Nov. 28 - Dec.3

                        Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope each of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving week.  Know how thankful I am for you and your child. I am blessed each day.  Your children are little rays of sunshine and love from God. Thank you for sharing them.

We have had a busy and exciting week. We’ve practiced for our upcoming Christmas Play, spent time with senior “giants,” met our new 5th grade buddies, attended chapel, and used the school’s new iTouch devices to practice skills.  Finally, on Friday the K4 students prepared our hearts for Thanksgiving by singing some great songs for us in the commons area. Thursday we thanked our SAGE dining staff for all the yummy ways they bless us each day. On top of all of that excitement, we were able to praise God for keeping us all safe from the tornadoes on Wednesday.  This time of year is busy schedule-wise, but for our students it is also busy academically! The students have learned so much over the last few months and I am thrilled to see the progress they have made. Below you will see a peek at our plans for when we return on Monday November 28th. Language Arts Skills: High Frequency Words: practice and review (look for flashcards to come home soon) Language/Writing Skills: action and weather words Phonics focus: /q/; blending words with “-it” and “qu” Comprehension skill focus: Fantasy and Realism Handwriting Skills: Qq, Rr, Hh, Jj                         *spacing between words*  "one finger space" Math: Odd and Even Numbers, Counting to 100, Counting Groups of 10, Patterns on a 100s Chart, Skip Counting by 2 and 5 Social Science: Christmas/Christmas Play Practice (Please help your child practice over the holidays.)  They are doing amazing job!  One of the best first week of practice than I can remember! Bible - We will be focusing on Jesus, The Reason For The Season during the next three weeks.  What   a privilege it is to learn about and spend time reflecting on our Lord and Savior with each child!

November 7th - 11th

KINDERGARTEN GIVES BACK THROUGH OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:17 AM PST                              BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING We are very excited to tell you about our class service project.  We will be participating in the Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Ministry.  Since many of you already participate in this ministry through your church, our goal is to put together two boxes (one boy and one girl) as a class.  Please send an appropriate item for the boxes by Wednesday, November 16th. The packed boxes will be sent out Thursday, November 17th.  If you do not participate through your church and would like to put a box together as a family, please let me know and I will send you the box.  Thank you so much for your help with this very special project.  What a blessing to be Gods hands and feet!   This week behind the Red Door Language Arts: *High Frequency Words - to, a, I , like, my, see, and, go, is,          *Blending short i words (-it word family) *Building words with short i or short a *Phonics Focus - Ll (Larry Lion) *Describing Words *Comprehension Skills:  categorize and classify                                          concepts of print Math: *Symmetry *Comparing solid figures *Flat surfaces of solid figures *Making shapes from other shapes *Same size, same shape Handwriting Skills: *Letter formation *Sentence building Bible: *Israel in the Desert  Exodus 15:23 - 16:36 *Target Truth - When we obey rules, we are also obeying God. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11TH IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY!   A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS.