Weekly Preview October 24-28

What a great Homecoming Week! Thanks for all of your help getting us dressed up for each day! It was so much fun, and the weather for the parade and picnic was perfect!

Since next week is a four day week for the students, I sent the spelling words home Thursday. We will take the practice test Wednesday and the test Thursday.

This week we did our first week of Daily Edit in language. Each day, I give them one sentence and read it to them. I tell them how many mistake are in the sentence, but not the type of mistake. There may be mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or spacing. They write the sentence correctly and I take the papers up. Then we go over the sentence together and correct it on the SmartBoard. They know immediately if they got it correct. I go through the sentences before the next day and correct the mistakes in red ink. If they wrote the sentence correctly I put a little smile face at the end. When they get the papers back the next day, they see where I marked their answers, but they can't change anything on the previous day's sentence. The five sentences for the week will count as one daily grade in language and will come home in the signed papers. This week was a practice and did not count as a grade, but I will send it home Monday so you can see what I'm talking about. I marked it as though it counted so you can see what the grade would have been, but I wrote PRACTICE in big letters so you'll know it didn't count as a grade this week.

I look forward to seeing you on conference day. I have several things to give you as we look at your child's progress. I'm booked close together during the day. If my door is closed, just wait out in the hall and I'll get to you as soon as my other conference is over. I'll be very sensitive to the 15 minutes so you won't have to wait very long. Thank you in advance for your help in all that you do to help your child learn at school.

Here is our work for next week:
Reading -- "bossy" r (ar, or, er, ir ur), evaluate, compare/contrast
Math --place value
Language -- nouns
Science -- liquids
Bible -- Josiah the Boy King (memory verse Proverbs 3:5)

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview October 17-21

I was so proud of Ahna's Angels today! Thank you for your presence. We had a terrific crowd. They LOVED the bus ride, too!

Next week is HOMECOMING! We have special days each day next week, so here is a brief description of what each day will bring:
Monday --Crayon Day: Dress in one color from top to bottom.
Tuesday -- Book Character Day: Dress as your favorite character from your favorite book.
Wednesday --Wear your regular uniform, but you can have crazy hair or a crazy hat to make yourself unique.
Thursday --College Day: Wear uniform bottoms and your favorite college T-shirt.
Friday -- Homecoming Spirit Day: Wear your Homecoming T-shirt or any Trinity shirt with long jeans or uniform bottoms, and wear uniform shoes.

The Homecoming parade will be at 11:15 Friday. After the parade, we will come in the room to vote for our favorite float, then we will be dismissed for lunch with our parents. If you want to order the Wildcat lunch, please send your form by Tuesday, October 18. Sage will not be serving lunch that day, so you will need to bring your own lunch if you don't order for our picnic. We will be dismissed from the picnic. Parents can get their child from my room and I will check you out as we leave for lunch. We will sit in the picnic area to eat, but you won't have to go back to my room. We will not need backpacks Friday.

Now, during the midst of all this hoopla, we will be learning! Here is what we'll be working on next week:
Reading -- 2 for 1's (sh, ch, th, wh), drawing conclusions
Language -- telling sentences and asking sentences (We will be starting our Daily Edit next week. It will not count as a grade yet. More to come....)
Math -- fact families, ordinal numbers
Science -- liquids
Bible -- Joseph (no new memory verse--we will review our previous memory verses)

Happy weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview October 10-14

Wow! The first nine weeks is over! Report cards will go home Thursday afternoon. Please sign and return the report card in the envelope.

I will send home a lunch order form for Homecoming in the folders Tuesday. Please return it if you would like to eat lunch after the Homecoming parade.

Remember that Holiday Market is Thursday and your child needs to wear the Ahna's Angels outfit.

Monday is a holiday! I sent home the spelling words for next week in their blue folders today so you can get a head start on them.

Here is what we'll be doing next week:
Reading -- more shortcuts (ack, eck, ick, ock, uck), classify and categorize
Language -- telling and asking sentences
Math -- subtraction facts to 10
Science -- solids
Bible -- Jacob (memory verse Genesis 28:15)

I've experienced some technical difficulties trying to export my very cute zoo slideshow to my blog. Bummer. Several people have tried to help, but so far it's still not working. I will try it another way and you may just have to sing "You've Got a Friend in Me" while you watch it. It will still make you smile. The children loved it when they saw it on the SmartBoard. Hope to have it to you this weekend.

Have a nice LONG weekend!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview October 3-7

We had another busy week! Johnny Appleseed's birthday was fun and the zoo field trip was fantastic! We couldn't have asked for better weather! It looked like our dads were having as much fun as the children! I took lots of pictures and I hope to have a slide show for you soon.

Here are some important dates in October:
-This is the last week of the first grading period. Report cards will go home October 13.
-We will be out of school Monday, October 10.
-Homecoming Week is October 17-21. We will have early dismissal on Friday, October 21.
-Parent Conference Day is Friday, October 28. Children will not be in school that day. I will let you know more soon.
-Ahna's Angels will sing at Holiday Market at noon on Thursday, October 13. We will not need drivers because we will be riding chartered buses. Boys need LONG khaki pants and a navy shirt. Girls need the blue jumper and white blouse. Anyone who comes to hear our angels will need a ticket to Holiday Market. They can be purchased ahead for $5.00 from any Junior League member, from the Junior League website, or at River Bank and Trust. Tickets are $10.00 at the door. We will have a regular day of school after we sing, but you can stay and shop!

Here is what we'll be working on next week:
Reading -- shortcuts (an, en, in, on, un), adding -ed and -ing endings, possessives, predicting
Language -- animal reports
Math -- subtraction from 10
Science -- solids and liquids (This will be our first FOSS kit of the year. It's a great hands-on program!)
Bible -- Abraham (memory verse Genesis 12:2)

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy this fall weather!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview September 26-30

We had a fun Fall Festival today! I'm so glad the sun came out! Steamy is better than soggy for a Fall Festival.

We will celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday Monday. Please remember to bring an apple Monday if you didn't bring one today.

Our field trip to the zoo is Friday. We will wear uniforms because it will still be a regular school day. Dads, we would like to leave about 8:40. We will be back in time for lunch in the room around 11:00. Dads will be able to go back to work. We will still do Bible verse and spelling test and other activities that day.

Here is our work for next week:
Reading -- clusters with l, s, and r (ex. sl, bl, tr, gr, sn, fl, cl, dr, tr) and main idea/details
Language -- We will be authors and illustrators for a special project!
Math -- addition strategies to 10
Science -- animals
Bible -- Noah (memory verse Genesis 9:11c)
We have also been working on a monthly theme for September. We have done lots of activities with apples and we will finish this theme this week.

Have a great weekend! Go Wildcats!
Mrs. Morrison

Weekly Preview September 19-23

Our reading groups went very smoothly. It was a great first week of groups! We also started our math notebooks this week. We do calendar activities every day, but we have added a notebook to record information. The children are enjoying this excellent learning tool.

In the red folders Monday you will find a form to help us plan for this Friday's Fall Festival and next Friday's zoo field trip. You can also go ahead and put October 13 on the calendar. Ahna's Angels will be singing at noon at the Holiday Market that day.

Here is what we'll be working on next week:
Reading -- short vowel review, story structure
Math -- addition strategies (counting on, using doubles)
Language -- asking sentences
Science -- animals
Bible -- Rules (memory verse Ephesians 6:1-3)

Enjoy our little "cool snap" this weekend!
Mrs. Morrison