Newsletter - December 6 - December 10

December 7th:  We are very excited about our upcoming field trip to The Center of Puppetry Arts.  Remember to wear Christmas clothes.

Gift Card Orders due December 8th if you want to have them before the break. 

Spelling Words:

1. preacher
2. lunch
3. church
4. while
5. which
6. match
7. watch
8. chosen
9. where
10. pitcher
11. child
12. what
13. reach
14. when
15. *nativity

Memory Verse:
Joshua, no one will be able to stand up against you as long as you live.  I will be with you, just as I was with Moses.  I will never leave you.  I will never desert you.  Joshua 1:5

Sight Words:

1. these
2. would
3. first
4. number
5. write
6. other
7. called
8. about
9. part
10. down

Vocabulary Words: The Veletten Rabbit

Bracken: (noun): a large coarse fern; found in most tropical and temperate regions.

Burrow (noun):a hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation.

Fronds (noun): a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions.

Queer (verb): to put or get into an embarrassing or disadvantageous situation.

Sateen (noun) : a smooth durable lustrous fabric usually made of cotton in satin weave.

Shawl (noun) a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders.

Swayed (verb) : to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot b : to move gently from an upright to a leaning position

Food for Thought:

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.Helen Keller