I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends! I want to thank all the parents who helped with the very fun and successful Christmas party, especially the two room coordinators, Gretchen Siebert and Tracy Elsenraat! I cannot thank all of you enough for the very generous gifts!

Important Dates:

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

I will be gone Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Odum will be the sub.

Second quarter ends on Friday, January 8^th.

Wednesday, January 13- Spirit Day 2:00 Early Dismissal

Please continue praying for Rhyan, her family and the medical team. She completed her fourth round of chemo treatment last week. Rhyan’s Caring Bridge page has an update on this past week. We are always thinking and praying for Rhyan in class.

Sneak Peek into the Week:

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

Religion- The Gift of Jesus

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 and start telling time to the nearest hour.

Science- Earth, weather, seasons

Social Studies- Earth

Monday- Music and PE

Tuesday-Church and PE, I will be gone in the afternoon.

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Computer and Counselor

Friday- All School Mass, Music and Library, please remind your child to keep their library book in their backpack so they will always remember their library book!

Thank you for all of your support!

Carm