Just letting you all know that we're going to start planning our halloween party soon! If you are interested in helping with the party, by providing food, party supplies, treats, coming the day of to help, or even if you have some good ideas, please contact Barbara Johnson (Ian Johnson's mother). You can email her at Barbie1030@gmail.com.
We hope to hear from you soon if you are interested in helping, because then we can decide on what food we want to have, the treats we want to serve, and any decorative items that we need to get!
Thanks!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Christ Church School Sunday :: October 3
We hope you make plans to join all of us for Christ Church School Sunday this Sunday, October 3.
CCS is the primary ministry of Christ Church and the parishoners always appreciate seeing "their" students. At the 11 a.m. service the church will offer prayers for the school and will recognize the faculty, staff, school board, but most importantly our students. Upper School students will also sing.
Following we will have cake and fellowship in the Parish Hall. It is a lovely morning and we hope you will be there.
Students are encouraged to wear their Chapel uniforms.
CCS is the primary ministry of Christ Church and the parishoners always appreciate seeing "their" students. At the 11 a.m. service the church will offer prayers for the school and will recognize the faculty, staff, school board, but most importantly our students. Upper School students will also sing.
Following we will have cake and fellowship in the Parish Hall. It is a lovely morning and we hope you will be there.
Students are encouraged to wear their Chapel uniforms.
Christ Church School Sunday :: October 3
We hope you make plans to join all of us for Christ Church School Sunday this Sunday, October 3.
CCS is the primary ministry of Christ Church and the parishoners always appreciate seeing "their" students. At the 11 a.m. service the church will offer prayers for the school and will recognize the faculty, staff, school board, but most importantly our students. Upper School students will also sing.
Following we will have cake and fellowship in the Parish Hall. It is a lovely morning and we hope you will be there.
Students are encouraged to wear their Chapel uniforms.
CCS is the primary ministry of Christ Church and the parishoners always appreciate seeing "their" students. At the 11 a.m. service the church will offer prayers for the school and will recognize the faculty, staff, school board, but most importantly our students. Upper School students will also sing.
Following we will have cake and fellowship in the Parish Hall. It is a lovely morning and we hope you will be there.
Students are encouraged to wear their Chapel uniforms.
Upcoming Events!
Just a reminder that we are still collecting box tops. Check your pantry to see if you have any box tops that you can contribute to our class. If we win we get to have a pizza party! The competition will only be going on for a couple more weeks, so find those box tops! :)
CCS Sunday is this Sunday! Remember that there will be a reception afterwards. The service starts at 11 a.m. Your children will sit with you during the service.
St. Francis Day is next Monday. If you are planning on bringing a pet, remember they must be on a leash or either in a cage, and that a parent needs to come and bring it. We can't keep them at school. Your child is also welcome to bring a stuffed animal, drawing, or picture if they would like (if their pet is not able to come).
Conferences are on October 11th and I think that most of you have signed up for a time already, but if not, let me know if you need to reschedule for a new day or anything like that. Also, there is NO SCHOOL that day. Unless your child is in extended care, there are things planned for them during the day.
On this Friday (the 1st) we are having an apple tasting day. I have a sign-up sheet outside the door if you would like to bring something for us to try. If you bring apples, I would ask that you bring 3 of one kind (because we'll be talking about which one was our favorite).
Thanks so much!!
CCS Sunday is this Sunday! Remember that there will be a reception afterwards. The service starts at 11 a.m. Your children will sit with you during the service.
St. Francis Day is next Monday. If you are planning on bringing a pet, remember they must be on a leash or either in a cage, and that a parent needs to come and bring it. We can't keep them at school. Your child is also welcome to bring a stuffed animal, drawing, or picture if they would like (if their pet is not able to come).
Conferences are on October 11th and I think that most of you have signed up for a time already, but if not, let me know if you need to reschedule for a new day or anything like that. Also, there is NO SCHOOL that day. Unless your child is in extended care, there are things planned for them during the day.
On this Friday (the 1st) we are having an apple tasting day. I have a sign-up sheet outside the door if you would like to bring something for us to try. If you bring apples, I would ask that you bring 3 of one kind (because we'll be talking about which one was our favorite).
Thanks so much!!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sept 20-24
So this week we talked about the letter Y and met Yippy the Yack, we talked about our homes, and focused on the color yellow. We found read a book about Yippy and found the Y's in it and practiced writing the letter Y. We traced the letter Y, glued yellow things on Y, and painted Y's.
We worked on sorting for math this week, we sorted items into different rooms of the house and sorted dinosaurs into different groups. We also started making patterns using unifex cubes.
We talked a lot about our houses and the things that we find in it. We did some rhymes to talk about who lives in our house, we made houses out of shapes, and found pictures from magazines and put them into houses.
We read the book "Shelter" this week and also "The Three Little Pigs." We made the 3 pigs houses, one made out of straw (shredded wheat), one made out of sticks (pretzels), and the last one made from bricks (cheez-its).
We built houses with blocks and with playdoh, painted a sun yellow and made prints using a lemon. We also talked about yams, and got to see, feel, and smell an uncooked one, and then see, feel, and smell a cooked one. We talked about what is different and the same with them.
This upcoming week we will be learning about apples, the letter A, and the color red. On Friday the 1st we are going to do an apple tasting day, so if you would be willing and able to bring in a few apples or some apple juice, applesauce, or anything else apple, that would be great! I'll have a sign-up sheet available on Monday.
See you all tomorrow!!
We worked on sorting for math this week, we sorted items into different rooms of the house and sorted dinosaurs into different groups. We also started making patterns using unifex cubes.
We talked a lot about our houses and the things that we find in it. We did some rhymes to talk about who lives in our house, we made houses out of shapes, and found pictures from magazines and put them into houses.
We read the book "Shelter" this week and also "The Three Little Pigs." We made the 3 pigs houses, one made out of straw (shredded wheat), one made out of sticks (pretzels), and the last one made from bricks (cheez-its).
We built houses with blocks and with playdoh, painted a sun yellow and made prints using a lemon. We also talked about yams, and got to see, feel, and smell an uncooked one, and then see, feel, and smell a cooked one. We talked about what is different and the same with them.
This upcoming week we will be learning about apples, the letter A, and the color red. On Friday the 1st we are going to do an apple tasting day, so if you would be willing and able to bring in a few apples or some apple juice, applesauce, or anything else apple, that would be great! I'll have a sign-up sheet available on Monday.
See you all tomorrow!!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Family Shields
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| Family Shields on display at Canterbury Faire 2009 |
Canterbury Faire is just around the corner (October 23!). We are asking each family to help with decorations by designing their own family coat of arms on the shield provided. During medieval battles, knights would put their family coat of arms on their shields so they could easily be identified as friend or foe on the battlefield. Have fun with it and make this a family project to do together with your children. If you still have your shield from last year, please send back so we can display the shields for others to view.
Shields will go home with students Friday. Keep in mind that this project is per family, not per student.
Please have the project completed and returned to school no later than Monday, October 18, so we can display them on the that week. On the day of the Faire they will be displayed outside on a castle wall to add to the medieval theme of the event.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Sept 13-17
This week we talked about Families, the letter F, and triangles.
For the family theme, we read the book "Families Are Different," and talked about how our families are different but still all special. The kids made their families using popsicle sticks, yarn, construction paper, and googly eyes. They all seemed to really enjoy making and talking about their families! we also read "Are You My Mother?" and colored cranes and birds from the story, we read "I Go With My Family to Grandma's," and "I Love You Always and Forever." We made our own "family trees" and made handprints and talked about why we love our families.
For the letter F this week we met Frank the Frog and traced the F/f's on his stomach. We read a story about the letter F, looked for F's in the books that we were reading, traced the letter F on strips of paper, and practiced writing an uppercase F on the board. We also wrote F's and then glued yarn to it, and also glued triangles to a big letter F.
For triangles we met Terri the Triangle and counted all her sides and then all her corners. We sang a song about triangles, practiced cutting them, sat in a big triangle on the carpet. We also got to make a triangle by rolling a ball of yarn to each other to make one big triangle. We practiced sorting shapes and finding triangles. On Thursday for art we painted construction paper with vinegar and stuck tissue paper triangles on it. After it dried, we pulled the tissue paper off and the triangle shape stayed on the paper. They also made triangle fish, by gluing different shaped triangles together to make a fish.
We also went "fishing" in class, we took turns to see what we could catch (circle, square, triangle, F, or S) and then showed and told the class what we caught.
Next week we'll be talking about the color yellow, the letter Y, and the theme "My House."
Also the Feelings book that we made from last week I will start sending home with one child for a week at a time. When it's your child's turn to have it, just make sure you send it back by Friday so we can send it out again on the following Monday. See you all next week!
Email or call me if you have any questions about anything.
Stephanie Ray
stephanieray613@live.com
402-540-1735
For the family theme, we read the book "Families Are Different," and talked about how our families are different but still all special. The kids made their families using popsicle sticks, yarn, construction paper, and googly eyes. They all seemed to really enjoy making and talking about their families! we also read "Are You My Mother?" and colored cranes and birds from the story, we read "I Go With My Family to Grandma's," and "I Love You Always and Forever." We made our own "family trees" and made handprints and talked about why we love our families.
For the letter F this week we met Frank the Frog and traced the F/f's on his stomach. We read a story about the letter F, looked for F's in the books that we were reading, traced the letter F on strips of paper, and practiced writing an uppercase F on the board. We also wrote F's and then glued yarn to it, and also glued triangles to a big letter F.
For triangles we met Terri the Triangle and counted all her sides and then all her corners. We sang a song about triangles, practiced cutting them, sat in a big triangle on the carpet. We also got to make a triangle by rolling a ball of yarn to each other to make one big triangle. We practiced sorting shapes and finding triangles. On Thursday for art we painted construction paper with vinegar and stuck tissue paper triangles on it. After it dried, we pulled the tissue paper off and the triangle shape stayed on the paper. They also made triangle fish, by gluing different shaped triangles together to make a fish.
We also went "fishing" in class, we took turns to see what we could catch (circle, square, triangle, F, or S) and then showed and told the class what we caught.
Next week we'll be talking about the color yellow, the letter Y, and the theme "My House."
Also the Feelings book that we made from last week I will start sending home with one child for a week at a time. When it's your child's turn to have it, just make sure you send it back by Friday so we can send it out again on the following Monday. See you all next week!
Email or call me if you have any questions about anything.
Stephanie Ray
stephanieray613@live.com
402-540-1735
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sept 6-10
This week we talked about our feelings, the letter "s" and squares. We pulled out a felt board with a face and the students had a lot of fun making his feelings look different, by changing his mouth and eyes and eyebrows. We also read a story called "The Way I Feel," and talked about how we feel in different situations. I also took a picture of each student making a face (bored, sad, happy, surprised, etc) and am going to put it together to make a class book called "Our Feelings."
For the letter S we brought out Sammy the Seal (a puppet) the students came up and traced the S on his stomach and helped him find all the letter S's in our book. They also got to practice writing a big S on the dry erase board. For art, we made snakes, stamped with stars, the letter s, and squares. We also made sand art (which the students really enjoyed!) and painted on big squares.
We also met Susie the Square and practiced sorting items that were "squares" and "not squares." We sang some new songs at circle time and learned a new fingerplay. The students also played a "sneaky snake" game.
They are continuing to do well with calendar time, music class and also with spanish. In Spanish they have been practicing words like hola (hello), adios (goodbye), hasta pronto (see you soon), aqua (water), leche (milk), el (he), ella (she), and gracias (thank you). So if you would like to practice with them at home, that would be great! They are also working on numbers and colors in Spanish too. If you would like a full list of what they're learning, let me know!
This upcoming week we'll be talking about our families, the letter F, and triangles!
See you all on Monday!
For the letter S we brought out Sammy the Seal (a puppet) the students came up and traced the S on his stomach and helped him find all the letter S's in our book. They also got to practice writing a big S on the dry erase board. For art, we made snakes, stamped with stars, the letter s, and squares. We also made sand art (which the students really enjoyed!) and painted on big squares.
We also met Susie the Square and practiced sorting items that were "squares" and "not squares." We sang some new songs at circle time and learned a new fingerplay. The students also played a "sneaky snake" game.
They are continuing to do well with calendar time, music class and also with spanish. In Spanish they have been practicing words like hola (hello), adios (goodbye), hasta pronto (see you soon), aqua (water), leche (milk), el (he), ella (she), and gracias (thank you). So if you would like to practice with them at home, that would be great! They are also working on numbers and colors in Spanish too. If you would like a full list of what they're learning, let me know!
This upcoming week we'll be talking about our families, the letter F, and triangles!
See you all on Monday!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Aug 30- Sept 3
This past week we talked a lot about circles and about friends. We read the book, "Minerva Louise at School," and "I'll be Your Friend, Smudge." We talked about how we can be good friends to the other kids in our class and also about the kinds of things we do with our friends.
For circles, we practiced tracing them, cutting them out, gluing them, painting them, drawing them, making them in shaving cream, and finding them around our classroom. Students were also introduced to the concept of zero. We will work more on that this week also.
For math we practiced sorting shapes. The students did great at this! We used a felt board and would take turns putting the shapes into the right group, we also talked about how the shapes are different and also ways that they are the same.
This upcoming week, we will be talking about feelings, squares and the letter "s."
Hope you all had a great long weekend! See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Ray
For circles, we practiced tracing them, cutting them out, gluing them, painting them, drawing them, making them in shaving cream, and finding them around our classroom. Students were also introduced to the concept of zero. We will work more on that this week also.
For math we practiced sorting shapes. The students did great at this! We used a felt board and would take turns putting the shapes into the right group, we also talked about how the shapes are different and also ways that they are the same.
This upcoming week, we will be talking about feelings, squares and the letter "s."
Hope you all had a great long weekend! See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Ray
Friday, September 3, 2010
Show Some Spirit!
Back by popular demand, we are offering the navy blue CCS Knights shirt in short sleeve. Please return this form to the office to place your order. Orders are due no later than Friday, September 10. The cost is $12.
We do have some long sleeve Knights t-shirts available as well. The cost for the long sleeve t-shirt is $15.
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