Happy November! I still can’t believe how fast this year is flying by! This is a wonderful time of the year in which we can remember and be thankful for  all the Lord has blessed us with. We know that every good gift is from God. It also reminds me that we need to be thankful at ALL times for the things that we have. This month the theme for our class is thankfulness. As a class we will be discussing through the month what we are thankful for, and to know that these things come from God.

We had a great time this month learning about harvesting and pumpkins! On Friday we did pumpkin tasting! The kids were able to taste pumpkin cake, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin bars!! We also made a class graph to see which one everyone liked the best!

Language Arts: This week students will be going over a review of all the spelling rules we have learned this far. This is a great time to review with them. We will be reviewing double consonants and various word endings. We are continuing to learn the beginning, middle, and end of a story as well as main characters and settings. When reading at home with them this is a great reinforcement for you to do with them as well. We are also continuing to practice our sight words each day in our reading groups.

Writing: We will be working on writing an expository text about a real place.

Math: This week we will be working on chapter 4 with data and graphing.

Thanksgiving Unit  – We are learning about immigrants in Social Science and the contributions they have made to America.  Among the immigrants we study are the Pilgrims who sailed from England.  We will culminate our studies with a Thanksgiving Program with the Kindergartners. First Graders are the Pilgrims and the Kindergartners are the Indians.The boys should wear white shirts and dark pants and the girls should wear a dark dress or a skirt with a white blouse or shirt. The program will be on Tuesday, November 26th at 10:45 A.M. Location is TBA. There is school in the afternoon, however, your child is free to go after the program to begin their Thanksgiving vacation.  For those who stay, we will be watching a movie. If you know your child will not be here for the program, please let me know, as that will be helpful in preparing the groups for our program.  Thanks!

Bible –  We will not be studying a Bible character these next two weeks, but we will be focusing on our theme of Thankfulness and what God’s Word says about being thankful.

Operation Christmas Child -We are collecting  Samaritan’s Purse shoe boxes. Shoe boxes are due by Thursday, November 7th. If you need a box, there are still some available in the office. Thank you for participating in this worthwhile program as we share the love of Christ to those less fortunate.

Dress Up Days
Student Council members demonstrate children like faith. They have voted and elected in two upcoming dress up days. Please make note:
Nov. 8th-Principal Appreciation (dress like your principal, professional, ties, dress shirts, hat, ect.) Encouraging our principal as we Grow In Christ.
Dec. 6th-Stripes Day (Wear Striped Clothing). Student Council will have candy canes and the story of the candy cane and how the stripes represent Christ. Encouraging one another to Grow In Christ for God’s love through Jesus.
HUSTLIN’ EAGLES YOUTH BASKETBALL CLINIC!!!!
The Fresno Christian high school basketball team will be hosting a basketball clinic Saturday November 16th for boys and girls K-8th grade. It will be held in the Fresno Christian Gym
Each player will receive individual instruction from the Fresno Christian High School staff and players. Each camper receives a program T-Shirt. T-shirts will be ordered prior to event. Please call ahead to  endure accurate size for your child.
The cost for the clinic is $40 ($10 for each additional child-brother/sister/friend/etc.)
Look for flyer sent home monday for more information.
For more information please contact Coach Robert Hubbard @ 559-708-5458, eaglehoops1313@gmail.com
Thanksgiving Program:
This year the our Thanksgiving program will be held in the Student Ministry Center, also known as ground zero. This is the same location where Mrs. Lange’s retirement reception was held. The program will begin at 10:45 on Tuesday November 26th. Please do not enter the SMC until 10:30. The high school will be cleaning up from their chapel.

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

 

11-6 – School dismissed @ 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice

11-7 – Operation Christmas child boxes are due

11-8-13 – Principal appreciation dress up K-6

11-11 – Veteran’s Day Holiday – No School

11-26 – Thanksgiving Program  (Kdg-2nd)- Location: SMC. 10:45am

11-27-29 – Happy Thanksgiving – No School

12-5 – Christmas Program – FC Gym @ 5:30

12-6 – Stripes Day. Wear stripes to school

12-11 – School dismissed @ 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice

12-13 – End of 1st Semester – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

12-16– 1-3 – Christmas Vacation – Happy Birthday Jesus!!! 

1- 6– School resumes  – Happy New Year