Dear Families,

    What a fun week!  We read a story about a superhero dog.  We learned about planets in Science.  We talked about Advent in Religion.  In Math we worked on measurement.  

Next week will be Gingerbread week.  We will be spending the week comparing various versions of the Gingerbread stories.  Be sure to ask your child about this next week.  In Religion, we will begin a special book about the real meaning of Christmas. In Science, we will be talking about what our needs and wants would be for a trip to space.   We will finish up our chapter on measurement in Math.  

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

*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 or card, you would like to add to the board please send it with your child next week.

* Friday, December 10th is a noon dismissal.

* We still need empty toilet paper rolls.

*First grade is hosting a diaper drive.  Diapers can be brought until Thursday, December 9th.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

                   Miss Buttell

Dear Families,

      We had another great week!  We talked about giving thanks to God in Religion.   We finished up our chapter on relating addition and subtraction in Math.  We learned about the first Thanksgiving in Social Studies.   We had so much fun learning about Mo Willems.  I keep finding Pigeons drawn all over the place!!!!  Be sure to ask your child about this author/illustrator.

We have decided to cancel our Friendship Feast on Monday.  Due to the increase in Covid cases we will postpone the feast until a later date.  If you were signed up to send items for the feast you do not need to send them.  I will let you know when to send them in the future.  I apologize for any inconvenience.  If you already sent your items I will hold onto them until we reschedule!

Next week is a short week.  We have school on Monday and Tuesday.  The rest of the week is off for Thanksgiving.  Due to the short week there will be no spelling list next week.  I will not be sending a newsletter or Friday folders next week.  

      I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I feel like I know all of your families because your children tell me so much about your family traditions. Please have a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy your wonderful children. They are definitely on my list of things to be thankful for this year!

      Things to remember…

*No school November 24 – 26.  

*Tuesday, November 23rd is a Dress Down Day

*We are still collecting non-perishable food items until Tuesday, November 23rd.

                        Miss Buttell

Dear Families,

Wow!  1D did an amazing job at Mass this week.  I know they were all wearing masks, but their eyes couldn’t hide the smiles and pride.  I was so proud of them.  

We had fun reading a story about good friends wanting to make their friend happy.  We talked about Veterans in Social Studies.  In Science we continued talking about the sun.   We continued with our chapter on relating addition and subtraction in Math.  Next week we will be talking about the first Thanksgiving.  

We will be doing our next author study next week!  We will be learning about Mo Willems.  He is the author of the Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggie books as well as many other funny books.  Be sure to ask your child about this author next week!

Next week our school will begin a food drive.  We will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to food banks during the holiday season.  Items may be brought from November 15- 23. More information will be coming to you from our student council.

Earlier this week I sent a note about our upcoming Friendsgiving Friendship Feast.  If you would like to help with this please make sure the forms are returned by Monday, November 15th.  I will send emails letting you know what to send.  We will celebrate this feast on Monday, November 22nd.

       We got a rude awakening today with the cold weather.  Please remember to send hats and gloves every day!  This is also a great time of year for first graders to be tying their own shoes.  Please continue to work on this at home.

                        Miss Buttell