Monday Note for week beginning November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
Dear Parents,
Are you ready for another busy week? Hopefully this will be a normal one, with no blizzards! Picture retakes are tomorrow. Bring back your package if you want retakes!
We’re working with “Kk” this week. At home have fun encouraging the use of all letters. Have your child write little notes to you, label things with post its, or try some fun ways to use magnetic letters. Remember to have your child think up a simple sentence, then have them write it down using what they know – beginning with a capital, stretching out new words and writing quickly those “fast words” they can read so well, and ending with some kind of punctuation. Or you can still write the sentence, but talk about those things, then cut the sentence up and have them put it back together.
Our Bible lessons are about the three men in the fiery furnace. We will learn that God protects us and gives us strength to live for Jesus. Our Bible verse is Psalm 121:8 “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” As we learn about the first Thanksgiving this week I find it so easy to integrate our faith into these lessons. God gave the Pilgrims strength for all the difficult times they faced, and they knew who to thank. We have some great picture books to help us imagine what it was like on the Mayflower and at Plymouth Plantation, plus several web sites. We just made Thanksgiving cards for soldiers. Our chapel offerings go to help the Meals on Wheels program in Rapid City.
Please keep working on November’s Book It. I’ve been hearing about some of their favorite stories. As we read books together at school this month we are learning to ask questions as we read. This helps us understand what is happening. We find that many of our questions are answered as we continue the book, but that some aren’t. We learn that some answers can be inferred, based on what information we’ve been given. In the Three Bears, we infer that Goldilocks learned her lesson and probably wouldn’t go in a house again without being invited! When you read together don’t be afraid to think out loud and ask questions, too.
Grandparent’s Day is next Wednesday, Nov. 26th. Grandparents or special friends (Moms and dads, too!) are invited to come at 8:15AM to go with us to chapel, and then stay for a short preschool, Kindergarten presentation. Then we’ll head back to our room and grandparents can come, too. It may be a bit crowded, but we’ll do some school activities together. School will be dismissed at 11:15AM. There will be no lunch or daycare. There is also no school next Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.
Remember to mark Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7th, on your calendar, as that is our Preschool, Kindergarten Christmas service, at 4PM! All kindergarteners will have a costume, so don’t worry about a fancy outfit, just something comfortable.
God’s blessings,
Roxi Withee
November 17, 2008
Dear Parents,
Are you ready for another busy week? Hopefully this will be a normal one, with no blizzards! Picture retakes are tomorrow. Bring back your package if you want retakes!
We’re working with “Kk” this week. At home have fun encouraging the use of all letters. Have your child write little notes to you, label things with post its, or try some fun ways to use magnetic letters. Remember to have your child think up a simple sentence, then have them write it down using what they know – beginning with a capital, stretching out new words and writing quickly those “fast words” they can read so well, and ending with some kind of punctuation. Or you can still write the sentence, but talk about those things, then cut the sentence up and have them put it back together.
Our Bible lessons are about the three men in the fiery furnace. We will learn that God protects us and gives us strength to live for Jesus. Our Bible verse is Psalm 121:8 “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” As we learn about the first Thanksgiving this week I find it so easy to integrate our faith into these lessons. God gave the Pilgrims strength for all the difficult times they faced, and they knew who to thank. We have some great picture books to help us imagine what it was like on the Mayflower and at Plymouth Plantation, plus several web sites. We just made Thanksgiving cards for soldiers. Our chapel offerings go to help the Meals on Wheels program in Rapid City.
Please keep working on November’s Book It. I’ve been hearing about some of their favorite stories. As we read books together at school this month we are learning to ask questions as we read. This helps us understand what is happening. We find that many of our questions are answered as we continue the book, but that some aren’t. We learn that some answers can be inferred, based on what information we’ve been given. In the Three Bears, we infer that Goldilocks learned her lesson and probably wouldn’t go in a house again without being invited! When you read together don’t be afraid to think out loud and ask questions, too.
Grandparent’s Day is next Wednesday, Nov. 26th. Grandparents or special friends (Moms and dads, too!) are invited to come at 8:15AM to go with us to chapel, and then stay for a short preschool, Kindergarten presentation. Then we’ll head back to our room and grandparents can come, too. It may be a bit crowded, but we’ll do some school activities together. School will be dismissed at 11:15AM. There will be no lunch or daycare. There is also no school next Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.
Remember to mark Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7th, on your calendar, as that is our Preschool, Kindergarten Christmas service, at 4PM! All kindergarteners will have a costume, so don’t worry about a fancy outfit, just something comfortable.
God’s blessings,
Roxi Withee