December

Peek at the Week ~ December 14-18

The excitement is mounting! We have had our first “snowsuit” snow. Please make sure your child's snow pants and accessories are marked. (You'd be amazed how many black snow pants and blue coats we have.) Also please pack shoes in backpacks – boots are not appropriate to wear all day. (Those little feet will get very hot.)

I am still looking for a “crafty” mom to come in this week or next to help the children make something for their family. The Parent-Teacher Support Group will reimburse you any costs.

Our week begins with our Christmas concert Monday night. The program starts at 6:00. I would like the children in the room by 5:45. The children are to sit with the class throughout the program and at the end of the program I will take them back to the room – you may pick them up there. We do this because of the number of people that will be in the gym.

On Friday we will have our annual Christmas Fair. The children will get to go first thing in the morning and “shop” for gifts for family members. The gifts are wrapped and the children will bring home their treasures.

MONDAY
Our Christmas program is tonight. Please have your little performer dressed up and with a Santa hat in the room at 5:45. :) Have that camcorder all charged up – we're CUTE!
Our story is What Happens When the Wind Blows?
In Math we are up to the number 9.

TUESDAY
Library Day ~ Last week we all remembered our books!      
We will learn the sound for the letter Dd. Ask about “Dinah the dancing dinosaur”.
Our story is a factual report on different kinds of wind storms.

WEDNESDAY
Mr. Elliot will be here for Gym. Don't forget sneakers.
We will have Show N' Tell this afternoon.
We're on the number 10.

THURSDAY
Mrs. Roach should be in for “I Care Rules”.
Mrs. Paquette will be here for Art.
A new pre-decodable will be coming home today.

FRIDAY
Annual Christmas Fair ~ Don't forget a Christmas list and money.
We will have some fun with The Gingerbread Man today.   
We are up to number 12.



Peek at th week ~ December 7 – 11

Progress reports have been attached. If you have any questions and/or concerns please get in touch with me.

Some dates to mark on your calendar in December are the 14th for our Christmas concert (Have a Santa hat yet?) and the 18th is our annual Christmas Fair. We are looking for parents to help with wrapping and we need donations of wrapping paper, gift bags, and bows. We will have our Christmas party on Tuesday, December 22nd. I sent home gift exchange names last Wednesday. If you are not able to participate in the gift exchange please let me know.

I am still looking for some moms that would do a Christmas craft with the children. The Parent-Teacher Support Group will reimburse your costs.

As many of you are aware, our district is in a financial freeze. This means we must earn our money for field trips in the spring. On Monday we will have a bake sale for grades K-2. I have asked our room mothers to contact people (3 or 4) to bake and/or help sell. If you can help, please let Andrea Joyce or Lisa Ramsdell know. (The children will want money to buy an after lunch treat.)

We are beginning our Unit 4 reading book and with this we are moving into sounds! Each letter has a story and hand motion to help the children remember it. We will learn 2 sounds a week. At this point, the children should recognize all letters of the alphabet.

MONDAY
K-2 Bake Sale after lunch.
I will be out of town today the children will have Mrs. Merritt substitute.
Our first letter sound /Ss/.
Our Unit 4 stories are about The Wind.
We will have computer lab this afternoon.
In Math we move onto numbers 6-12.

TUESDAY
How many things can you little learner find that start with the /Ss/ sound?
We are on the number 7.
It is library day. Don't forget to return books so you can get a new one.                                   

WEDNESDAY
Our story is Gilberto and the Wind.
Mr. Elliot will be here for Gym today. Please remember sneakers.
We will have Show N' Tell this afternoon.

THURSDAY
Mrs. Roach should be in for “I Care Rules”.
New letter sound ~ /Mm/
Mrs. Paquette will be here for Art.

FRIDAY
Wow! Is it Friday already?
Try having your little learner differentiate between /Ss/ and /Mm/ things around the house.
A new pre-decodable will come home. Are you going over high-frequency words each night?


November 30-December 4

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. It is hard to believe December is here already. I am sure the excitement is mounting at your home. We will be having our Christmas program on Monday, December 14th. Our Christmas Fair will be December 18th. We are looking for helpers and donations of paper, tape, bows, and gift bags.

The children have made so many gains. We are still struggling with using the lines for writing. It is important the children realize the difference between capitals and lower case letters. Some of the problems I am seeing are developmental, but some is the need for a little extra practice. Have your child practice letters and their name at home.

MONDAY
We will have Computer Lab this afternoon.
Our story in Reading is Don't Need Friends.
In Math we are working with ordinal numbers. (This often proves to be a challenge.)

TUESDAY

Library Day ~ Please make sure you have your book in your backpack.                              
We are sorting letters by lines and curves.More ordinal numbers today.

WEDNESDAY
Mr. Elliot will be here for Gym.
We will have Show N' Tell this afternoon.
We will work with graphs in Math.

THURSDAY
Mrs. Roach will be here for “I Care Rules”.
Mrs. Paquette will be here for Art.
We will have a review of numbers 0-5 in Math.

FRIDAY
A new pre-decodable will be coming home. Are you practicing the high-frequency words a couple of times a week?
Chapter 3 assessment in Math.

Popsicles will be on sale at lunch time. ($.25)