Nov. 25, 2009
Dear Parents,
THIS WEEK WE: It has been a short week but one that was packed with activity. The feast was truly a feast with lots of bounty. I know they will enjoy their vest and headband. We owe a big thanks to Kailey’s mom for sewing the vests. Also to all that came to help setting up before and cleaning up after the feast! We just couldn’t do it without you! You are awesome!
NEXT WEEK WE WILL: be doing a book study on the classic fairy tale, “The Gingerbread Man.” Many of you know this famous tale of a gingerbread cookie who suddenly comes to life and leads the other characters on a wild goose chase through the town. In most versions of the story, the gingerbread man finally meets his match when he tries to outsmart a sly fox. We will be reading several different versions of this story, and will discover that they are not all the same!
I am sending a construction paper gingerbread man with this newsletter. Notice it is plain, not a feature to be found. Your job, as a family, is to decorate the gingerbread man (but then again, who’s to say it has to be a man? It could be a girl. It’s up to you!) You can use any materials you want (ex. beans, ribbon, glitter, buttons, construction paper for clothes, etc.). Your imagination is the only limit!!! Please return the completed gingerbread person to school when we return from the Thanksgiving holiday.
I hope you enjoy completing this project with your Kindergartener. I can’t wait to see your family’s gingerbread man!
Service Project: Plans are made to make our service project next Friday at 1:10-2:00. If you are able to come and help, that would be great. Remember the delivery to the Christian Health Care at 1104 N. Main St. here in Nixa on Dec. 12th at 9:50a.m. We will greet the residents as they are getting out of an exercise class that morning!
BOOK SLIPS: Keep reading! I will accept book slips for Nov. until Dec. 1st. After that they will go on Dec. goals. Thanks for taking the time to write down the books read with your child. They love to earn their cutout shape each month.
FAST START FOR EARLY READING: Please continue to spend that 10 minutes each night with your child. It is paying off!
CARING KID: Michaela is our Caring Kid for the month of November for displaying the Character trait of Respect. Congratulations! Boot Camp will be Monday at 10:00a.m.
NO SCHOOL: No school on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26th and 27th.
Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday!
Thanks,
Mrs. Donna Mountjoy
Theme: Gingerbread
