Just a reminder that our class party is Monday, December 19.  Please be sure to have your son bring in a gift for a boy and your daughter bring in a gift for a girl.  I sent a note home in reading folders last week if you were signed up to bring something. 

Wednesday will be a pajama day.  If your child would like to wear his/her pajamas to school, they may.  We will be having a sing-a-long in the morning and will curl up for a good Christmas movie in the afternoon.  Our Holiday vacation starts December 23 and goes until January 2.  We will see you all back to school on Tuesday, January 3.  I wish all you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!



Gingerbread Houses

Thursday we made Gingerbread houses and was it ever fun!!  The class was excited from the moment they walked in the door!  There was definitely a sugar buzz all day long!  It definitely couldn't have happened without the help of our volunteers.  Thanks so much for taking time to help us!!  Here's a peek at what we did:

                            

Letters for Christmas

What a busy week!!  We started out on Monday with Mrs. Hill helping us with our project for the hallway.  It looks great.  Each student designed his/her own hat and gloves and then made their face to put with it.  We wrote letters to either Santa, Mom and Dad, or Grandma and Grandpa and glued them to the front.  This is how they turned out:

The Christmas lights add just the right touch!!



Dear Mom, Drake would like Legos



Dear Santa, Can you bring me a fake car?  Love Regan



Thanks Mrs. Hill for helping us create these!!!



Meet Violet

  

This week was pretty exciting!!  We have a new classroom visitor!  Her name is Violet.  We adopted a Scout Elf from the North Pole!  We took a class vote and named her Violet.  She flies to the North Pole every night and reports to Santa on our GOOD and BAD behavior.  Every morning she hides in a new place in our classroom.  One night she messed up our Word Wall.  She turned the words upside down and moved the letters all out of order!  She must be one of those elves who likes to play tricks.  I wonder where she will hide this week and if she will do any other naughty things herself.  Some of us wrote letters to Santa to have Violet deliver right to the big guy himself!  We certainly are having a lot of fun with our new elf friend!

                        Paige and Violet                                                             Michael and Violet

Elizabeth and Violet

This week we will begin our Christmas projects!!  I'm super excited but it becomes quite a busy time!  I need each child to bring in an empty toilet paper roll for one of our projects.  If you get a chance to read this before Monday, I'd love them on Monday....if not, I would like them as soon as you can get one!!  Thank you!

Be sure to look at the newsletter for information regarding the Christmas Program and the Christmas Party.  The Program is Monday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m.  Please have your child here no later than 6:45.  Our classroom party will be on Monday, December 19th in the afternoon.  Please be sure to have your gift for the exchange here on or before this day!