• Centers - Draw cow with template (use pastels and watercolor); writing sentences about farm field trip; write farm words in ABC order, puzzles; games; individual assessments
  
• Habit -Fortitude 

Mrs. Lawrence

April 20-23

Celebrating Sawyer's Birthday 

This Week:  

Monday (tomorrow) Home Meeting 
@ Summers' home 6:30. 
This is our last parent meeting as a class and hope everyone can attend. Address is: 

3195 River Summit Trail, Duluth 30097

Happy Helpers - Monday - Jack ; Tuesday - Mary Grace ; Wednesday - Phoebe; Thursday - Sawyer
Thursday - Library

Upcoming:

Tuesday, April 28 - Leave at 8:15 - Cagle Family Farm Field Trip (Drivers meet at 8:00 at carpool area at cones inside) Drivers are: Mary Michael Massie, Judith McNeely, Wendy Crawford. All students need to bring in their booster seats. 

May 6 - all school Chapel (dressy enrichment)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible -  Psalm 139:13 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week - Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 5 - dictation of words and sentences, read/spell nonsense words, digraph review,  word families, practice reading with fluency, new reader "Will She Tell"
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - do, there (last ones for year)
  
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math -  Identify coins/value and paying for items using coins, equivalent sets, identifying doubles
• Centers - Butterfly book, butterfly glyph
  
• Habit -Fortitude

 

Mrs. Lawrence

March 30-April 2

Psalm 139:11-12 "If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the light about me be night, even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day for darkness is as light to you.

This Week:  

Happy Helpers - Monday -Jack ; Tuesday -Mary Grace ; Wednesday -Phoebe; Thursday -Sawyer

Thursday - Library & Kite & Rocket Day - 12:30-2:30 

                 Mystery Reader - Scott MacDonald

April:

Next week - Spring Break

Monday, April 20th -home meeting @ Summers' home

Tuesday, April 28 - Cagle Dairy Farm Field Trip (Drivers - Wendy Crawford, Mary Michael Massie, Judith McNeely) 8:00-noon

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:1-12 & Jesus Storybook Bible (begin new testament)
• Book of The Week - Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (author & illustrator) Russia (map) and vocabulary
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 5 - Long & short vowels (auditory discrimination), read decodable reader, My Pal Bo, with long vowel, dictation of words and sentences, make sentences, find and write trick words, readers
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - by, my
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math - Make April calendar; Tangrams - designs, flip, turn, slide; use number lines; measure length and estimation
• Centers - Decodable reader (My Pal Bo),  read words on plastic eggs (word families), auditory discrimination activity with eggs, Jelly bean measuring; Pysanky egg design/painting
• New Habit -Fortitude (April)

Hope you have a great week!

Mrs. Lawrence 

March 23-26

This Week:  
Happy Helpers - Monday - Zane; Tuesday -Avery; Wednesday -Evie
Thursday - No School, Conferences- Schedule below
8:00 - Crawford
8:30 - Wells
9:00 - Wurttemberg
9:30 - MacDonald
10:00 - Massie
10:30 - Summers
11:30 - Voss

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:11 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week - Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco (author study on her and Russia)
• Oviparous Animals (animals that hatch from eggs); Homework - Tuesday - find a picture of an oviparous animal and we will use this picture on Wednesday for centers.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 5 -Sentence structure, sentence dictation, narrative fiction vs. informational books. Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ck)
  Morning Writing -March book - practice spelling & reading trick words.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - of, have, where
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math - ABBC patterns; divide by sharing/comparing numbers; addition using cards
• Centers - Trick Words Hunt and sentences; Egg watercolor painting with oviparous picture from homework; Decodable reader "Spin to Win"; War card game (math)
  
•  Habit -Truthfulness

Hope you have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

March 16-19

"If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"
Psalm 139:11

This Week:  
Happy Helpers - Tuesday - Phoebe; Wednesday -Sawyer; Thursday -Tommy
Thursday -Library
Next Thursday, March 27 - No school k-2 - Conferences

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:11 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week - Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
  Composer Study of Prokofiev
  Types of instruments
  Vocabulary - symphony, orchestra, classical music, composer, genre, conductor, Russia (map),
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Begin Wilson Unit 5 -Sentence structure, sentence dictation, narrative fiction vs. informational books.
  Morning Writing -March book - practice spelling & reading trick words.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - or, for, what 
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math - Cylinders,cube, cone, sphere; Identify money, count by 1's, 5's, 10's; adding with manipulatives
• Centers - Diorama (illustrate beginning, middle, end of Peter and the Wolf), Journals, decodable reader (Pig's Jet), Story puppets - retelling Peter and the Wolf
  
•  Habit -Truthfulness

Hope you have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

Zane's 7th birthday 

So glad to have a beautiful, warm day!

Avery's show and tell - playing her violin and we all loved it!

March 19-12

This Week: 
Happy Helpers - Monday - Zane; Tuesday - Avery; Wednesday -Evie; Thursday -Mary Grace
Wednesday -Late start @ 9:25, Jeans Day $3 for missions
Thursday - Mystery Reader - Cami Summers (& Zane's birthday blessing)
                  -Library

Upcoming in March:
Monday, March 16th - Service project/teacher workday (Monique Wells - lead, Wendy Crawford, Anna Voss) 8:15 @ carpool -noon carpool
Thursday, March 26- No school k-2 - Conferences (Sign-up email next week)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week -  Author study - Ezra Jack Keats
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 4 (last week of unit 4) - Digraphs - 2 consonants make 1 sound (th, sh, ch, ck, wh). Long/short vowels. Review concept this week is -ck is used after a short vowel. Make words and sentences with sounds/letters learned thus far.  Read in decodable readers, dictation and creative writing. 
  Morning Writing -March book - practice spelling & reading trick words.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - they, who, your
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math -Nickels and counting by 5's, counting nickels and it's value; identify money; patterns (AB, ABB, ABC)
• Centers - 100 days of school continued (portrait of when they are 100); Peter's chair collage (Ezra Jack Keats); Sandwich book for comprehension and story parts; 
  
•  Habit -Truthfulness

Mrs. Lawrence

March 2-5

This Week:  
Happy Helpers - Monday - Mary Grace; Tuesday - Phoebe; Wednesday -Sawyer; Thursday -Tommy
Wednesday -100th day of school
Thursday - Poetry Recital @ 8:45 in our room- Mary Michael Massie will coordinate refreshments for reception.
     Cinderella Ballet - 10:15-11:15 (No library)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:1-10 & Jesus Storybook Bible 
• Book of The Week -  Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 4 - Digraphs - 2 consonants make 1 sound (th, sh, ch, ck, wh). Long/short vowels. New concept this week is -ck is used after a short vowel. Make words and sentences with sounds/letters learned thus far.  
  Morning Writing -March book - practice spelling & reading trick words.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - said, when, you
  Continue to drill these at home and after they can read them, learn to spell them.
• Math -March calendar, directionality; before/after; counting by 1's, 5's, 10's, money
• Centers - "I Live in Georgia" book; Georgia's products (match names to picture & write); Georgia map
  
• New Habit -Truthfulness; Review PEARL rules
• Picture Study - James Audubon's Brown Thrasher

 Mrs. Lawrence

February 23-26

The children love "Mystery Reader"! If you want to come, email or text me. 

It can be any day of the week if Thursday doesn't work for you. Your child will be so excited. 

*Also, if you were wondering, we decided not to have narration this week since we only had 2 days of school. The book, however, is one of my favorites! Ask your child about it - Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers and Abraham Lincoln. They love learning history!
 This Week:  
Happy Helpers - Monday - Avery ; Tuesday -Evie ; Wednesday - Jack; Thursday -Mary Grace
Tuesday - Atlanta symphony orchestra - DRESSY ENRICHMENT! Also, carpool will be located outside the office entrance like rainy day carpool.
Thursday - 8:45  - Poetry Recital- Dressy (Girls Sunday Dresses, Boys - Coat/Sweater & Slacks) Reception to follow.  Mary Michael Massie will give instructions for the reception food. Everyone invited (grandparents too)!
Mystery Reader - Josh Voss

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:10 & review   
• Book of The Week -  A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno.  We will study Japan during this time and review setting, characters, and main events in the book.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Wilson Unit 4 - Digraphs - 2 consonants make 1 sound (th, sh, ch, ck, wh). Long/short vowels. Make words and sentences with sounds/letters learned thus far.  Continue reading in decodable readers, dictation and creative writing.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - be, me, see
  Math - Comparing and measuring lengths, ABC patterns, more/less, identify and counting money, counting (objects) by 1s, 5s, 10s.
• Centers - Windsocks, Japanese fans, Wilson unit 3 reading assessment
  
• Habit -Thinking

See you Thursday!
Mrs. Lawrence

February 16-19

Psalm 139:10 "even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me."

This Week:  
**Children need to have entire poem memorized. Also, memorize Psalm 139:1-10.**
Happy Helpers - Tuesday - Tommy; Wednesday -Zane; Thursday - Avery
Wednesday -9:25 Late Start - Optional wear yellow day in honor of Kylie
Thursday - Mystery Reader - Grant or Monique Wells (8:30 or 11:45)
                    Library & Bake Sale (Bring $1.00)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:10 & review 1-9 
• Book of The Week -  Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers by Karen Winnick 
• Phonics/Reading/Writing - Begin Wilson Unit 4 - Digraphs - 2 consonants make 1 sound (th, sh, ch, ck, wh). Long/short vowels. Make words and sentences with sounds/letters learned thus far. New decodable reader, "Pig's Jet", Story elements (characters, setting, main events)
  Trick Words (new cards sent home this week) - we, she, he
• Math - Comparing and measuring lengths, identifying/comparing shapes with geoboards, coin identification and value, number identification and writing.
• Centers - Mystery Picture (number identification, fine motor); tie shoes, President letter
  
• Habit -Thinking

Prayer our class and families - Massie family (Mary Michael's healing & Henry's job); Wurttemberg family (moving - nearer to school/work); Wells family (buying a house/moving)

School - Myers family, Rhonda Jernigan (K teacher - she is Kylie's aunt), Bobby & Valerie Scott (they are very close to the family)

Please let me know of any others.

Mrs. Lawrence

February 9-12

"If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,"

Psalm 139:9

This Week:  
Happy Helpers - Monday - Jack; Tuesday - Mary Grace; Wednesday -Phoebe; Thursday -Sawyer 
*Bring something (bible story, verse, book, etc) displays love or kind words the rest of February.
Wednesday -Dressy Enrichment Lower Elementary Chapel 8:35

Important Dates in February:

Monday, Feb. 16 - No school

Tuesday, Feb. 24 - ASO - 11:15

Thursday, Feb. 26 - 8:45  - Poetry Recital (Please continue to work on poems and verses at home.  They will recite Psalm 139:1-10.)

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:1-9   
• Book of The Week -  Author Study - Leo Lionni.  We will read a book each day.  Some of the books are "Swimmy", "Frederick", and Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse."
  No book of the week narration this week, but homework on Tuesday will be a book report on a book that your child will bring home Tuesday by Leo Lionni.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing -  Last week of Unit 3 - Review all skills in this unit.  We will read decoadable readers, dictation work, sentence and story structure.  I will assess them next week on Unit 3.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - was, into, look
• Math - Measuring using cups and quarts and reading a recipe.  Adding, writing numbers in order and correctly, numbers bingo, right/left, before/after; Money (dimes); measuring length
• Centers - Centers each day coincide with our Leo Lionni book of the day. 
  
• Habit -Thinking

Have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

February 2-5

   

Psalm 139:8 "If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

This Week:
Happy Helpers - Monday - Tommy; Tuesday - Zane; Wednesday -Avery; Thursday -Evie - bring in your spanish word.

Thursday - Mystery Reader - Mindy MacDonald

                  Library - return books

                  9:45 - Make pizzas (Monique Wells to help) 

                 

Important Dates in February:

Wednesday - Lower Elementary Chapel - dressy enrichment

Monday, Feb. 16 - No school, winter break

Wednesday, Feb. 18 - Late Start - jeans day

Tuesday, Feb. 24 - 11:15 - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - normal carpool time but will be located in front of the chapel (more details to come) - Anna Voss to help

Thursday, Feb. 26 - 8:45  - Poetry Recital & reception - both are in our room

Mary Michael Massie (MOM February) has emailed a sign-up for refreshments.  Poems were sent home last week.  All memorization must be done at home.  We will practice at school.  The children will also recite our school passage that we have learned thus far, so please continue to work on that at home as well.

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:8 & learn and practice vocabulary words within this verse.  The Jesus Storybook Bible.  
• Book of The Week -  "Little Nino's Pizzeria" by Karen Barbour.  Themes in this book are: bigger is not always better, father/son relationship, servant's heart, homophones (knead,need).  Narration homework on Thursday.
  Also, we will make our own pizzas on Thursday to culminate this study.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing -  Unit 3 - Review new concept - /k/ sound at beginning of words.  When you hear the /k/ sound at the beginning of word, it will be a c if followed by a,o, u.  Use k if followed by e or i.  Story elements (characters, setting, main events)
  Auditory discrimination between long and short vowels; Decodable readers; Journal Writing; Making sentences and punctuation. Morning writing book.
  Trick Words (practice at home with cards) - as, has, had 
• Math - Months & Make February calendar, write numbers 1-20 correctly, beginning addition by combining sets and counting on; reading color words and following directions
• Centers -  This week - Make/paint pizza book; Reread decodable reader (Ben is Ten); Make short vowel book; games;
• Habit -Thinking

Have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence

January 27-30

Psalm 139:7 "Where shall I go from your Spirit?  Or where shall I flee from your presence?"

This Week:

Happy Helpers - Monday - Jack; Tuesday - Mary Grace; Wednesday -Phoebe; Thursday -Sawyer - bring in your spanish word

Thursday - Mystery Reader -  Ginny Wurttemberg (8:30 or 11:50?)

                   Library - return books

Important Dates in February:

Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Lower Elementary Chapel - 8:35 am -dressy enrichment clothes

Monday, Feb. 16 - No school

Wednesday, Feb. 18 - Late Start/Jeans day

Thursday, Feb. 19 - Bake sale

Thursday, Feb. 26 - 8:45  - Poetry Recital

 (MOM February) to coordinate refreshments after recital in our room.

Children will choose their poem(s) this week and I will send it home to memorize.  All memorization must be done at home.  We will practice at school.  The children will also recite our school passage that we have learned thus far, so please continue to work on that at home as well.

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:7 & learn and practice vocabulary words within this verse & The Jesus Storybook Bible
• Book of The Week -  "The Little House" by Virginia Lee Burton.  Continue studying personification displayed in this book and application in writing.  Narration homework on Thursday.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing -  Unit 3 - Review double rule (f,l,s,z - 1 syllable word after a short vowel); New rule - c, k (use c before vowels a, o, u & use k before e, i, y).  
  New Trick Words (practice at with cards) - is, his, on                                                Dictation - they tap and write words; Nonsense words; Sentence frames; Distinguish between long and short vowels; Decodable readers; Journal Writing; ABC order
• Math - money (dimes); number recognition and counting; matching numbers to set; more/fewer; balance/weight; more/less - counting objects & addition sentences; calendar concepts (time, days, months, date)
• Centers - New decodable reader (Ben is Ten); Make short vowel book; games; Make house book (memorize & write address); Listening center
• Habit - Self-Control
• Poem readings and selection

Have a great week!
Mrs. Lawrence 

January 20-22

This Week:

Happy Helpers - Tuesday - Zane; Wednesday -Avery; Thursday -Evie (On note card, write a Spanish word with English word on opposite side)

Tuesday, Jan. 20th -6:15 - Parent Meeting; Campus Meeting 7:30-9:00

Thursday - Library

February:

Thursday, Feb. 26 - 9:00  - Poetry Recital (in our room, more details to come)

 

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:1-6;  The Jesus Storybook Bible
• Book of The Week -  Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton. Study personification within this book and application in writing.  Narration homework on Thursday.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing -  Unit 3 - Tapping Words; Dictation - they tap and write words; Nonsense words; Sentence frames; Distinguish between long and short vowels; Decodable readers; Journal Writing.
  New Trick Words (practice at with cards) - yes, no, go
• Math - Dimes (identify, count, value of money); time to half-hour
• Centers -Snowman Letter hunt and making words; snowball trick words/write; listening center; snowman dice game; snow word families
• Habit - Self-Control

HOMEWORK - Tuesday - snowman (due next Monday); Wednesday - reading practice sheet - read words; Thursday - Book of the Week narration

New - Read 20 minutes each night (either take turns, child reads to you, or you read to them)

See you tomorrow night!
Mrs. Lawrence 

January 12-15

 

Psalm 139:6 "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it."

This Week:

Happy Helpers - Monday - Mary Grace; Tuesday - Phoebe; Wednesday -Sawyer; Thursday -Tommy

New - Since my time in Guatemala and my lack of speaking Spanish, I thought it would be fun and educational for us all to learn some Spanish.  I will introduce tomorrow to the children what I expect.  Each day beginning Tuesday, the Happy Helper will pick a word - write on index card in Spanish and English.  He/she can even draw a picture.  We will keep cards on a ring in the classroom to review. I hope to remember to send cards home.

Tuesday - First Semester Narratives (report cards) ready for pick-up in the office at noon.   

Thursday - Mystery Reader  - Anna Voss - 8:30 or 11:50 ?(beginning this week - it will be a secret who the reader is until he/she comes in that morning).  If you want to sign up, send me an email.  There are plenty of slots.

                -Library (send books back)

Next Monday - out of school

Next Tuesday, Jan. 20th - Parent Meeting @ 6:15 & Campus Meeting @ 7:30

What We Will Learn This Week:

• Bible - Psalm 139:6 & review verses 1-5.  They will need to have memorized all verses at poetry recital which will be the end of February.  We should be at least to verse 10 by then.  Please work on these at home each day. 
• Book of The Week -  Here is Antarctica by Madeleine Dunphy.  Narration homework on Thursday.
• Phonics/Reading/Writing -  Unit 3 - Tapping Words, Dictation - they tap and write words, reading/writing/tapping nonsense words, & sentences. Story Parts (Setting) & Comprehension; Distinguish between long and short vowels.  Decodable readers. Journal Writing.
  New Trick Words (practice at with cards) - to, not, can
• Math - Hundreds chart, counting by 1s, 5s, 10s, months, calendar and concepts of time, number recognition, AAB &AABB patterns, Estimation of pennies - count, put in groups of 10s and exchange for dimes.
• Centers - Penguin pushpin activity, map skills (Antarctica); Penguin Vocabulary book & penguin memory game; make snowflakes using shapes (fine motor, make design, identify shapes) & penguin math game.
• Habit - Self-Control 

Glad to be back!
Mrs. Lawrence