Apostles Lutheran School

J uni or Ki nde r ga r te n
October 10, 2011 e-mail: wcrofts@ApostlesSJ.org

Mrs. Crofts Classroom Newsletter

Things are lookin great As we march into week eight!
Our annual school-wide assembly with Wildlife

Zoo-Phonics News
We will finish with Francy fish and begin working with Gordo gorilla. In Gordos honor Id
like to play a . Find some obscure item in your home for your child to bring inperhaps a kitchen or garage tool. Explain how it works to him/her. Then we will see if anyone in our class can guess how it is used. The gadgets may be brought in any day this week or

Associates (sometimes referred to in our

room as Animal Friends) is Wednesday,
October 12. You are welcome to attend. Just enter the church entryway through the doors on Blossom Avenue by 9:10 AM.

gadget guessing game

The

for October are due by October 12. You can help our classroom get new books by ordering online at www.scholastic/com/clubsordering. The class activation code is GTF8Q.
Mark your calendars and call the grandparents! On Friday, October 28, at 7 PM, the Jr. K and kindergarten classes will be performing a musical version of The Three Little Pigs as the opening act for the Fall Musical. No special costumes will be required for the songs we are performing this year we will make hats at school instead. On Sunday, October 30, from 3-6 PM we welcome you to the Little Germany we will be recreating on campus. Come to the Reformation Fest and learn about how God used Martin Luther to refocus people on the wonderful truth that we are saved by Gods grace alone.
Do you have a picture of all the people that live in your house that you can label and send in? It can be printed on copy paper if you have one on your computer. Next week we will begin discussing our families as defined by who we live with. I thought a

book orders

next week.

Other Classroom News

We will learn about Gods miraculous deliverance of the Israelites in the Crossing of the Red Sea. Then we will learn about their Traveling in the Desert. Both of these lessons remind us of the amazing love and miraculous ways God provides for His people. In math this week we will work with shapes and begin individual assessments for the upcoming report cards.

Upcoming Events

Oct. 12: Wildlife Associates (Animal Friends Presentation) 9:30 AM; Book Orders Due Oct. 18: Sweet Tomatoes Fun-Raising Dinner 5-8 PM Oct. 21: Pumpkin Patch Field Trip; End 1st Qtr.; Teacher Collaboration Meeting Day Oct. 28: 1st Qtr.Report Cards Distributed; Fall Musical Grades1-3Opening Act by Kindergarten Classes 7 PM Oct. 30: Reformation Fest 3-6 PM Nov. 3-4: No SchoolTeachers Conference Nov. 5: Sonshine Station 10 AM- noon Nov. 8-10: Parent-Teacher Consulations

family
The

picture

might help reinforce the concept. picture will be returned to you at a later date.