December Newsletter

Paper copies will come home Wednesday and Thursday. Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,
Wendy

December 2008
Mrs. Garbrandt’s Lambs

Christmas Greetings to All!
We are so blessed to celebrate the birth of Christ together during this exciting holiday season! I give thanks each day that I am able to get to know the children, and you. I am enjoying watching their minds work like sponges as they learn something new each week.

December is a short but busy month in our classroom. Believe it or not we only have six school days until Christmas vacation! With that being said, we are moving our Stone Soup project to after the first of the year. We have been experiencing lots of sickness and absence. I would rather dedicate our December time preparing for Christmas. I have put our can goods back and we will do Stone Soup the second week back to school in January.

This month we are covering the letters I and J, the number 4, the colors red and green, and triangles. Our theme this month is the birth of Christ. Our Voyages lessons will cover the Angels visiting Mary, the Angels telling the Shepherds, and the Birth of Jesus. I hope you enjoy the fun projects you children bring home this month. We have a lot of fun in the classroom making them.

Our Christmas Parties will be Wednesday, December 17 (M/W) and Thursday, December 18 (T/Th). The parties will be for the entire class day. Look for signup sheets for goods that we will need for our parties. In addition the students will participate in a puzzle exchange. EACH STUDENT WILL NEED TO BRING A WRAPPED PUZZLE. The puzzles need to be unisex. Please place a tag with who it is from marked clearly. In the past $5.00 is what has been suggested as a puzzle price. Target, T J Maxx, and Wal Mart have good puzzle selections.

Because of building fire codes we must limit the amount of parents helping in the classroom on party days. The M/W class will have three parents, and the T/TH class will have five parents. As a parent myself, I know this is hard. Those who do not help with the Christmas party will help with the Valentine’s Day party. I appreciate your understanding!

Book Orders are coming home with this letter. Orders are due to me no later than Monday, December 8. I am using the express shipping option on this order and they will be in before we leave for Christmas break.

Important dates:
12/8: Book Orders Due
12/16 and 12/17: Chapel
12/17: M/ W Christmas Party
12/18: T/Th Christmas Party
12/22-1/2: Christmas Break. No School
1/5: School Resumes.


See you in the New Year!
Christ’s Blessings,
Wendy Garbrandt

“Each one of us is a part of the body of Christ.”

Book Orders

Scholastic Book Orders will be coming home tomorrow and Wednesday. The due date for these in person and online is next Monday, December 8th.

I am using express shipping. They will be here before we break for Christmas. Please let me know if your order will be a Christmas Surprise!

P.S. Jan Brett books make great Christmas gifts!

Follow the link on the right for online ordering.

Thanks,
Wendy

Finally, an update

This week at school we are learning....

Letter:Ii
Number: 4
Colors: Red and Green
Religion: The Angel visits Mary

We are doing a science experiment with the forms of water on W/Th. Water, Ice, Vapor.

Our theme for all of December is the birth of Christ.


Sorry for the delay in updates. We have all been battling colds and I was lax in posting.

Check back later on today for the December Newsletter!

Thanks,
Wendy

Greetings from Utah!

Hello all,

I will be back to school on Tuesday.

This weeks lessons will be a continuation of last week.

Letter:H
Religion: Joshua and Jericho
Number: 4
Color: Brown

See you on Tuesday!

Wendy

Week of November 10

Hello Parents!

Sorry for the delay in weekly updates. It is the end of my academic quarter and I have many projects due, bear with me for one more week!

This week at preschool we are covering the food groups. Please bring in empty, taped closed, food containers for our classroom grocery. We also continue our Thanksgiving unit.

Religion: Baby Moses
Letter:F and G
Number: 4

We will also be tracing our names for the first time this week with pencils! I will be keeping these for their portfolios. We teach the Zaner Blosser method of handwriting at Redeemer.

Snack for this week is: T/Th Emma Leising, and M/W Collin Mahler

I will be out of town of Thursday. Mrs. Locke is scheduled to be our sub. Mrs. Deitz will be here.

Vision screenings are now done. If your form has not came home it will this week.

Thanks again!
Wendy

Week of November 3

This week in Mrs. Garbrandt's Lambs we are covering....

Religion: Jacob takes care of Joseph
Letter: Ff
Number: 3
Color: Black

Snack: M/W Riley Spangler T/Th Emma Liesing

We have vision screenings this week. Please remember your $6.00, payable to Redeemer.

I will be doing fall assessments for the next two weeks. I have been, and will be keeping some of the children's work for our conferences in March.

As always let me know if you have any questions!

Wendy

November Newsletter

Hard Copies will come home Tuesday and Wednesday!

Dear Parents,

I want to extend a huge THANK YOU to each one of you for your help with our fall fun day. The children had a tremendous amount of fun. It would not have been possible without your help!

November is a busy month for our classroom. I will be administering the fall assessments that will be used in our March parent teacher conferences. Also coming home this month is a guide published by the Ohio Department of Education; Kindergarten Success, A Guide for Preschool Families. In addition to this we will be covering the classroom themes of the Reformation, Food Groups, and Thanksgiving.

Religion: Jacob takes care of Joesph, Baby Moses, Joshua and Jericho, and Hannah Prays
Letters: F, G, H
Numbers: 4,5
Colors: Brown

Redeemer students go out for recess if the temperature is above 40`. I will check the temperature at 10:30 am before we head out. Please put your childʼs hat and gloves inside the sleeve of their coat. This helps cut the confusion of what belongs to who, or if two children have matching accessories! The children are also learning to help each other put on their coats and hats. They are doing a great job being helpers.

Important dates to remember:
November 3,4,5: Vision screenings.
November 10-14: Scholastic Book fair
November 10-14: Grocery week in our classroom. Please send in one empty taped closed food container from each food group to school with your child for our classroom grocery store.
November 19 /20: Stone Soup day. Please send in one canned vegetable with your child. We are making Stone Soup.
November 25/26: Thanksgiving at School. Look for sign up sheet in the hall.
November 27: No School HAPPY THANKSGIVING. May God bless your family.

In Christʼs Service,
Wendy Garbrandt

Garbrandt@columbus.rr.com