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  Heaven. Stars. Family. Bible. Jesus. Friends. Teachers. A warm house. My grandparents. My dog. My mom. My Dad. School. The beach. The sun. Snow. Fall. These are a few of the things that have spilled out of your child's heart as we have been reflecting on having a thankful heart over the last few weeks in our Gratitude Journals. God is SO good, isn't He?! It is truly a blessing having the opportunity to partner with you each day. Thanks for your love, support, and prayers for our classroom. I am thankful for YOU, for your investment in sending your child to HC each day, and for partnering with me to help your little grow to know and love Jesus.  SHORT WEEK AHEAD: We have a short week coming up! As a result, there will be no math homework or purple reading slip coming home next week. Continue to spend time enjoying books over break, but no formal homework will be collected. We have full days Monday and Tuesday, and no school Wednesday through Friday. Our current reading slip a...

So many blessings to share! Thank you for sharing your child with me again this week! Each new day with your child's smiling face is a blessing, and I love seeing their passion and joy for learning while exploring God's creation. This week we got to study some more parables in Bible, started measuring in math, added special author ideas to our stories in writing, and read accurately, fluently, and with expression in reading! Our class led chapel and we talked about being on the lookout every day for those blessings we receive from God and to share them with those around us! We recognized Veterans Day and learned about this day, why we remember and honor those who served and those currently serving! Thank you for your service! H OMEWORK: Next week we'll stick with the usual: *Purple Reading Slip and Math homework will be due Monday, New pages will come home on Monday and be due Monday, November 22.  *Library books are due Friday, November 19.  *Keep Practicing Psalm 100 Jung...

Forgiveness, jealousy, loving others...these are all some of the amazing topics that we've discussed over the last few weeks in Bible class. The students are learning about some of the parables of Jesus. What a blessing this has been as your child's teacher--to see the faith of 2nd graders grow and stretch! God is good and He is working each and every day in your child's life! Jungle Explorer of the Week: Foster was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love playing soccer with friends, your favorite place is The Lost City, and your favorite foods are found at Wild Chef! We love that you want to be a soccer player when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Foster, and we loved getting to know more about you this week! WORDS OF THE WEEK: Our words from this set so far: often, such, best, think, family, never Next week's words that we'll be a...