Dear Parents,

Just a quick little blog!   

We read a great story yesterday called “The Carpenter’s Gift”. The story is partly about the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in New York City.  Did you know that when Christmas is over and they are done with the it, the tree is milled and the lumber is used for Habitat for Humanity?  SO NEAT! 

The lighting of the tree is on NBC tonight at 8:00!   

Check it out!

We are back to working hard!

 This next chapter in Math is all about adding.  Are you working with the flash cards that were sent home?  It doesn’t have to be every day, but continually working with them, keeps the math facts on the forefront of their brain.  I don’t want the math facts to get lost!

Thank you to all that have sent me a FD about our Advent service (December 12^th).  If you haven’t yet, please send me a FD message about whether or not your firstie will be attending our Advent service.  Thanks!

Blessings on your night!

Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

I am almost embarrassed to send this, because it is so late!  Below are some pictures from the last few weeks!  Please enjoy and make sure to read the captions…

We begin with our trip to the Midland Center for the Performing Arts to seeThe Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

After the performance, the puppets came out and we got to see how their size and how they moved!

A good time was had by all!

 Did your firstie tell you about their Pen Pals?  We've started writing to a first grade class in Fort Wayne, IN (a college friend of mine) and are looking forward to getting letters back! 

Working hard!

Very neat handwriting! :) Great for our fellow firsties to be able to read!

  
We talk about sins and how we live in a sinful world.  A few weeks ago we wrote down three things that we know that we have done wrong and then turned them into chains.  Then we talked about Jesus "broke the chains" of our sins when we are forgiven.  So we "broke our chains" as well to represent Jesus doing that!  Awesome!  

We karate chopped them!

Do you see Brevin? I love his expression!

 Tom the Turkey has been successfully hidden, I think!  Great job everyone!  The last day to vote is Friday and the winners will be announced on Monday (there may or may not be prizes involved....!)

And finally, do either of these look familiar to anyone?  When I don't have a name, I can't give the BOOK IT pizza certificates...if you recognize either, please let me know. Thanks!

Whew!  Thanks again for your patience and understanding!
Blessings on the rest of your week!
Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

Did you know that it was a full moon?  Or at least it’s pretty close to a complete full moon…Teachers can always tell…..lol.  The firsties were kinda chatty today…..

The tree close to our classroom is down!  Did your firstie tell you?  I took a picture and about two minutes later, it was DOWN!  We didn’t even hear it fall!  Again, our “landscape” is changing!  

We have been learning about Moses, the Plagues, and the Exodus.  Ask your firstie how many plagues that they can remember (there were 10).  We learned about the worst plague, when God sent an angel to kill all of the first born children.  However, God told Moses to kill a perfect lamb and take the blood of this lamb and paint it on the doorframes of the homes of the people of Israel.  When the angel came, it knew to “pass over” the homes that had the blood on the doorframes and they were safe. 

We, too, are God’s people and put “blood” on our classroom doorframe, to remind us of what Christ did for us.  Jesus was a perfect man, whose blood was spilled for us and because of that, we are safe and free and FORGIVEN!  

Two more days until our field trip!  Remember that if you are driving, you need to stop in the office and have your license and insurance information updated! Thank you! Please do this BEFORE Thursday.  Also, please don’t forget to send in your child’s booster seat with them if you are NOT driving.  The law, which we must follow, is children who aren’t 4 feet 9 inches or 8 years old, will be in a booster seat.  If their seat isn’t brought in, your firstie won’t be able to attend our trip.  Thank you for taking this matter seriously.  

There is no library tomorrow!  Your kiddos can hold on their books for another week. Please encourage your kiddo to read their AR book and sign up for a test.  Our goal is to have our whole class read one AR book, take an AR test, and pass a test, each quarter.  The end of the quarter is coming up quick! 

Spelling practice test tomorrow and don’t forget that our memory test is on Friday!  Thank you so much for helping to prepare your firstie for these tests.

I'll leave you with this great picture that I took outside of church this morning....Happy Fall! 

 

Blessings on your evening!

Miss Gallagher