Some of your lovely children voluteered you to cut strips of fabric for our wreaths tonight. If you are one of the "volunteers," you will find a Ziplock baggy with the fabric and a sample strip so you can see how long to make it. If you don't have time, don't stress out about it--we'll probably have enough. We started the project today. It is great fine motor practice and through this activity, they are learning to tie!

For math, we reviewed teen numbers and showed the number 13 on a 10-frame. Students went to their tables, traced and cut out 13 triangles, and glued them to a sheet of paper to make them look like Christmas trees. Those who wanted to decorated their trees with sequins. The paper that came home with magazine pictures glued to it was a project in which students searched through magazines for things that had the /n/ sound in them. If the word started with n, students were to write an uppercase letter under the picture. If the n was in the middle or end of the word, they were to write a lowercase letter under the picture.

I told students that they could bring a board game to school tomorrow for indoor recess. I also said they had to have your permission in order to bring it. IF your child is responsible enough to keep track of all the game pieces, knows how to play the game, and would be able to teach the game to a peer, they are welcome to bring a game that's appropriate for 2-4 players.

Friday is Mrs. Swan's last day with us. If your child wants to make her a going away card, please do so and bring it to school by Friday.