Christmas! December 15-19

Dearest Families,

I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you a few things. First, I am so thankful for this wonderful job. As you know, teaching is a lot of work but it is SO worth it! How can I not be happy when I get to serve and love children all day? What a blessing it is that I get to be your child's teacher. Thank you so much for sharing them with me. I love each one of them. Truly! They are all so special to me. 

Secondly, Christmas might just be my favorite time of year. I am not sure though I have lots of favorites. I love that for a little bit we all take time to be kinder, sweeter,and just open our eyes to each other! That alone makes this time of year magical. Last but not least, I love the Christmas music on the radio. Does it make you as happy a it makes me? Your children have had a large dose of it at school. One of my favorite stations on Pandora is Variations of Pachabel's Cannon in D. It is just LOVELY. It is all instrumental music and very calming. If you love music as much as I do check it out! I hope you have a beautiful break from school. Enjoy those little munchkins of yours! I will miss them for sure. School will resume on Monday, January 5, 2015. 

Love and Merry Christmas,

Ms. T

This week:

NO SPELLING (Merry Christmas Mom's and Dad's!! :)) I swear sometimes spelling homework is more work for us. It's like pulling teeth at my house! Enjoy the little break. There will be homework in the form of worksheets. They will be review and they should still read 20 minutes each night. Monday night there will be no math homework. We are taking a math test in class. 

-Friday is a half day and Crazy Christmas outfit day- No pajamas please

-Canned Food Drive ends Friday..thanks to all who have supported this!

-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Class Party Friday!

The kids did a WONDERFUL job at Marketplace. We all had a lot of fun and learned a lot too! Thank you for all of your help. Also, thank you so much for all the donations that have been sent in! I really appreciate you!!!

December 8-12

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The children did such a wonderful job on Galileo I saw a lot of growth! I am so happy! What smart little people they are. Thank you so much for your help in feeding them breakfast and getting a good rest each night. 

This week we will begin our literature study of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have so many fun projects planned for this unit! Who doesn't love chocolate week!! We will be doing all kinds of writing, science, reading, and math that correlate with candy. I think the students are going to really enjoy it and learn a lot in the process. 

Our class Christmas party will be Friday, December 19th. It is a half day. We will be having a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Party. Here is the link to the items we still need for our class.

We're using VolunteerSpot (the leading online signup and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming signups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/RTrxL6
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday: Half Day 11:30 dismissal Gingerbread Day 

Thursday: 12/11- Christmas Concert-Students arrive to my classroom at 6:40

Friday: Market Place! I am excited to see all the fun things students bring!

Spelling List:(short due to the half day and market place) 

1. journey
2. journal
3. courage
4. laid
5. lay
6. package
7. pack
8. physical
9. praise
10. properly
11. searched
12. smooth
13. thirteen
14. throat
15. touch
16. towel
17. umbrella
18. weapon
19. lose
20. loose

Greatness Projects! A flier with information about the Leader in Me Greatness projects were sent home Friday. Please check those out!

Don't forget to send in your canned food for our canned food drive. We are hoping to get 5 cans per student or more! Thank you to all who have helped! 

A few fun things.....we have been learning all about flowers and seeds. We dissected flowers yesterday and the kids had so much fun getting up close and personal with flowers.