Sight Word List #4 has been sent home. Please help your child practice the sight words each night as part of their daily reading. They should be ready to pass off the yellow list by the first week of January when we come back.
There are still some students not wearing jackets to school. The weather is FREEZING and dangerously cold without proper protection. Make sure they have a coat on when they come to school. If you think your child's coat or jacket is missing you may consider checking in our classroom. We have 13 (last count) that are left here and need an owner.
We are working on our "Super Secret Christmas Gift". We will have them finished and ready to bring home by next week. If your child has not earned $1.50 please give them a small job so they can bring the money.
Our class T-shirts finally came! They are adorable-I hope you all love them as much as I do! Thank you for supporting our class, every student was able to get a T-shirt. They were so cute wearing them on the fieldtrip. We had several comments and compliments!
Over the next couple of weeks we will be working a lot on writing. A "special elf" will be visiting our classroom and we will make a book about his antics. We will also be talking about holidays, traditions, numbers to 20 (practice writing them at home) and sight words.
Now that the students are getting more confident in their handwriting (especially their name) they are getting lazy and sloppy. I tell them; "if they practice sloppy they'll be good at sloppy. If they practice neat they'll be good at neat". Please encourage them to do their best on ALL their work. We will practice numbers to 20 and last names for the next few homework days.
Our class read-a-thon is next Wednesday, December 18. Students are allowed to wear their pajamas to school that day and bring a small treat and a drink along with the books we have made in class with the purple school house stamp. They are the only books allowed for the read-a-thon! Hopefully all students have a special book bag or box and have been keeping their books safe to bring on this fun day.
We will be out of school beginning December 20 and return January 6. When we come back in January we will have a special week of sharing. FOR THAT WEEK ONLY students are allowed to bring a special news (a toy or gift) they got for Christmas. IT IS THE ONLY TIME TOYS ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO SCHOOL! If they miss their news day they will not be allowed to make it up.
We will not have centers after Monday, December 16 until we come back from Christmas break. Thank you so much for volunteering in our classroom. We could not have centers without your help.
If you ordered books from the book order they are here and can be picked up in my office. If you would like me to send them home with your child email or text me. (cell 435.463.1170)
cleaning the tables with shaving cream!
of course we had to play in it "a little!"
We also practiced writing sight words and numbers
making paper chains to countdown for Christmas
They were sooo loooong!
We used our good gluing skills, counting and making a pattern
Going to the airport to meet the Santa Flight
We were all so excited and eager to see the airplanes....and Santa!
....for about 3 minutes!
then it got WAY TOO COLD!
We shut the door of the hangar and played around inside until the last plane arrived
Here comes Santa Claus!
We waited patiently with our red noses
cold toes,
and frosty smiles
Santa was in plane number 15
When they finally came to a stop we watched him get off with his fellow passengers
They stopped for a quick "hello" then we headed back to the school where it was warmer!
They gave us all a candy cane before we left
