Mrs. Stone and Mrs. O'Dell's

It's hard to believe that December is here! It's always a bitter-sweet time of year because we are excited that Christmas is on its way yet half of the school year is almost complete. We are so proud of our students' progress! We look forward to a fun and busy month that includes learning about Wants and Needs, Working with numbers 0-10, Addition and Subtraction to 10, Nursery Rhymes (rhyming words), blending sounds to read words, and much more!!!

**This is our last full week of school in December!

**Thursday is School Spirit Day. Your child can wear their WES shirt to show their school spirit!

**Friday is the last day before Christmas Break. It is an Early Dismissal Day. We will dismiss at 12:30. Please let us know if your child will go home different from their normal routine.

**Your child will have many special things in their bookbags to take home this week. Please check their book-bags over the break for these items.

**There is NO SCHOOL December 18-January 2nd! Students will return on January 3rd 2024!

**We will send home an optional review activity packet over the extended break. If your child would like to have something to do and stay in "routine", they can work on this packet over the break.

**If you signed up to bring items for our Christmas snack for this Thursday, please bring those by 1:30 on Thursday. We greatly appreciate your help! (See sign up link below)

*Our school is collecting non-perishable food items for our "Feed the Friends" Campaign. The class that collects the most food items gets an extended recess day. Please help us with this great cause! The deadline is December 13th.

**Keep up the great job with the homework routine on baggie books and Weekly Words Recognition!

**Don't forget to send a healthy snack and water bottle each day with your child.

**Please make sure we know how your child will go home each day. If you have changes in transportation, please call the office and send me a Dojo message.

If you would like to donate items for our classroom Christmas Snack which will be on Thursday, December 14th, please click on the sign up link below! Thank you for your help!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4AAAA823AB9-46542324-mrs

Reading

I can tell the sounds for the letters of the alphabet.

I can name all sounds heard in words.

I can name uppercase and lowercase letters.

I can segment and blend sounds in words (cvc words).

I can begin to write a sentence and illustrate a detailed picture to match.

Math

I can recognize, count with, and write numbers 6-10.

Social Studies

I can tell the difference between wants and needs.

I can explain why jobs are important.

I can explain the difference between goods and services.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:

*December 13th: Last Collection Date for Food Drive Donations

*December 14th: Classroom Christmas Special Snack/School Spirit Day

*December 15th: School Sing Along/Early Dismissal at 12:30

No School December 18th-January 2nd! See you back on January 3rd, 2024!!!

The price of ice cream in the cafeteria is $1.25. Your child may purchase ice cream on Fridays during lunch in the school cafeteria. Please send $1.25 in a labeled envelope with your child's name on it and please write "ice-cream" on it. Please put the envelope/money in your child's green folder. We won't see it if it's in their book-bag. Thanks so much!

**Klennex tissues

**Paper Towels

**Large bottles of hand sanitizer (pump)

**Lysol spray

**Clorox wipes

**Don't forget to have your child read their baggie book at least 3 times with/to you. Don't forget to sign the reading log each night. No books will be sent home on Fridays.

**Help your child read/recognize our Weekly High Frequency Words. We will send home words each week for recognition only. Students will need to practice recognizing/reading their Weekly Words each night. High-Frequency word recognition is very important-90% of texts students read are these "high-frequency words". We will have a recognition "test" on Fridays to check their progress.

REVIEW WEEK

The easiest way to contact me is through ClassDojo Messages or through email, stonea@wilkes.k12.nc.us. You are welcome to call my classroom at 336.651.4360, please leave a message and I'll return your call as soon as I can.

Email: stonea@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: wes.wilkescountyschools.org
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: 336-651-4261