Thank you for your generous donation of toys. The response was overwhelming. The children have won a free dress day that we'll use in January. Thanks also to everyone who participated in our Advent Mass. It was beautiful. The morning class will meet with their buddies on Wednesday and the afternoon class will meet on Thursday. If you are planning to send a gift for your child's buddy, please send it on those days. The Christmas boutique is Thursday. Our buddies will shop with us. Please send a shopping list and small denomination bills for shopping. A shopping bag would also be helpful. Friday is a free dress day with the children wearing red, green or Christmas theme attire. Please study the Theme 5 words. The list is up on the website. Your child are continuing to learn the "Hail Mary" and doing a very good job. Please work with your child on number recognition and counting. This quarter we will test the children on number recognition and counting to 20. Once your child is successful with those, we will continue to 50 and on to 100. Please return all library books. Your child may not borrow another book unless the first one is returned. Our library days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please help your child make a sandwich for the needy and bring it to class on Wednesday. All children should bring a snack. Thank you for packing it in a backpack pocket that is easily accessible. We are getting out to recess much quicker. Math vocabulary. Please visit it and check out our words for Chapter 10 & 11. Please help your child with the meanings of each word. The children do not need to know how to read or spell the words.