We will be celebrating an all-school liturgy of Thanksgiving on Wednesday morning at 9:15. You are most welcome to join us in church. We are asking each child to bring a donation of a nonperishable food item. Although anything will be appreciated, the list below indicates those items most needed by Our Lady of Good Counsel, one of the parishes in the neighborhood in which I grew up, that will be receiving our donations this month. This inner-city parish shares its food with parish families and the homeless. The following items are most helpful:

 

Ø      cans of protein such as meat or beans, cans of soup, canned pasta, noodle dishes, macaroni & cheese, cereal, cans of vegetables & fruits, chili, rice and beans, peanut butter and jelly, staple items such as flour and sugar, disposable diapers. Items packaged in small cans with “pop-top” lids are most appreciated for homeless individuals.

 

Thanks so much to the moms who were able to come with us last week on our first field trip to the Nature Museum.

 

 

Some important announcements and reminders:

 

• Gym clothes will be sent home to be washed over the break. Please be sure to return them. We have P.E. on Tuesday.

 

• Report cards will be distributed on Wednesday. Please look them over carefully then sign and return only the envelope.

 

• There will not be a spelling test this week. There also will not be any Book Clubs this week. We should not, of course, be taking a break from reading.

 

• On Wednesday, December 3, the second graders whose last names begin with A – M will be making lunches for the Port Ministry after school. Next week you will receive information about needed donations.

 

• On Thursday, December 11, we will be taking our second field trip of the year. This time we are going to the children’s theater at Dominican University in River Forest to see a production of “If You Give A Pig A Pancake and Other Stories.” More information will be coming home next week.

 

• If you are going to leave early for Thanksgiving break, be sure to let the office know with a note or a call.

 

• Don’t forget to send (by email) your recipes for our Brunch cookbook!  We have a few “French Toast” recipes, so if you can think of anything else, that would be great.

 

This week, among other things, we will be: comparing and contrasting Charlotte’s Web with the movie; finishing up our unit on the food chain and food web; reviewing our spelling words from previous units; working together in Book Clubs on Field Trip Facts; Introducing and practicing the partial-sums addition algorithm; comparing how the Pilgrims lived to the way we live today.

 

 

 

 

 

                                          

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Email: connelly@sjc.pvt.k12.il.us    

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