Notes From Ms. Ferguson
Dec. 14
Thank you so much for your support this past week. We are still waiting on a
grand total on the amount of money that we raised for the Ronald McDonald
House. But I know we reached our goal of $1,500! I was so proud of the way
the kids worked together to sort, tape, and deliver the candy cane grams. It
was quite a task! The Holiday craft festival was a lot of fun too!
~ I have put new pictures on the website:
http://teacherweb.com/GA/SarahSmith/Ferguson/index.aspx
~I would like to give the spelling test on Thursday morning this week.
Please let me know if this is a problem. The week before Christmas is always
busy and fun and I believe it will be nice to get the test taken before our
party on Thursday. The new spelling words are on the website.
~Reading: In reading this week, we’re working similar skills from last
week. The kids are getting much better at opened ended responses and writing
in a complete sentence. We’ll continue to decipher the meaning of a word
based on its context clues. The test will also touch on:
using ?, > or !
using has or have in a sentence
long vowels in words such as cube, cute, flute etc.
~Math: We are working on the following skills: Greater than/less than,
number stories, turn around facts (2+9 = 9+2), and counting coins. We will
begin counting quarters after the holidays, so you could work on this skill
with your children if you’d like. I will be sending journal pages home this
week in case you want to review over the break. We will take the test on Ch.
5 until we come back in January. Please save the pages to review for the
test when the time comes.
Thank you so much for that you do for your children and me. Have a wonderful
holiday with your families!
Katie
January
6 – School resumes
15- No school for students (MLK day)
February
26 – Grandparents/Special Friends Day
*Go ahead and tell grandparents/special friends to mark their calendars!
