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