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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 and ...

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 about different groups that were around when Jesus was born in Bible, added ideas to our stories in writing, and read accurately, fluently, and with expression in reading! 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 21.   *Keep Practicing Psalm 100 *Blue 1/2 sheet with the new words of the week. Words of the Week: Our words from this set so far: often, such, best, think, family, never, house, wait, same Next week's words that we'll be adding in are: ask, a...

Waiting for the Messiah- this was our topic in Bible and how the Jews were waiting for the promised one! We talked a lot and learned some things about how waiting can be hard, and that in the waiting we have to continue to trust God and that he knows best. God is good and He is working each and every day in our lives even when we don't see it. We have talked about how we are waiting now, like the Jews, and have to trust while waiting-but waiting for Jesus' glorious return! Homework: Next week we'll stick with the usual: Purple Reading Slip will come home Monday (due Monday, Nov. 14) Math Homework Page will come home Monday (due Monday, Nov. 14) Blue half sheet with our new words of the 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 adding in are: house, wait, same You'll see a blue half sheet with these 9 words to practice in the Homework Folder on Monday. Jungle Explorer: Leland w...