📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The Winter Concert was a blast. We're so proud of our scholars! Thank you all for your support.
- Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
From the desk of our headmaster - Mrs. Brady - All students are allowed to wear holidays socks to kick off Winter
Break on Thursday, December 19th. Please avoid pop culture images. Santa and
the Grinch are not considered pop culture. The rest of the uniform should be
typical dress code.
Important Dates and Reminders:- December 16 - submit animal written report and poster board (optional)
- December 17-19 Half-Day 12:30 Dismissal
- December 20 - January 7 - No School: Winter Break
- January 6 & 7 - Parent Teacher Conferences - by invitation only
- January 8 (half-day) - Animal Report due
💡REMINDERS:1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.
2. The scholars should bring the following daily:- Water bottle with name
- Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
- Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)
*Your child may use the small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring to help them pack their things.
3. Please review the Driveline procedure here: directionsforparentsdrivelin.docx We have also attached the file in the resources on the right side of this webpage.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The Winter Concert was a blast. We're so proud of our scholars! Thank you all for your support.
- Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
From the desk of our headmaster - Mrs. Brady - All students are allowed to wear holidays socks to kick off Winter Break on Thursday, December 19th. Please avoid pop culture images. Santa and the Grinch are not considered pop culture. The rest of the uniform should be typical dress code.
- December 16 - submit animal written report and poster board (optional)
- December 17-19 Half-Day 12:30 Dismissal
- December 20 - January 7 - No School: Winter Break
- January 6 & 7 - Parent Teacher Conferences - by invitation only
- January 8 (half-day) - Animal Report due
- Water bottle with name
- Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
- Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)
💡WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
📕 SAYINGS:
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Sour grapes
- Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.
- It could always be worse.
- Let the cat out of the bag.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing
- Practice makes perfect.
- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
- Fish out of water
📕 POETRY: We will continue to assess their poetry recitation and memorization next week.
The Pasture by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;I'll only stop to rake the leaves away(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.
I'm going out to fetch the little calfThat's standing by the mother. It's so young,It totters when she licks it with her tongue.I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.
The Goops (Table Manners) by Gelette Burgess
The Goops they lick their fingers,And the Goops they lick their knives;They spill their broth on the tablecloth—
Oh, they lead disgusting lives! The Goops they talk while eating, And loud and fast they chew; And that is why I’m glad that I
Am not a Goop--are you?
Rope Rhyme by Eloise Greenfield Get set, ready now, jump right in Bounce and kick and giggle and spin Listen to the rope when it hits the ground Listen to that clappedy-slappedy sound Jump right up when it tells you toCome back down, whatever you do Count to a hundred, count by tenStart to count all over again That’s what jumping is all aboutGet set, ready now, Jumpright out!
The Caterpillar by Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry; Take your walkTo the shady leaf, or stalk.May no toad spy you, May the little birds pass by you; Spin and die,To live again a butterfly.
October’s Party by George Cooper (Stanza 1 only) October gave a party;The leaves by hundreds cameThe Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,And leaves of every name.The Sunshine spread a carpet,And everything was grand,Miss Weather led the dancing,Professor Wind the band.
📕 READING: Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We are now accepting sign-ups for the month of January. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12:30-1:00. Check your teacher's page on top for the reading volunteer signup. Sight Word Bookmarks will be on a ring in your child's reading bag or in a binder sleeve. We will be testing for sight word knowledge once a week. During this time, we will be moving students to the next sight word list if they have mastered the previous one. (Please do not mark off sight words at home- we will do this in class).
📕 SPALDING: Continue practicing at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.
Jobs of silent final e:
Job 1: Silent final e jumps over the consonant and makes the vowel say its name.
Job 2: English words don't end in u or v.
Job 3: c and g will say their second sound.
Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel.
Job 5: No job (silent final e does not do anything, it just has to be there).
rule 4: Vowels say their name at the end of a syllablle
rule 8: /er/ can be found in "Her first nurse works early".
rule 13: sh is used at the beginning or end of a base word
rule 17: Double f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound
rule 18: "ay" is used to say a at the end of a base word
rule 19: i and o will say their name if followed by two consonants
rule 25: ck is used after a single vowel that says its short sound.
sick
block
rock, back, neck
rule 26: Capitalize proper nouns.
rule 27: Words beginning with the sound /z/ are always spelled with z never s. (zoo)
rule 28: ed has three sounds and is added to form the past tense of regular verbs.
rule 29: divide words between double consonants
ap ple
lit tle
📕 SAYINGS:
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Sour grapes
- Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.
- It could always be worse.
- Let the cat out of the bag.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing
- Practice makes perfect.
- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
- Fish out of water
📕 POETRY: We will continue to assess their poetry recitation and memorization next week.
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
Sight Word Bookmarks will be on a ring in your child's reading bag or in a binder sleeve. We will be testing for sight word knowledge once a week. During this time, we will be moving students to the next sight word list if they have mastered the previous one. (Please do not mark off sight words at home- we will do this in class).
📕 SPALDING: Continue practicing at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.
Jobs of silent final e:
Job 1: Silent final e jumps over the consonant and makes the vowel say its name.
Job 2: English words don't end in u or v.
Job 3: c and g will say their second sound.
Job 4: Every syllable needs a vowel.
Job 5: No job (silent final e does not do anything, it just has to be there).
rule 4: Vowels say their name at the end of a syllablle
rule 8: /er/ can be found in "Her first nurse works early".
rule 13: sh is used at the beginning or end of a base word
rule 17: Double f, l, s after a single vowel that says its short sound
rule 18: "ay" is used to say a at the end of a base word
rule 19: i and o will say their name if followed by two consonants
rule 25: ck is used after a single vowel that says its short sound.
sick
block
rock, back, neck
rule 26: Capitalize proper nouns.
rule 27: Words beginning with the sound /z/ are always spelled with z never s. (zoo)
rule 28: ed has three sounds and is added to form the past tense of regular verbs.
rule 29: divide words between double consonants
ap ple
lit tle
📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR:
📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR:
This week, we introduced pronouns. I, me, my and mine can be used in the place of your name. You, your and yours can be used in place of the name of someone to whom you are speaking. Other pronouns discussed: he, she, him, her, it, his, hers, its. We, us, our and ours are pronouns that mean more than one person. Next up - verbs.
This week, we introduced pronouns. I, me, my and mine can be used in the place of your name. You, your and yours can be used in place of the name of someone to whom you are speaking. Other pronouns discussed: he, she, him, her, it, his, hers, its. We, us, our and ours are pronouns that mean more than one person. Next up - verbs.