KINDERGARTEN TIMES 11/16/09

First, may all the good things that Thanksgiving brings be yours in abundance this year. May the whole year be blessed with all that is best for you and the ones you hold dear.

We continue to be very grateful for your beautiful children and YOU. It is our pleasure getting to know you all. So nice seeing some of you in church yesterday and visiting our classroom for Open House. Remember to tell a friend about our wonderful school.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from the entire Kindergarten staff. Please enjoy the holiday and your time off together. If you are traveling stay safe. We will not do a K times next week due to the short week. And there will be no homework. YEAH!

This is a busy season so I will try to keep you informed of what is happening. Forgive me if I miss an item. The most important thing is for us all to stay healthy. So far so good! Please get enough sleep and try to maintain a consistent schedule during the holidays. Some of our children are beginning to look very tired. It has an impact on their learning and behavior.

OUR STAR this week is THOMAS GROSE. We hope he has fun being the STAR.

Thank you to Mrs. Gorman for being our Friday cooking mom again. She made the best patriotic, sugar cookies to honor Veterans Day.

Our new language arts theme is Family Ties which is so appropriate during this time of the year. We will read 'Off We Go', 'A Birthday Basket for Tia', and many Thnaksgiving books. Our letter this week is 'G'. The high frequency words are 'on' & 'to'. We are doing more self selected topics in their journals. We will also create some Thanksgiving art projects to share with you.

We are conducting a Thanksgiving Food Drive. Each child received a memo included is their item to contribute to our box. It is a nonperishable canned or boxed item. Thank you in advance for your generous support.

We will join with our PreK friends for our annual Thankgiving feast on Tues. 11/24. We will be the Native Americans and wear a headdress and vest. The artwork for the vest is a Native American story using simple, stick figures & drawings. This is part of their homework and we will transfer it to their vests. Our room parents will be asking for donations of corn bread and juice. Thanks!

On Monday, 11/23 we will meet with our fifth grade buddies for a Thanksgiving prayer service and snack. It is an important lesson to learn that we are a learning community. We are not alone in our efforts and we care about one another.

OUR school sponsored Mass is this Wed. 11/18. Some of our friends will do the intentions and bring up the gifts. We will also perform a song. It is very cute to watch. Please come to 8:30 Mass if you can make it.

REMINDERS:

• Wed. is a 12:30 day

• Fri. 11/20 is our school-wide assembly at 8:05 in the Community Center

• I will be out at a conference on Fri. 11/20. Your children will be in good hands with Mrs. Vierra, Mrs. Volta + a substitute teacher.

• Report cards will go out on 11/30. Please sign and return them by 12/2. Ask me if you have any questions.

• Field trip permission slips are required ASAP

I think that's all for now. Again enjoy the simple pleasures of this busy season. Treasure life! I will be in Conn. visitng my mom who is 96 and will return with a fun story and secrets to a long life. Stay safe and well.

Gobble, Gobble, Fondly, Mrs. Stein