Challenging the Mind, Nurturing the Heart,
Living the Gospel
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Reminders: Week of December 2, 2019
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!
The next three weeks are packed with Advent and Christmas hustle and bustle. I will keep you informed of everything you need to know.
Monday: Gym and Library (No books came home last week)
Tuesday: Our class will shop in the Secret Santa shop today. If your child will be shopping please return the special envelope by today.
Letter FROM Santa: One of the fun activities we do here at MPRCS is send letters to Santa. We put them in a real mailbox and they are picked up by a real mailman while we watch. I will send a copy of your child’s letter home to you in your child’s folder secretly taped closed. Your job is to write a reply to your child’s letter as if it were from Santa. All you need to do is type the letter as if you are sending a message to me on ClassDojo. Super Easy!!! I will copy/paste it from there onto special paper. The children will receive the letters later this month. Please write your reply letter as soon as you get your child’s letter in their folder. (Not too long of a letter!)
Gingerbread houses: Our class will be making gingerbread houses next week. Each child will make their own! I have purchased all of the supplies and am requesting that each parent send in $3.00 to cover the cost. It is much easier than requesting the items from you. I hope you don’t mind.
Light Bulbs: If you did not return the light bulb paper that was sent home before Thanksgiving please do so at this time.
Christmas wrapping paper scraps: As you proceed through the month please send in any scraps you have from cute wrapping paper or ribbon. Our sensory bin this month is a cutting bin. It is filled with a variety of Christmas wrapping paper scraps and ribbon and it is sure to be a hit!!!
Advent Acts: Your child will have a little manger hanging on the wall here at school. You will receive strips of yellow paper that are the hay for the manger. When your darling does an act of kindness at home please write the act and child’s name on the yellow strip and send it to school. I will put it in their manger. If you run out of yellow strips just message me and I’ll send more home to you.
Coming up: Frosty field trip: December 13
Pajama Day, Breakfast with Santa/Polar Express Movie Day: December 18
Christmas Pageant: December 19 7:00 p.m. in church
Ugly Sweater Contest: December 20th (or Christmas Dress Down Day
Weekly Reminders November 18 and November 25, 2019
We are going to have a blast learning about Thanksgiving and I am soooo excited!!!
We will begin by making a bead bracelet which we will use each day to practice saying a poem that will teach us the story of the First Thanksgiving. When the bracelet eventually makes its way to your house you can help your child say the poem too.
We will learn about animal tracks and identify the tracks or deer, moose, rabbits, coyotes, bears, and racoons via a book and an educational video. Next we will have some fun with animal tracks using the fiction book “Run, Turkey, Run” by Diane Mayr. We will make a class book in which the children draw the place that their turkey will hide, and then paint turkey tracks using a pipe cleaner turkey foot.
Next we will practice cutting as we look through grocery circulars and discuss healthy foods, then cut out our favorites, healthy or not, glue them on a brown bag, and share them with the class.
We will practice numbers and counting with our Candy Corn math game, make a Native American craft for an art project, color a candy corn prayer, make a turkey hat with our prayer partners, write in journals and draw our Thanksgiving dinner.
We will sing and dance to a ton of Thanksgiving songs. All of this will end with Grandparents Day! No wonder I am sooooo excited!!! (And I will need some rest before cooking Thanksgiving dinner and some shopping).
Here are your reminders:
Monday: Library and Gym (Both weeks)
Tuesday: Send in a circular from any grocery store with foods your child likes in it.
Friday: Show and tell: bring in something you are thankful for.
Tuesday, November 26: Grandparents Day-Information for this event was sent home to you last week in your child’s folder.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for my awesome job teaching your positively adorable and delightful children. Here is a little Thanksgiving gift for all of you super wonderful parents. Hope you love it as much as I do! https://edpuzzle.com/media/5dc55df1c1f6ca409f940126
Reminders Week of November 11, 2019
Work on your turkey in disguise. Bring it to school by Wednesday.
Send in Mac and Cheese, Mashed potatoes, and Stuffing for the food drive if you wish.
Scholastic book orders due by Wednesday, November 13th.
Monday: Gym and Library
Tuesday: Take a walk around your yard or neighborhood and collect a dozen or so colorful fall leaves of various types and sizes. Bring them to school on Wednesday. We will make a fall leaf book with these! Can’t collect leaves? No worries, I will have plenty of leaves if you do not send any to school.
Thursday: Happy Hair Day! Children come to school with a happy hair style in honor of Mr. H’s Happy Hair. It can be colored, special hair accessories, wigs, hats, etc. This is a voluntary activity for children who wish to participate.
Friday: Show and tell letter H
Have a wonderful week and God Bless you in all of your endeavors!
Reminders: Week of November 4, 2019Monday: Gym and Library
Tuesday: Homework paper will be in the folder: Mooncake coloring/return by Friday if you want to get a ClassDojo point for your homework. No scribbling!
Thursday: Please bring in two snack size packs of M&M’s from your Halloween candy for graphing. (Anyone with extras are welcome to send them)
Friday: First Friday Mass (although it is the second Friday)
Show and Tell letter M
I expect to be out of school at a STEM workshop today.