Thank you very much for donating all the hats, gloves and mittens for the kindergarten Advent Project! 

Important Dates:

The kids have been practicing hard for the Christmas Program! I know they are going to do a wonderful job!

Sunday, December 13- Music Christmas Program (grades K-2^nd) 1:30-2:30, the kids will need to be in their classroom at 1:00. Please have your child go to the bathroom before dropping him/her off in the class.

Our class will be standing on the right side of the alter as you are facing the alter. To have the best view of your child, sit on the right of the alter.

If this is your first Christmas program at OLLIS, the kids dress nicely, church clothes, some choose to wear Christmas outfits.

Monday, December 14, have your child go to the gym for the Advent Prayer service. We will not be in our room until 7:40 or 7:45.

Tuesday, December 15- Field Trip to State Farm to sing Christmas songs to State Farm employees with our Partner In Education, Brian Hazelrigg. For the field trip, the kids may wear their uniform pants, with a Christmas shirt, they may also wear a Santa’s hat or reindeer antlers.

I sent an email and a hard copy home with information about the field trip to State Farm.

Friday, December 18^th- Class Christmas Party at 2:00-2:55.

Monday, January 4^th- Return to school after Christmas Break

Please continue praying for Rhyan, her family and the medical team. The third round of chemo treatment made Rhyan very sick. Rhyan’s Caring Bridge page has an update on this past week. We are always thinking and praying for Rhyan in class.

I sent home a list of skills your child will be assessed on for second quarter and on the back is a list of current word wall words. Second quarter ends on Friday, January 8^th.

Sneak Peek into the Week:

The letter of the week is P, Pointy Patches. The homework page will be in your child’s folder on Monday and it will be due on Thursday.

Religion- Advent

Writing daily

 UPDATED WORD WALL WORDS

Reading- We are learning the color words, days of the week, names of our friends in class, and family names. (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, baby and cousin) The following words are on the word wall; a, am, and, are, because, by, be, can, friend, go, God, have, house, here, he, I, it, is, in, if, Jesus, like, love, my, me, no, out, on, play, see, saw, she, the, to, there, was, went, we, with, you. Word family “it”-bit, lit, hit, sit, kit, fit, quit- “at”, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, sat, “et”, bet, let, jet, met, net, set, vet, wet, Jesus, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log, smog, “ug”-dug, mug, bug, hug, jug, plug, tug, rug

Math- Numbers 10-20 and ordinal numbers- 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th etc.

Science- body

Social Studies- Christmas

Monday- Music and PE

Tuesday- PE

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Computer and Counselor

Friday- Music and Library, please remind your child to keep their library book in their backpack so they will always remember the library book! Christmas Party at 2:00-2:55!

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thank you for all of your support!

Carm