Dear Parents,

Well, I think we're all ready for a few days off! It's time to relax and enjoy time with family and friends. Let us all remember what we are thankful for and to count our many blessings!

I'd like to thank you all for your support and for "sharing" your children with me. They bless me everyday in their own special ways.

Thank you too for your generous donations to the Lighthouse Food Drive. Besides helping others, you are teaching your child about the gift of giving.

We will be visiting Santa's Secret Shop next Tuesday, December 2nd, at 1:00 p.m. The children will have the opportunity to purchase gifts for friends and family members. This is a fun program as well as a great learning experience for your child. Please make use of the envelope coming your way. It will help the parent volunteers assist your child in making his/her selections. You are also welcome to accompany your child.

A week from this Friday (December 5th) is our trip to see The Wizard of Oz. I will find out this week how many parents I can bring and will let those of you who signed up know. If you are chosen, I will need $6.00 to cover the cost of admission.

Still looking for Memory Book volunteers!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Ms. Kopilchack

Now, for a look at this week's activities:

Reading/Writing
Since this is a short week, we will wait to begin our next story next Monday. Instead, we will read short stories and focus on building comprehension.

Last week we wrote about "How to Make A Turkey." Our recipes will be published in a class book.

Phonics/Word Wall Activities
We begin short vowel "U" this week.

Ask your child about "Word Wall Relay," a fun activity that helps us learn our sight words.

Math
We continue our work with subtraction. This week we'll learn how to check subtraction using addition.

Science
Last week we learned about solids, liquids and gases. This week we'll learn more about gases and experiment with bubbles.

Religion
This week we'll read about how as a young boy, Jesus liked to learn. We'll share the things that we like to learn about too.

Homework - Read to/with your child, practice wordbooks, attached activity.