Dear Families,

Can you believe it is almost Christmas? I know 19 first graders cannot wait. I love hearing every morning about what the elves have been up to. We have been so busy this week. We had fun comparing Gingerbread stories. We went to the computer lab to add our next slide to our author study Power Point. We had to choose our favorite Jan Brett book. It wasn’t easy to pick just one! We also went to the computer lab to participate in the Hour of Code. It is amazing what they were able to do!

Next week we will be busy with Christmas activities! We will be reading books and doing projects to get ready for Christmas.

Here are some things to remember for the next week. . .

*1-4 Mass is Wednesday, December 18^th. This is an important one because everyone in 1D has a job at this Mass.

*Next week we will have a special list of Christmas words for our spelling list. This will not be graded so just have fun with it.

*We will be doing Christmas crafts on Monday, December 16^th and Tuesday, December 17^th. Thank you to those that signed up to help.

*It is a dress down day on Friday, December 20^th.

*We will be attending the 5^th Grade Wax Museum on Friday, December 20^th. Please send quarters with your child on this day.

*Our Christmas party will be Friday afternoon if you signed up to send items please send them Friday morning. There was a reminder note in your child’s Go Folder earlier this week if you signed up to send something.

*Christmas break begins Friday, December 20^th at 3:25. We will resume classes on Tuesday, January 7^th. I am sure you will be looking for things to fill your time during break, may I suggest working on tying shoes and zipping coats!!!!!

When we return to school after break we will have a new student in our class. We are excited for Anees Alam to join 1D. I am sure he will find many new friends in 1D.

I would like to wish you and your families a very blessed Christmas. I love hearing about your family traditions and all the excitement of this time of year. May you all have a safe and fun break! See you in 2020!

Miss Buttell

Dear Families,

Can you believe it is almost Christmas? The excitement is definitely in the air! We have tried to stay busy. We had a great week learning about Jan Brett. The students got to switch classrooms and hear a different story in each room. Be sure to ask your child about their week. Jan Brett has a great website at Janbrett.com. She is really good about writing back if your child emails her or sends her a letter in the mail. In Religion, we have been working on a special book about the real meaning of Christmas. In Science, we talked about taking care of our teeth. Next week we will be comparing various version of the story of the Gingerbread Man, Girl, and Baby! I will not send Word List folders until after Christmas break.

Here are some things to remember for the next week. . .

*Many of us will have jobs at the Mass on Wednesday, December 11^th. We will all have jobs at the Mass on Wednesday, December 18^th.

*We have our Christmas bulletin board up in our classroom. Our family traditions are so important so we would like to add our families to the board. If you have a family Christmas photo card, you would like to add to the board please send it with your child next week.

*We will continue collecting diapers until Tuesday, December 10^th.

*Friday, December 13^th is a noon dismissal. There will be no lunch served this day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Buttell