Week of December 19, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: I sent home a note last Friday about our change in the date for our Christmas Party.  It is now in the afternoon of Thursday, December 22.  Girls should bring a "girl" present and boys should bring a "boy" present to exchange.  If you would like to send a Christmas treat or beverage to share with the class, those are welcome too! The Christmas store is Tuesday, December 20.  Everything at the store is 50 cents.  Students can purchase items for anyone on their list as long as they have the money for it.  This is also a good place for your child to buy their class Christmas present. The Baby Jesus Party turned out very nice.  We appreciate everything that was brought in.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Chapter 4 test (types of sin)  Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division (Please help your child practice their facts!) Science - Time for Kids Social Studies - KIND news Art -  Christmas activity  Spelling List usually worth family piece conversation whether special course shown around

Dates to Remember: Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Caroling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Thurs. Dec. 22 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

I hope that all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Drive safe and enjoy your time with your family. We must be working hard this year because we have already run out of pencils!  If you are able to donate another box of pencils to our classroom, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks so much for all your support! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of December 12, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: The Christmas Program turned out wonderful on Friday night.  Thanks to Ms. Betzold for her hard work and all my students that put their best efforts in to make it so nice!  We had a fun pizza party on Friday. With the guidance of Ms. Montano,  we were able to make homemade pizzas that were very yummy.  We enjoyed working with our Kindergarten buddies too!  Thank you Ms. Montano, Mr. Maynes, and Ms. Zifko for all your help! The Baby Jesus Birthday Party is coming up this Thursday afternoon.  At this party we will be celebrating the upcoming birth of Jesus by collecting baby items for The BRICK, making cards for people at the nursing home, and enjoy a birthday cake in honor of Jesus.  So far I haven't received any donations of baby items.  If you are able to send in anything for those in need, please do so.  Some of the items they are in need of are baby food, diapers, wipes, and baby shampoo. I plan to do our Safe and Sacred lesson on Tuesday of this week.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Sin/Reconciliation/Safe and Sacred Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE Math – Multiplication/Division (Please help your child practice their facts!) Science - Finish up body systems Social Studies - Wisconsin! Art -  Christmas activity  Spelling List class piece surface river common different through children answer thought

Dates to Remember: Thurs. Dec. 15 - Baby Jesus Birthday Party Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Carolling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Fri. Dec. 23 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

A note went home last Friday about our upcoming Christmas party.  If you have any questions please let me know.  We must be working hard this year because we have already run out of pencils!  If you are able to donate another box of pencils to our classroom, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks so much for all your support! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of December 6, 2011

Exciting events in our classroom: We had a great field trip today to WITC.  The students got to do 12 hands on labs about the human body.  They even got to hold a sheep's heart, eye, kidney, and brain! Our Christmas Program is coming up on December 9th at 6:30.  The students are busy preparing for that with Ms. Betzold. The students worked together to purchase the "class pizza party" from our Rock Star Class Store.  I was impressed with their efforts!  Mrs. Montano will be coming in on Friday to help us make homemade pizzas for the party.  They also purchased a class movie, so we will be watching Mr. Popper's Penguins.  We are excited because we read that book earlier this year! We will be finishing up our Guided Reading books soon and then will be starting an independent reading unit.  I will be focusing on individualized strategies for reading.  Students will have a book at their level to read at school and at home.  Please support them in their reading!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – God's image Language Arts - Guided Reading groups, writing workshop, CAFE reading Math – Multiplication/Division Science - Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Art -  Knights of Columbus contest  Spelling List matter that's among until almost sign money bright apple special

Dates to Remember: Mon. Dec. 5 - Field trip to WITC Fri. Dec. 9 - Christmas Program - 6:30 Thurs. Dec. 15 - Baby Jesus Birthday Party Mon. Dec. 19 - Christmas Carolling Tues. Dec. 20 - School Christmas Store Fri. Dec. 23 - Class Christmas party Dec. 24 - Jan. 2 - Christmas vacation

A note will be going home this week about our class Christmas party.  Please be on the look out for this information.  Thank you to Mrs. Zifko, Mrs. Sunie, and Mr. Maynes for helping out with our field trip today! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J