Thursday, Dec. 9

 Whew, today was a whirlwind!

We had two secret readers! They both were great and both brought us fun books to read! Ask what the books were about (sleeps till Christmas and "Don't push the button!")

We are working so hard on missing parts in math. I think we made some headway today.... see if your firstie can find the related fact to this:

___ + 7 = 16    (To solve, we find the related fact.... 16-7=9)

or this: 

____ + 4 = 12  (related fact...12-4=8). 

There is NO HOMEWORK tonight...I was able to have a sub work with the kids today so I could get through all 17 DIBELS tests. This is the assessment that measures growth in reading. I LOVED listening to each one read so carefully! I am so proud of them!!

In centers, we are working hard on reading fluently. Your child may have brought home a book tonight..if so, have them read to you! They are getting so confident!

Tomorrow is Friday! Enjoy the beautiful evening! See you in the morning!

Wed. Dec. 8, 2020

 Today we learned our first vowel digraph...ai. The keyword is rain!!

Have your firstie code and read these words:

rain

train

sprain

After chapel, we came back and reread our story: "How Leopard got his Spots". Can your firstie tell you the story? What happened first? What was their favorite part? We even looked at the rain forest, and checked out a map of the world to find where the most rain forests were! What can your firstie remember about rain forests?

In the afternoon, we did some tricky math.We found the unknown number in an addition problem. For example: I have 3 puppies. We got some more. Now I have 8. How many did I get?  Ask your firstie to show you how we set it up!!

We had a special reader who also played a special instrument~ he reminded us how important it is to sing "Happy Birthday to Jesus" on Christmas~~

We ended our day reviewing why we have rules, and what they are for. Then we talked about out helpers at school. What does the custodian do? How about the secretary? The principal? The teacher?

NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT! 

See you tomorrow! 

Happy Monday, Dec. 6, 2021

 Here's the speedy rundown of our day!

Jesus time, we talked about Luke 2, Why were Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem? Why was it so crowded? What did the shepherds see?

We followed up the Biblical account with the story of the Crippled Lamb...such a sweet story. Here's a link to it (we read it, but here's a way to listen together...)

We learned that compound words come from two words put together. Can your firstie think of any? If not, give them the first word and see if they can make it into a compound word!

In the afternoon (after rainy specials and a rainy lunch) we wrote about what would happen if Santa took the bus! Some funny things sure did happen! We then had center time!

We were blessed with TWO secret readers today! There's still time to be a reader if you aren't on the list...text me and we can make it work! 

HW: Just phonics! Have a blessed night!

Friday, Dec. 3, 2021

 We began today talking about Mary and Joseph and the angel! Ask to see the drawing of an angel that your kiddo did!! What news did the angel bring? 

We then took a phonics test and a comprehension test! I am SO PROUD of the hard work these kiddos do! They are really using all their skills and strategies to sound out words and to spell! 

We had two specials this morning...what did they do in art and music today? Ask them! 

After lunch we finished a directed drawing of baby Jesus! These will come home before Christmas, because they are so so good! 

Finally, we had a secret reader! Who came to read today? What was the story about!?

Oh...and where were the wise men today?!

(Library on Monday...bring back your books!)

Have a blessed weekend! 

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021

 Today, we learned about the angel's message to Mary. What was surprising about that? How do you think Mary felt? An angel also visited Joseph...what did he say? We even talked about how Jesus's birthday is an invitation for the whole world! 

Phonics was all about our first TRIGRAPH! This is three letters that make one sound. We learned -igh. Start looking for it everywhere! 

Look at how much we code now!! Anytime your firstie needs something to do, ask them to code ! They are rockstars!

Social studies was all about rules...why do we have them? What are some for your house? Do they fall into the same catagories? I bet they do! Can you name any at school? Why do we need them in our school? 

Finally we worked through some centers together. It's nice to have time to listen to reading, work on words, and just work on being friends! What was your favorite center today? 

Our secret reader read this...it's perfect because it ties in all our nativity people! Where were our classroom wisemen hiding today?

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Phonics hw tonight. No spelling test! 

Tuesday, Nov. 30

 We just finished our 68th day of school! It was a busy one!

We began with our last two leaders in the faith, King Jehoshaphat and Queen Esther. The religion book should be home now- use it to learn a bit about how trusting God can lead to great things happening!

We also worked on our second /y/ sound.... our keyword picture is CANDY. "Y" can sound like /i/ or /e/ and sometimes it is even a suffix! We have been busy putting this all together!

We read a story about the ocean. What animals did your child like to read about? Were there any new facts learned today? What in the world is kelp?

In math, we wrapped up our subtraction unit but working on fluency! 

We had a secret reader who introduced us to the Grinch, who had a change of heart by the end of the story. What was the lesson we can learn?

We practiced hard for our worship tomorrow and even found some wandering wisemen!

Chapel tomorrow, and only one piece of homework tonight!

Monday, 11/29

 It was SO GREAT to be back together!! 

We began our day talking about Advent. What color represents hope? What word is our theme this week? Ask to see your firstie's Advent book. We then talked about our traveling wise men....they are on their way to Jesus but haven't gotten to Bethlehem yet. Where were they today? 

We worked on VOWEL Y today. This letter is tricky!! It's a vowel at the end of words, but usually a consonant at the beginning! Have your firstie code:

cry

try

shy

We also learned two new heart words:

love    move

Can your firstie tell you the heart part?

Our spelling practice test today reminded us to story those sight words: their, goes

We wrote them in class a couple times! 

We had our FIRST SECRET READER! Ask who it was today!! The story was The Christmas Story, straight out of the Children's Bible. We heard about Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, angels and shepherds. It was the perfect way to start our Advent season.

In the afternoon, we practiced for our Advent Service on Wednesday. Ask your kiddo to sing a song from that program! SO CUTE! 

Homework tonight! 2 Pages...phonics and math! 

Have a blessed night!