Weekly Preview January 30-February 3

We've had another busy week! Our Book Fair was great, we celebrated the 101st day of school, we went to chapel, and we finished our culture study of Spain. We've had a lot going on!

Now we have a field trip planned for February 8. We will go to the Davis Theater to see the play "Henry and Mudge." We have our drivers in place and our sack lunches ordered. We will leave around 9:00 and be back to school around 11:30. We will eat sack lunches in our room that day. The cost for this was included in the activity fee for the year.

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching! We will have our party on Valentine's Day at 2:00. The children can start bringing their cards on February 10. We will make our Valentine bags in class.

We also have two off days coming soon. February 17 is our weather day and February 20 is Presidents' Day. That will be a nice long weekend.

Here is what we'll work on next week:
Reading -- ou/ow, classification
Spelling -- Spelling City list 8-1
Language -- adjectives
Math -- addition to 20
Science -- balance and motion
Bible -- Jesus Feeds 5,000 (memory verse Ephesians 4:32)

Have a restful weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview January 23-27

Thank you so much for helping with Open House! The Angels looked great and sounded great and everyone could tell they were having fun. I really appreciate the extra effort you made to get your child here for an evening performance.

We have had a very busy week. Mr. Ed Gannon from the Vintage Olive come to talk to us about how olive oil is used in Spain. We also got to taste some olive oil. We have more planned this week during our culture study of Spain. This week will also include activities to celebrate the 101st day of school!

The Book Fair will be in the Paw Place room downstairs this week. I have scheduled a time for my class to go on Monday and Wednesday so they can look or shop.

Here is what we'll be learning this week:
Reading -- soft g (ge, gi, gy), fantasy/realism, syllables
Spelling -- Spelling City list 7-3
Language -- adjectives
Math -- patterns
Science -- balance and motion
Bible -- Jesus Loves the Children (memory verse Luke 18:16)

Have a nice weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview January 16-20

We have started our culture study of Spain! Abby's cousin, Lauren Carroll, came and talked to us this week. She is about to go study in Spain for several months. She had lots of information and we were able to ask questions. She did a great job! We have other guests that will also help us learn about the Spanish culture.

Remember that Monday is a holiday. I sent the spelling words home Friday so you can get a head start on them. Also, please remember that we will sing at the Kindergarten Open House this Thursday night. Thank you for your support.

Here is what what we'll be learning this week:
Reading --soft c (ce, ci, cy), sequence, compound words
Spelling -- Spelling City list 7-2
Language -- ABC order
Math -- spatial concepts (symmetry, over/under, using grids)
Social Studies -- Work!
Bible -- Jesus Calls His Disciples (memory verse Matthew 4:19)

Stay warm this weekend! Molly called me from Iowa and it was 10 degrees with a negative 6 windchill! She will be happy to be back in the south!

Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview January 9-13

Thank you for MORE birthday wishes and flowers! I've had lots of nice surprises this week!

We kicked off our Spain culture study today. It will be fun to learn about another country.

Our semester celebration is at 8:15 Monday morning in Willett Hall. Students who made all A's for the first semester or who have been monthly top AR winners for their grade level will stand to be recognized. Parents are welcome to attend.

We will not have school on the holiday next Monday, January 16.

Here is what we'll be learning next week:
Reading -- y says e or i, summarizing
Spelling -- Spelling City list 7-1
Language -- synonyms
Math -- telling time
Social Studies -- needs and wants, goods and services
Bible -- Jesus is tempted (memory verse Matthew 4:4)

Have a nice weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview January 4-6

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a nice break! I enjoyed spending time with my family, my husband's family, and our family. We moved Molly home from Milledgeville and she's almost settled in at our house. She goes to Iowa next week and then she starts her clinical rotations here the next week.

Thank you for my surprise package of great birthday cards! That was so sweet!

Report cards will go home Thursday. I will not send home signed papers Wednesday when we come back to school. We did some graded work the week before Christmas and we will do some this week, so I'll send both weeks home in the red folder next Monday. All of this work will count on the third nine weeks.

In spelling this week we will review long vowel words. It's a short week, so the test this week will not count. I am starting the dictation sentence on the spelling test this week. At the beginning of the week I will give the children the sentence that will be on the spelling test. It will be graded like a daily edit sentence. I will check for spelling, spacing, capitalization, word order, and punctuation. We'll do all of this during the week but everything will be practice. It will start counting as a grade next week.

Here is what we'll be doing in this short week:
Reading -- long vowel review, predicting
Spelling -- Spelling City list 6-3, dictation sentence: Please pray for me.
Language -- contractions
Math -- fact families, graphs, place value review
Social Studies -- work
Bible -- The Boy Jesus (We will practice Luke 2:52 as a memory verse, but it will not count on the Bible grade)

See you Wednesday!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview December 12-16

It's almost here! We can't wait for Christmas! I understand that the children did a fantastic job singing at Jackson Hospital. Thank you so much for arranging your schedule to let your child share with others. We also enjoyed seeing the Kindergarten Christmas program and remembering what we did when we were young and in kindergarten.

We have been using the iPads and iPods in the classroom this week. I understand that some of the "giants" in the upper school would like to be back in first grade.

Please continue to count coins at home. We will add quarters to the mix next week.

The Christmas party is Thursday from 2:00-3:00. Carpool is at 11:30 Friday. Our first day back in 2012 is January 4.

Here is what we'll be learning next week:
Reading -- long u (ue, ui, ou, oo), details
Language -- nouns and verbs
Spelling -- Spelling City list 6-2
Math -- counting pennies, dimes, nickels, quarters
Science -- heat, light, and sound
Bible -- The Shepherds and the Wise Men (no memory verse--review the Christmas verses)

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. I am thankful for each of you and your children are treasures!
Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview December 5-9

Wow! December is here and the air is filled with excitement! It seemed to happen overnight.

Thursday, December 8, is when Ahna's Angels sing at Jackson Hospital. I am conducting a vocal ensemble at my church for our Christmas drama on December 9. 10, and 11 and our dress rehearsal is that night. Christy Hale is going to line my class up and Mrs. Etheredge and Mrs. McNelley will also be there to help. I'm so sorry to miss hearing them sing. Thanks, Christy, for your help!

Grades for this nine weeks are due December 14. We are going to count the grades for that week on the next nine weeks. So next week's grades will be the last ones that will count on this report card.

Our Christmas party will be on Thursday, December 15, from 2:00-3:00. We will have early dismissal at 11:30 on Friday, December 16. Students will come back on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.

We will be counting money next week. We will count pennies, nickels, and dimes with amounts up to $1.00. If your child is having some trouble with this, you can break it down by counting nickels and pennies, then move to dimes and pennies, then mix dimes, nickels, and pennies. We will add the quarters when we come back from Christmas. This is a hard skill and practice at home every night with real coins will be very helpful!

Here is our work for next week:
Reading -- long o (oa, oe, o, ow), ABC order
Spelling -- list 6-1 on Spelling City
Language --verbs
Math -- counting money
Science -- heat, light, and sound
Bible -- Jesus is Born (memory verse Luke 2:11)

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Morrison