Dec 5 2014 Newsletter
Dec 5 2014 Newsletter
Dec 5 2014 Newsletter
December 5, 2014
December has once again crept up on us. With that being said, please remember to
dress your first graders for the weather. It gets cold out at lunch recess. The first graders
are welcome to bring their slippers to change into now that it is boot season. They can even
leave a pair here at school. Just make sure they have regular shoes on Mondays and Fridays
for gym and make sure their slippers have a rubber sole so they dont fall down in the hallway!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their family. We had so much to be
thankful for this Thanksgiving. We had all our children home with their fianc, husband and our
little grandson Will. It was a wonderful day!
December is a very busy month in the classroom for us here at St. Thomas. This year
we are getting together everyday, at the end of the day, with the second and third graders
and sit around a Jesse Tree. We listen to the scripture for the day, hang up that days ornament on the tree and sing Oh Come Emmanuel.
This Advent season I thank the Lord for the St. Thomas family and all the prayers and
kindness that has been shown to my family and me. I thank all of you!
I truly enjoy coming to work every morning!
God Bless!
Kelly Donohue
Guest Readers
Reading/Writing
Christmas Movie
Friday, December 19 we will be going to gym at 1:00 for a Movie party. The
students will be watching Polar Express.
Popcorn will be served. Students may bring
their pillow pets. This will be our class
Christmas Celebration. What a neat way
to end the last day before Christmas
break! Thank you Home and School!
Math
We are working on putting together 10 and some more to make
the numbers from 11 to 20. Students
build place-value understandings and
use the Make Ten strategy to become
more efficient at solving addition combinations to 20.
After we return from
Christmas break, we are going
to start work on addition
facts. First graders need to
memorize all their addition
facts from 0+0=0 to 9+9=18. We will
start with adding zero and work our
way up. We are also going to start
having timed tests to see if they have
immediate recall.
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First Grade
Religion
ICCF Christmas
Mrs. Lake and myself have been working with The Inner City
Christian Federation (ICCF) here in Grand Rapids for a few
years now. Each year we receive the name of a family that we
can help by making their Christmas a little brighter. We have
just received the name of our family. I will be inviting all of
you to go on sign-up genius and sign up to buy something for
that family. You will send the unwrapped gift to school with
your child. The students and I will wrap the gifts. We would
appreciate any donations of wrapping paper or gift tags if
you have extra . Our classes are hoping to deliver them to
ICCF if it works out. Our students really enjoy doing this and
its a wonderful way to welcome Jesus and be Fishers of Men!
Fishers oF Men
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