Week of November 18th

       The children are excited as they prepare for their Thanksgiving feast.  The Thanksgiving feast will be on Friday at 11:00.  The children will not need to bring a lunch.  Parents are invited to come and help assist the children and enjoy a feast with your child.  If you will be coming to assist please let us know.  If you have not signed up to bring something please do so as soon as possible.  You may respond to the email that was sent to you last week or let your child's teacher know.  

 The children will work on the following skills:

Science:

States of Matter cont. 

Math:

Intro to Subtraction: Using pictures, 

Taking From, 

Taking Apart, Fewer and More  

Spelling:   

This week spelling test will be Thursday.

Weekly spelling words:

hope, nose, note, rope, cute, tube, rake, kite, came, line

Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving - Mayflower

Reading/Language Arts

Identify, decode, and read words with long vowels silent e

Identifying rhyming words within text

Retell/rewrite a story in sequence

Comparing and Contrast stories using a Venn Diagram

Read for fluency and understanding

Social Studies:
Learning about and contrasting the first Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving Day today.

Bible:

Weekly Bible Story:  Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Weekly Bible Verse:

 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:2 

 GIVING BAGS

This winter we want to enable our students to be the hands and feet of Jesus to our community. Please help us collect the following items  to fill our blessing bags that will be available throughout the winter for EH families to take and give away.  This is a service project that the entire lower school is doing.

In each bag, we want at least one item from each of the following categories:

Something Warm:  Beanies, gloves, or socks

Something to Eat:  Beef Jerky, Granola Bars, or Peanut Butter Crackers.

Something for Self Care:  Mouthwash, hand sanitizer, chapstick, band-aids, deodorant, or tissues (travel size) 

FIRST GRADE SERVICE PROJECT

       The first graders will be giving toys to children less fortunate.  We are asking each child to bring in a unwrapped toy not more than $10:00.  It would be great if your child could bring these toys to school before December 2nd.

CLASS REMINDERS:

• First/Second Grade play December 12th
• Children's Theater - November 21st
• Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22nd
• Thanksgiving Break - November 25th-29th

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR FAMILIES A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

We are thankful for each of you and for being able to work with your child each day.

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