Word Wall and Spelling Words

You will notice that there are only two new Word Wall Words this week. I want to spend this week and next reviewing and working with the words we have. There will be no new Word Wall Words until after Christmas. Please review Key Words over Christmas with your child until he/she knows them by sight.
For Spelling this week we are reviewing the "ay" spelling pattern.
Also, we have been working hard on learning to use the short vowels in reading and writing and they should be solid. After Christmas we will focus on long vowels. 

Message from Santa

Please see a new link, portablenorthpole.tv. With a little input from you, your child can receive a personalized video message from Santa. Four easy steps. Thanks Mrs. Gramlich, for letting me know about it!

Two Weeks 'Til Christmas Break

We will be doing some Christmas crafts on Friday, December 16th. Some parent help would be beneficial. I am still looking for one or two more helpers for the Gingerbread Baking Day, Tuesday, December 20th. We roll, cut and bake from 11:00 to 12:00, although I need another one or two parents to be able to bake during lunch if necessary. It is hard to judge how long it will take. The decorating in the afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00, students handle quite well on their own, but getting the cookies packaged for home and things cleaned up requires adult help. Please let  me know. So far I have Mrs. Gramlich and Mrs. Sparrow for both baking and decorating and Mrs. Mitchell for decorating. If we had one more parent for the morning baking, who could stay until the cookies were baked, we could manage quite nicely.

Crafts

There will be no craft time on Friday, Dec. 8th due to me being ill. We will "craft" extra hard next Friday! I apologize for any inconvenience this change in plans has caused.

Christmas Concert

The Little Ladies

The Young Men

Waiting in the Wings

This little light of mine

I'm "gonna" let it shine!
Thank you parents, for getting your children spiffed up and to school for our concert. The girls all looked as sweet as can be and the boys cute as bugs! They sang their little hearts out and I think sounded great, although I may be a little bias! Let me know if anyone got a light-up angel that doesn't work. I have a couple of extras just in case.

New Link

I have added a new link for some Christmas fun; noradsanta.  The Light up the Christmas tree is a fun challenge!

December Happenings

We are in the Christmas Spirit and looking forward to some special Christmas activities.  The most important is our annual Gingerbread Cookie Bake with our 3B Buddy Class.  We rely on several helpers for this activity to be a success. Our plan is to do them on Tuesday, December 20th; roll and bake from 11:00 to 12:00 and decorate from 1:00 to 2:00. You can help in the morning, afternoon or both. We also plan on two Friday afternoon craft times; December 9th and 16th.  If you are interested in helping out please let me know and I will fill you in on the details.

1T NEWS

We are enjoying our Netbooks during Literacy Groups.

And the Ball Chairs are a wonderful change!

He's making a list!