Weekly News and Homework

WELCOME BACK!  I hope you all had a great break!!  I had a wonderful Christmas with my family and an exciting trip to France with my sister and two best friends.  I can’t wait to tell the Vomvokids all about it and hear about their adventures as well!    

Here is a small taste of what we’ll do this week:

Language Arts: We will learn about and practice writing B words, sing songs, read many books, recite our bear poem, stamp our sight words (what, help) and practice spelling them every day, write upper and lower case letters, write in our journals, sing about letter sounds, make and learn to read B books, continue our literacy center rotations, and more!!

Math:  We will continue our unit on Numbers through 10.  We will also count by 1s, 5s, and10s (to 100!), work with our number of the day (Spanish, tally marks, addition and subtraction problems, etc), and graph the weather.

Bible: This week we will learn about Joshua and Jerico.  We will read the Bible, sing along with Wee Sing Bible Songs and Wee Sing More Bible Songs, recite, discuss, and illustrate Proverbs 16:32 (better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city), and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: This month’s themes are winter animals, seasons, and weather.  In addition, we will celebrate the New Year and learn about Martin Luther King Jr.  We will also continue to do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and more!!!

Sharing:  We have a sharing time every Friday during our afternoon meeting.

 

Upcoming Events:

Today, January 6^th: Chapel, 2:25-2:55.  Join us!

Monday, January 20^th: No school

Friday, January 24^th: Minimum Day, out at 12.  End of 2^nd Quarter

Monday, January 27^th: Character Trait Chapel, 2:25-2:55.  Join us!

 

This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed by Friday:

1.     Phonics page for the letter of the week- Bb

2.     Handwriting page for the letter of the week- Bb

3.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

4.     Sight word practice!  (See words listed below) FYI- starting next week we will learn 3 new sight words every week.

5.     Ten minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  I’m sure your child would love to read the book in his or her small manila folder to you!  Sight words are fun to read together, too.  Reading together every night is VERY important.  Let’s work together to develop a love of books and reading in our children!

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.

 

Sight Word Practice:

Please continue practicing these words with your child until he or she can read them fluently.

 

September-December Words [words we (should)already know]

I	big	we	can	in
it	like	up	a	find
see	two	not	go	to
red	have	name	is	make
play	too	are	run	for
blue	you	jump	this	do
and	one

 

January’s Sight Words (new words)

what	help	soon	little	down
here	was	ran	she	three
are

Christmas Play

AMAZING!!  I have no words.  I am beside myself with joy and excitement at how incredible that performance was.  They were just perfect.  I am so proud of each and every one of our little Kinders!!!

Christmas Play Request

Hi Parents,

We are looking for scarves, pillow cases, and/or other rectangular pieces of material in the following colors: solid green, tan, red, purple, and/or brown.  Please send them to school tomorrow or Wednesday with your child if you are willing to let us borrow them for the play.  We also need natural colored rope (we would need to cut it) and a big box of safety pins.  Let me know if you can help us out. 

Thank you!

Weekly News and Homework (a tad early...have a great weekend!!)

Language Arts: We will learn about and practice writing E words, sing songs, read many books, recite our elephant poem, stamp this week’s and last week’s sight words (this, do, and, one), and practice spelling them every day, write upper and lower case letters, write in our journals, sing about letter sounds, make and learn to read E books, continue our literacy center rotations, and more!!

Math:  We will continue our unit on Numbers through 10.  We will also count by 1s, 5s, and10s (to 100!), work with our number of the day (Spanish, tally marks, addition and subtraction problems, etc), and graph the weather.

Bible: This week we will continue to learn about the Shepherds and Wise Men and celebrate Jesus’ birth.  We will read the Bible, sing along with Wee Sing Bible Songs and Wee Sing More Bible Songs, sing Away in the Manger, Silent Night, Joy to the World, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, review John 2:3 and Philippians 4:13, and pray together every day.   

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: This month’s theme is Christmas and family traditions.  Our biggest project this month will be our Christmas play, which we will be at 9am on Friday, December 20^th.  We will also do our team jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, and more!!!

Sharing:  We will not have sharing on Friday this week (busy day!).

Donations: If you haven’t already done so, please send $2 to school with your child to help with the cost of the Christmas ornaments we are making with the Kinders.  You will love them; they are adorable!  Thank you!  Also, please continue to bring community snacks to school for our hungry kiddos to eat at afternoon snack time (crackers, cereal, cuties, apples, etc).   Thanks!

 

Upcoming Events:

Carols, Cookies, and Cocoa: Tuesday, December 17th, 3:15-4pm Attendance is optional, but encouraged. Our Kindergartners will sing Away in the Manger.

Kindergarten Christmas Play: Friday, December 20th at 9am in Monschke Hall. We hope to see you all there!  Please help your child memorize his or her lines and practice singing the songs.  We will provide most of the costumes, but please dress your child in a comfortable ‘base’ outfit the day of the play.  Solid, neutral colors will work best-- silver, gold, or yellow for the Star, white for the Angels, tan or brown for the Shepherds and Joseph, brown, black, or tan for the Innkeeper and the Wise Men, gray for the Donkeys, and black or brown for the Ox.  Our play is at 9am, so please bring your child to school on time dressed in his or her base outfit.  He or she may change back into school clothes after the play.  We will make ears for the Ox and Donkeys here at school. 

Kindergarten Christmas Party: Friday, December 20th at 1pm.  Yay!!

No school: December 21^st-January 5^th

 

 

This Week’s Homework:

The following assignments should be completed by Friday:

1.     Phonics page for the letter of the week- Ee

2.     Handwriting page for the letter of the week- Ee

3.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar.

4.     Sight word practice: I, big, we, can, in, it, like, up, a, find, see, two, not, go, to, red, have, name, is, make, play, too, are, run, for, blue, you, jump, this, do, and, one.

5.     Ten minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  I’m sure your child would love to read the book in his or her small manila folder to you!  Sight words are fun to read together, too.  Reading together every night is VERY important.  Let’s work together to develop a love of books and reading in our children!

6.     Please help your child memorize his or her lines for our Christmas play.

School library books are due every Wednesday morning.  18 out of 19 kids turned their books in on time last week!  Way to go!!!

Spirit Day

This Friday is Spirit Day at TLCS!  The theme is Christmas.

Ideas:
Red and Green
Santa Hat/Reindeer Antlers
Christmas Sweater
You get the idea :)

Sight Words Christmas Trees :)

 

 



Chapel

The Vomvokids did such a great job at Chapel today!  They sang This Little Light of Mine and My God is So Great in front of everyone!!  The entire K-2 also sang Shout it Out and How Great is Our God.  Rebekah Dunbar was our guest speaker today; she delivered a wonderful message about how to keep our focus on Jesus this Christmas season.  Thank you to all who joined us today!