Dear Families,
It is wonderful to be back in the classroom with your beautiful children. I am getting to know them and that has been so fun. They are all such unique creations of God, all with varying gifts and abilities. Just two more weeks until we celebrate Thanksgiving with the Indians and Pilgrims!!! There will be lots of picture taking, for sure!!!! The program starts at 10:45 A.M. on Tuesday, Nov. 25th at Student Ministries Center. You might want to come a little early to get a good seat. It will be lots of fun. They are free to go after the program, however, I will be at school all afternoon to be with those who don’t go home.
We are also excited for our Blessing afternoon on Monday, Nov.24th. Please check the sign-up sheet outside our classroom door. Our hearts are full of thankfulness for God’s abundant blessings!!!
Work Envelopes – In the envelope on Monday will be lots of theme work from Oct. Your child does not need to return it if you choose for them to do it. There is such a spread of how fast each child completes tasks, that many have things they never got to. Part of this is due to LOTS of chattiness which we have been addressing. Any encouragement from home would be appreciated. If the paper has do and return, that is a requirement and needs to be completed and returned.
Language Arts – I will be continuing to work with the children in all aspects of reading. In our Reading Groups I have introduced Leveled Readers. This will give much opportunity to apply the phonetic skills that they have been mastering up to this point. They will encounter words they must decode as well as words with the ed ( which has three different sounds – ed as in played, ed as in jumped, and ed as in wanted as well as ing endings. You will begin to see this in Copy and Dictation which is more challenging. Most of our seat work for November will be themed based activities. We are working hard on our program which you will so enjoy. There won’t be grass growing under our feet, that is for sure. It is a great group of little people.
Writing – We will be working on writing about an expository place for our benchmark the week of Dec 1-5, which is right after we get back from Thanksgiving vacation.
Math -We continue to work on Chapter 6 with adding and subtracting to 12. Please continue being faithful in doing a 4 minute Math Drill each night. It really pays off as we get into the bigger numbers. Our standard is facts to 18!!! We are also reviewing fact families which some are struggling with.We will take our chapter test on Thursday, November 13th. The chapter review will come home on November 6th and be due on November 13th.
Social Science – We will continue with “We Love Our Country” as well as talking about the contributions of our veterans. We will learn that freedom is NOT free. There was great sacrifice. Also, we will be covering the immigrants (Pilgrims) who have come to America.
Bible – We will be focusing on the theme of Thankfulness.
Thanksgiving Celebration– Our Thanksgiving Blessing afternoon is Monday, November 24th. We will have lunch together in our room. Please be on the watch for a sign-up from our room moms for the needed lunch items. After lunch we will go to recess and after recess at 12:30 PM we will be making a “Blessing Mix”, doing a craft and decorating a cookie..We will be doing stations for these activities. There will be a sign-up on the door on Nov 3rd for the needed items for our Blessing Mix. Many thanks for your help in making memories with these precious children.
Thanksgiving Unit– We have many activities planned for this unit of study. We will be learning about immigrants in Social Science and the contributions they have made to America. Among the immigrants we will 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. Second Graders will be Americans. Please wear dark pants or skirt and a white shirt. The girls could wear a black dress as well. Please don’t go out and buy anything special, just wear what is the closest to what you have. The program will be on Tuesday, November 25th at 10:45 AM at SMC Main. If you know your child will not be here for the program, please let me know, as that will be helpful in our preparation in assigning parts.. Thanks! Children are free to go with their parents after the program. I will be there for those who need to stay.
Absences – As we move into the Holiday Season, please e-mail any dates your child may be gone Some may be taking vacations and I want to be sure your child has everything that is needed to keep up while he/she is gone.
Show and Tell – This week is Team A. Your child can bring something to share two times during the week.
Veteran’s Day Parade – Tuesday, November 11 at 11:30 AM – Please join us as we participate in honoring our Veterans by marching in The Fresno Veterans Day Parade. Join with the Fresno Christian Percussion, Color Guard, Music Students, and Cheerleaders. This event is open to all Fresno Christian students and families. Meet downtown at Ventura on M St., south of Inyo St. at 11:30.
Operation Christmas Child – Shoeboxes are due November 10th. Please consider taking the opportunity to show your child the true spirit of giving at Christmas. Pack a shoe box with your child to send to needy children throughout the world. The children have lists of the suggested items, many of which can be purchased at a dollar store or at reasonable prices. Please be sure to put in only brand new items and include small toys ( no weapons), school supplies, stuffed animals and hygiene items. Most important is to pray over the box and for the child who will receive it. For more suggestions or to download a new form to go with the box, go to samaritanspurse.org. Also, include $7 in an envelope for shipping and handling.
Book Orders – Our November, December and Holiday book order will be in the Monday Envelopes. I will place the order online on November 21st. If you want to order books for your child as a Christmas gift, just let me know and I will hold them aside and give them to you in private.
Together We CAN Food Drive: Once again (over the last 11 years; previously called Red Buckets) we have the privilege to help the families of Pinedale this holiday season! We will be collecting CANned foods Nov. 17th thru Dec. 9th to distribute through the Pinedale Book Buddies program. Our students are already volunteering as Book Buddies at Pinedale elementary school and we would like to continue our support for their programs. Our delivery this year will help families by providing food for Christmas.
Spirit Day is every Friday. Please wear your favorite FCS shirt.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!
11-10 – Operation Christmas Child boxes due
11-10 – Chipotle Fundraiser
11-11 – Veterans Day – No School
11-16 – Happy ? Birthday Mrs. Devereaux
11-23 – Happy 7th Birthday Chloe Serimian
11-24 – Blessing Afternoon – 12:30 PM -2:30 PM
11-25 – Thanksiving Program 10:45 AM – SMC Main
11-26-28 – Thanksgiving Vacation
12-1 – Town Hall Meeting 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM – SMC Main
12-3 – Happy 7th Birthday Katherine Castiglione
12-5 – Elementary Drama “A Bag Full of Fables” 7:00 PM
12-9- K-6 Christmas Program 7 PM
12-11 – Secret Angel Party – 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
12-12 – 1st Semester ends
12-12 – Skating Party at Cal-Skate – 9:30 AM-11:30 AM
12-15-1-2 – Christmas Vacation – Happy Birthday Jesus!
12-24 – Happy 7th Birthday Ashley Skricka
1-5 – School Resumes – Happy New Year!!!
Bible Verse – Nov. 10-14
I will give thanks to thee, oh Lord my God with all my heart. Psalm 86:12 17 pts.
Spelling – Lesson 18- Nov.10-14
boy
boys
box
boxes
dog
dogs
tent
tents
about
how
good
Pilgrim
Indian 