Mrs. Lawson's Classroom News

We have had a great time this week. We worked on several gifts for our parents. We worked on our writing skills and took a handwriting assessment. We finished all our assessments so Mrs. Lawson can work on report cards. These will be coming home around the 11th of January. We had a great time at the movies. Student’s BEHAVIOR was AWESOME. I was proud of them. If you were unable to make it, your movie pass will be sent home with Christmas wishes. Our Holiday party was a blast. Thanks to everyone who sent in sweatshirts, stockings, goodies for the stockings, and food for the party. Making the edible trees was a lot of fun. Everyone looked cute in their reindeer shirts. I hope each of you has a wonderful and blessed Christmas. Hug your children and spend lots of quality time together. They are such a precious gift and I am blessed to work with each of them this year. I am sending homework today for when we return. A new schedule for our class will come home today also. Volunteers for the new center time will start in January. A schedule will be coming home on Wednesday. Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is , my, we, like, he, for, me, with, she. Please practice these words at home. Important Reminders: Put their initials in all coat labels. SEND WINTER change of clothes. ** We have PE on Wednesday this week. We will also be doing exercise videos in the classroom. ** We are out of glue sticks. PLEASE get a large pack of glue sticks and send to school for the new year. THANKS IMPORTANT DATES: No school 12/20-1/1/13 School Back in session 1/2/13

Mrs. Lawson's News

I hope everyone enjoyed their break. We are getting ready to begin December next week. December is always packed with lots of learning, assessments, and crafts. The boys and girls start to get really excited about the holidays. Next week we will begin our Holiday Unit that goes until Christmas Break. We incorporate reading, writing, and math skills into our holiday themes of trees, Santa, ornaments, reindeer, and many others. Our AIMS testing will be next week. I have pre-assessed the students and I am very happy with their growth. If you have not been practicing you might want to pull out the packet and review (especially on the phonemic segmentation- you say a word: cat and the student breaks it into the sounds c-a-t. We will be testing in reading and math next week. Next Wednesday is Ms. Martin’s last day. She has been a great asset to our class and we will miss her. She has done a great job. If your child would like to make her a card, please return by Monday. I am putting them all together for her to remember her time here. Put their initials in all coat labels. SEND WINTER COATS. We go out unless it is below freezing as much as possible. Also please send a winter change of clothes to keep at school in case of an accident. ** We have PE on Wednesday and Thursday IMPORTANT DATES: AIMS Testing 12/3 and 12/5 Ms. Martin’s last day 12/5 Math Club 12/5 SBDM meeting and Bazaar 12/6 Parent’s Night Out 12/7 6:00-9 pm *Please continue to complete reading homework and sign Reading Logs. *Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is , my, we, like, he, for, me, with, she. Please practice these words at home. Homework Corner Homework will review concepts that we have learned throughout the year. Please continue to turn it in when you finish it. Thanks!

Mrs. Lawson's News

This week has been so much fun. Our countdown to Christmas is well on its way with santa’s beard countdown. We have been earning stickers for our tree for good behavior. We learned about letter “Dd” this week. We did syllable counts, rhyming words, vowels, and blends. We made a great Reindeer fact book. Next week we will be doing activities with our Polar Express theme. We will continue our countdown to Christmas. We will complete our sweatshirts and surprise gift. Please send in your child’s sweatshirt and stocking by Monday if you have not done so. Important Reminders: There will be no homework for next week A new schedule for our class will come home on Wednesday Volunteers for the new center time will start in January. A schedule will be coming home on Wednesday. Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is , my, we, like, he, for, me, with, she. Please practice these words at home. Put their initials in all coat labels. SEND WINTER change of clothes. ** We do not have PE this week. We will be doing exercise videos in the classroom. IMPORTANT DATES: Monday 17th Movie night with Mrs. Lawson Tuesday 18th Winter Class Party 1:30 Wednesday 19th: PJ Day No school 12/20-1/1/13 School Back in session 1/2/13

Mrs. Lawson's Classroom News

It was a short week, but full of learning and excitement. I hope everyone enjoyed their 4 day weekend. We moved some students around in class to new seats. I hope the enjoy getting to know and work with someone new. We also changed our schedule a little to better meet the needs of all the students in the school. We will only be having one special per day. That special will be from 12:40-1:40 each day. We will rotate to Art, PE, Music, Library, and Computers. I will let you know in my newsletter our PE day. We will also be going to the Successmaker Lab twice a week. I love successmaker. It is designed specifically at the level your child is working. We started our Thanksgiving Unit this week with a cute story called "Turkey Trouble". We did several literacy activities tied to the story. We made Long-legged turkeys and copied a poem. We worked on our sight words in reading groups. Next week we will be looking closer at the Mayflower, Pilgrims, Indians, Turkey, and the facts behind Thanksgiving. We plan to make a book to tie them all together and watch some great videos to help us learn. Important Dates: Nov. 12-16 Pennies for Patients. We sent home the box to collect coins to return to school on the 16th Wednesday 14th Return Tom the Turkey in Disguise November 20th Thanksgiving Feast @ 1:30 in the gym. We will be singing a couple of songs and then the pilgrims and indians will feast together. November 21, 22, 23 NO SHOOL! Enjoy Thanksgiving. Reminders: Put names in coats. Send a jacket or coat each day Return completed feathers Return form about your item for the feast Send in a tee-shirt Return Tom the Turkey in disguise

Mrs. Lawson's News 10/19/12

The students were great coming back off the Fall Break. They got right back in the swing of our routine. We enjoyed talking about everyone’s break and seeing the pictures they drew about their favorite thing they did on the break. Thank you for coming to the Literacy Night. If you were unable to attend I will go over the information with you at the Parent Teacher Conference. Thanks everyone for signing up for the conference. Fall Fun Night was a blast. Everyone had a great time carving pumpkins and eating with friends. We started our 2 week unit on the Fall Season. We learned about the letter “S” and in Math we will be writing a number and deciding what is one more and one less than that number. We also talked a lot about leaves and how they change in the fall. Next week we will continue to talk about the season of fall and do some fun activities with pumpkins. Please remember to dress your child appropriately in the upcoming cool months. Put their initials in all coat labels. Also please send a winter change of clothes to keep at school in case of an accident. Remember to send in snacks for October after break if you have not done so. IMPORTANT DATES: October is very busy October 22 Grandparents lunch October 23 MSU play at Lovett October 24th and 25th Parent Teacher Conferences October 29th Trip to the Firestation October 30 Book Fair family night Please continue to complete reading homework and sign Reading Logs. Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is Please practice these words at home. Thanks again for signing up for a conference. If something comes up and you can not make your time, please call and let me know so we can reschedule. You will NOT get your child’s report card until you attend a meeting. Homework Corner Homework will review concepts that we have learned throughout the year. Please continue to turn it in when you finish it. Thanks!

Mrs. Lawson's News 11/2/12

What an exciting week. We made 2 trips to the fire station, planted tulips for Red Ribbon Week, watched the 3rd grade practice their performance, and voted for the next president. We worked on ordinal numbers by sequencing characters from “Where’s My Mummy”. We made a mummy and wrote about being scared. We read “Where the Wild Things Are” and created Max to go with our writing piece. We worked on letter Cc. In math we made number combinations and practiced counting by 10s to 100. Next week is a short week, but packed with learning. We will be learning about the letter Ii. In math we will be working with 10 frames. Our focus story will be “Turkey Trouble”. Put their initials in all coat labels. Also please send a winter change of clothes to keep at school in case of an accident. send in snacks for November. We have PE on Friday Please see note about tee-shirt for feast IMPORTANT DATES: November 5th NO SCHOOL 6th NO SCHOOL- Election Day 7th Math Club 2:30-3:30 12th-16th Pennies for Patients- bring in pennies 15th Germbusters Visit 20th Kindergarten Feast (more information to come) 1:15 in the Gym 21st -23rd Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL Please continue to complete reading homework and sign Reading Logs. Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is , my, we, like. Please practice these words at home. Homework Corner Homework will review concepts that we have learned throughout the year. Please continue to turn it in when you finish it. Thanks!

Mrs. Lawson's Classroom News

We have had a very busy and productive week! We had a lot of fun exploring our five senses. The students did a great job with writing equations this week. We also did a bunch of writing projects. I am so proud of them. Next week is Fall Break. Enjoy the time with your family. After Fall Break we will be starting a 2 week unit on the Fall Season. We will be learning about the letter “S” and in Math we will be writing a number and deciding what is one more and one less than that number. Please remember to dress your child appropriately in the upcoming cool months. Put their initials in all coat labels. Also please send a winter change of clothes to keep at school in case of an accident. Remember to send in snacks for October after break if you have not done so. IMPORTANT DATES: October is very busy October 8-12 NO SCHOOL- Fall Break October 18 Family Literacy Night 5:30-6:30 October 22 Grandparents lunch October 23 MSU play at Lovett October 24th and 25th Parent Teacher Conferences Please continue to complete reading homework and sign Reading Logs. Sight words that we are working on in class include: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is. Please practice these words at home. Assessments are complete and report cards will be printed the week of October 22nd. A Parent teacher conference note will come home after break. You must attend a parent teacher conference to receive your child’s report card. Please let me know if the assigned time and day will not work and we can reschedule. I hope to meet with each family. Homework Corner Homework will review concepts that we have learned throughout the year. Please continue to turn it in when you finish it. Thanks!

October 28, 2012

Specials Schedule *varies each week: October 1-5 8:30-9:20 Specials Monday Music and Library Tuesday PE Wednesday Art Thursday Successmaker Lab Friday Library and Music 12:25-12:55 Monday Art Tuesday Computers Wednesday Music Thursday Writing/ Guidance Friday PE Classroom News We had a lot of fun this week with our apple activities. The flip book the students made looked great. They wrote poems about apples that are hung in the hall. We tasted apples and made apple pies. We also learned about letter “Tt”. Next week we will be doing a unit on “Our 5 Senses”. It is always a lot of fun. We will be doing lots of exploring. We will be learning about the letter “Aa” in phonics. We will be doing some addition and subtraction equations in journal time. REMINDERS *Please send in October r snacks: enough for 22 students *Send non-spill water bottle to school They can refill from sink and bring home on Friday. Lots of exciting things will be coming in October. Look at the school calendar for October to find MSU play, picture remakes, Parent teacher conferences, Literacy night, etc…..More information to come. Mrs. Stacey Lawson Stacey.lawson@murray.kyschools.us Murray Elementary School 753-5022

September 21, 2012

Specials for September 24-28 8:30-9:20 Monday PE Tuesday Art Wednesday Successmaker Lab Thursday Library and Music Friday Computers 12:25-12:55 Monday Computers Tuesday Music Wednesday Writing/ Guidance Thursday PE Friday Library This week we learned about our American Symbols. We talked about many symbols, but focused on the Liberty Bell, Bald Eagle, and the American Flag. Students completed a craft with each of those. Some are in our hallway and others were sent home. We really focused on the letter "Mm" this week. Next week we will be doing a unit on apples. It is always a lot of fun. We get to taste test various apples and decide which one is our favorite. We are going to make apple trees about our class favorites. We will be learning about the letter "Tt". REMINDERS: 1. Bring water bottles 2. Snacks for September THANKS: 1. Thank you for the treasure box donations 2. Thank you for returning your money and field trip slips 3. Thank you for you support at home and doing your homework.

September 17, 2012

September brought us nicer temperatures and some extra time outside. Ms. Kayla and Ms. Leslie have been helping us in Chris's absence. We were able to start volunteering this week. I appreciate all your help and thank you for being so flexible as our schedule changes at times. If you are unable to volunteer on your assigned time, please let me know so I can adjust. Specials 9/17-21: 8:30-9:20 Monday #1 Art Tuesday #2 Successmaker Computers Wednesday #3 Library/ Music Thursday #4 Computer Friday #5 Music/ Library 12:25-12:55 Monday #1 Music Tuesday #2 Writing/ Guidance Wednesday #3 PE Thursday #4 Library Friday #5 Art We finished our introduction to numbers. We identified numbers 1-10, wrote the numbers 1-10, colored the correct number of pictures for 1-10, and wrote the number word for 1-10. We practiced picking a number and putting that many items in a circle. Continue to work on these skills with your child. Next week we will be talking about American Symbols. We will focus on the American Flag, Bald Eagle, Liberty bell. We have some neat craft activities to go along with our learning. We will be going to Fall on the Farm on Thursday morning. Please dress your child accordingly. We will be returning to school for lunch. Your child may make a lunch choice in the cafeteria or bring his/her lunch.

September 7, 2012

Next week we are going to study about Community Helpers. We have several fun activities planned. Our literature story is Miss Bindergarden Takes a Field Trip. This story introduces many community helpers. ****Dress up as your favorite community helper on Friday. * We are trying to organize community helper visitor stations for Friday also. SPECIALS SCHEDULE 8:30-9:20 Monday- Title Computer Tuesday- Library/ Music Wednesday- Computer Lab Thursday- Music/ Library Friday- PE 12:25-12:55 Monday- Guidance/ Writing Tuesday- PE Wednesday- Library Thursday- Art Friday- Computer This week was full of fun. We enjoyed the friend activities. Our favorite was comparing our name to our friends to see whose was the largest. We also made number books for numbers 1-8. When learning our numbers we need to learn how to write the number, represent the number with objects, and the word for the number. Thanks for sending in the fruit for our "friendship fruit salad". It was yummy. Our teacher assistant, Mrs. Chris had surgery last Friday. There were complications and she will be out for 6 weeks to recover. Please remember her as she recovers. We will miss her. REMINDERS: Snacks for 22 for September Headphones for computer lab Sign and return behavior reports Return homework and sign reading logs

August 31, 2012

Specials Schedule *varies each week: August 27-31 8:30-9:20 Specials Monday-NO SCHOOL Tuesday- #4 Computer Wednesday- #5 Music/Library Thursday- #6 PE Friday- #1 Art 12:25-12:55 Specials Monday- NO SCHOOL Tuesday- #4 Library Wednesday- -#5 Art Thursday-#6 Computer Lab Friday-#1 Music Classroom News Hello Kindergarten Families, WOW!! Where did August go? We have been soooo busy. We finished looking at the “All About Me” bags this week. Thanks for sending them in. The students really enjoyed it. Thanks for all your hard work on the homework and the reading work. Remember to send back the readers each day. Next week we will continue to learn the letters of the alphabet. We will be learning Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss. Be reviewing these letters each night with your child and the sound that the letter makes. Your help at home is crucial for your child’s success. I depend on you to do homework and reading work and any extra skills items that come home with your child to strengthen these skills. I need your help. Thank you. We talked about our families this week during theme time. Next week’s theme is Friends. REMINDERS *Please send in September snacks: enough for 22 students *Send non-spill water bottle to school They can refill from sink and bring home on Friday.. ***If you have not sent in Headphones- please send in ASAP. Each child needs a set of headphones to use in the two computer labs. We will keep those in baggies in the classroom. THANKS

August 17th News

Specials Schedule *varies each week: August 20-24 8:30-9:20 Specials Monday-PE Tuesday-Art Wednesday-Computer Thursday-Library/Music Friday- Computer 12:25-12:55 Specials Monday-Computers Tuesday-Music Wednesday-Guidance/Writing* Thursday-PE Friday-Library Hello Kindergarten Families, This week we worked on our MES Guidelines. We talked about each one and made a little book about how we meet the guidelines. T= Treat others the way you want to be treated I= I always do my best G= Give respect to people and property E= Everyone acts responsible R= Remember to cooperate with others S= Success is up to me Next week we are going to continue to work on rules and routines. We will be talking about “All About Me”. Please see the attached “All About Me” sheet to create your child’s bag to share next week. They always love sharing their things. Help is needed in the Computer Lab: If you have any old gift cards (such as i-Tunes and Wal-Mart) that are all used up/depleted with NO money on them please consider donating them to the computer lab. We are using them to make headphone holders! Thank you for your help with this! Mrs. Liz Wilson REMINDERS *Please send in August snacks: enough for 22 students The children are very thirsty. Please send a water bottle for your child to keep at school. This must be a bottle that is spill proof. Please put his or her name on the bottle. These bottles will be refilled at the sink. Students will bring or throw away bottles. Behavior: I have a great class this year. They are learning the rules so well. Some still struggle with some of the rules so I am reminding them and if they continue I am moving their clip to time out. The sooner they learn acceptable behavior the sooner we can do some great learning activities. Your child may occasionally forget so it’s not a repeated problem. All my students are progressing and are not bad behavior problems, just could be better with some rules. I want the best learning environment for ALL my students. We can have more fun when everyone listens and follows directions. I love my class! Thanks for your support at home.

Brand new year! 2012 Kindergarten News

Hello Kindergarten Families, We had a great first 3 days of school. My class is awesome. We have worked and played these past few days. We have learned many things about our school and our room. We have made new friends. We have listened to stories and made crafts. Next week we will be learning about the MES guidelines: T= Treat others the way you want to be treated I= I always do my best G= Give respect to people and property E= Everyone acts responsible R= Remember to cooperate with others S= Success is up to me We are going to continue to learn about our school, rules, and make new friends next week. Help is needed in the Computer Lab If you have any old gift cards (such as i-Tunes and Wal-Mart) that are all used up/depleted with NO money on them please consider donating them to the computer lab. We are using them to make headphone holders! Thank you for your help with this! Mrs. Liz Wilson My tenative schedule: 7:20-7:40 Opening (includes Tiger Cub News) 7:40-8:30 Math 8:30-9:20 Specials * varies each week:(Monday-Art; Tuesday-Computer; Wednesday-Library/Music; Thursday-Computer; Friday-Music/Library) 9:20-10:00 Math 10:00-10:30 Reading Groups 10:30-11:10 Core Reading 11:15-11:40 LUNCH 11:45-12:00 RECESS 12:00-12:25 Phonics/ Phonemic Awareness/ Handwriting 12:25-12:55 Specials *varies each week:(Monday-Music; Tuesday-Guidance/Writing; Wednesday-PE; Thursday-Library; Friday-Art) 12:55-1:25 Academic Centers 1:25-1:55 Social Centers 1:55-2:25 Snack/ Rest/ Review 2:25 Dismissal