Mrs. Tally – January 6, 2014

Dear Families,

Happy New Year to You and Those You Love!!!  I trust you had a very relaxing vacation with wonderful, memory making moments. I pray 2014 will be a great year of rich blessings for you and your family. We are very excited to begin the second half of our year. Lots of curriculum and many standards will be covered in the next few months and you will see incredible growth in your child.

LANGUAGE ARTS – We will continue working in our Anthology book,  as well as begin some short literature studies. For comprehension we will continue on informational text and how to answer questions in complete sentences.

MATH –  We will will begin Chapter 7,  a unit on Geometry, Fractions and Probability. Remember to faithfully do 4 minute math drills at home. We will take our Chapter test on Money when we take the test on Chapter 7.  Please continue to practice counting change at home as well.

 HEALTH AND NUTRITION -We will be starting  a unit on Health and  Nutrition.  We will be studying the four food groups and what constitutes healthy eating.  If you have any magazines with pictures of  food items in them that we could use to cut out and categorize, please send with your child. Many thanks! I would also like to invite any parent who is in the health or medical field to come and share with the children about their professions. Let me know if you would be willing to come and share with us. The children are so proud when  mom or dad or grandma or grandpa come to our classroom and share.

SOCIAL SCIENCE – We will will start Unit 1, Families Now and Long Ago and will also focus on the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. and what God’s Word says about discrimination.

BIBLE –  We will be studying Gideon.

SCIENCE –  We will begin a unit on Weather and Seasons.

PEACH BLOSSOM – You have received the requirements for Peach Blossom before Christmas break.  I have also included the handout in Monday’s take home packet, as well as tips for learning your selection.. Your child needs to choose a poem, and send it to school by Fri., Jan. 10th. I received several before Christmas vacation. Your child should practice his/her poem a few minutes each day.  The date for classroom evaluations and the final assembly will be announced soon.  It will be at the end of January.

SHOW AND TELL – This week will be Team A.

WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATES – PTF will start distributing boxes of THE WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE on Thursday, January 9th for our New Year’s Fundraiser. It will run through January 30th.   The prizes will again be Weeples, however, they will only be distributed on Fridays.  Students will only receive their Weeples AFTER their money has been turned in, NOT when they check out a new box. Easy to sell and still only $1.00 each!  Parents MUST sign for the boxes of chocolate. Students cannot sign them out on their own.  (Once opened, the boxes CANNOT be returned.)  More details will be given to the students this week.  Have fun selling lots of chocolate!!!!!

1-5 – Happy 8th Birthday Tryphena Gunawan

1-6 – School resumes  – Happy New Year!!! 

1-7 – Happy 8th Birthday Caleb Mynderup

1-15 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

1-20 – Martin Luther King Holiday – No School

1-27 – State of the School Address – 7-8:30 PM – G.L. Johnson Chapel

2-3 – 2-7 – Parent Teacher Conferences -School dismissed at 12:00 PM 

2-10 – Lincoln’s Birthday – No School

2-14 – Happy Valentine’s Day!!   Party 1:20 – 2:40 PM

2-17 – President’s Day – No School

2-26 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM