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

News from the Office...

This just in from the FBA office…

In January, we will begin implementing a program called the “President Fitness Challenge” with our kindergarten, 1^st, and 2^nd grade students. The President’s Challenge is a program of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports that follows four simple principles: Frequency, Intensity, Type, and Time (F.I.T.T) to improve your fitness level.

We will be working in conjunction with the P.E. teacher, Miss Gwen, and look forward to reaching goals set forth in the program.

Miss Stephanie Langston, from our very own Hands on Spanish program, joined us in November for a Spanish lesson on being thankful. We look forward to another visit with her this month to share Christmas blessings in another language.

November Book It

If you and your child have been keeping up with the November Book It logs for a Free Pizza Hut coupon, it is due tomorrow, 12/1.  December forms will go home tomorrow. 

Newsletter - November 29-December 3

Welcome back!!  I hope that you all had a restful and relaxing break and a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Since last week was a short week, our spelling test will be on FRIDAY this week.

Spelling Words:

1. that
2. wish
3. wash
4. then
5. both
6. cloth
7. thick
8. shine
9. wish
10. brush
11. shoes
12. polish
13. there
14. should
15. *Christmas

Sight Words:

1. American
2. letters
3. animals
4. turned
5. different
6. asked
7. between
8. every
9. county
10. example

Memory Verse: Due this Wednesday, December 1st
Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord told them.  Exodus 7:6



Vocabulary Words:
aim   (aym) noun,verb   
1.  To try or plan to do something.
2.  To point something, such as a weapon, at something.
allow   (uhlou) verb    To let someone do something.
biology   (biioluhjee) noun    The science that studies living things.
change   (chaynj) noun,verb   
1.  To make something different or to become different.
2.  The money that is returned to you if you give more money than is needed to buy something.
3.  A number of coins.
comfort   (kuhmfurt) noun,verb   
1.  To be in a pleasant state of relaxation.
2.  Someone or something that gives relief.
dent   (dEHnt) noun,verb    To make a small hole or depression in the surface of something by hitting it or putting pressure on it.
giving   (gihvihNG) adjective,noun,verb    To hand something out as a gift.
prove   (proov) verb    To some that something is true or genuine by providing evidence or argument.
thread   (thrEHd) noun,verb    A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.   
twist   (twihst) noun,verb   
1.  An unforeseen development.  
2.  Turning or twisting around (in place).   "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
3.  Twist suddenly so as to sprain.   "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"

"Thanksgiving, more than just a holiday, an act of doing." Unknown