Week of 1/23 - 1/27/12

This week is one of my favorites: Chinese New Year! I just love all the traditions surrounding this Asian holiday. It is all about getting a fresh start for the New Year. We will make fireworks paintings in Art, play with red blocks and dragons in Blocks (it's the Year of the Dragon), and get ready for the New Year by sweeping and cleaning in the kitchen, putting gold coins in red envelopes, and getting hair cuts at the beauty shop. We will also learn about the letter J, practice writing numerals 1 and 2, and in Religion we will learn how families welcome visitors like Jesus had many visitors after he was born.

Friday, January 27 - Happy 100th Day of School!
January 30 - February 3 - Catholic Schools Week

We will be having a small party to celebrate the 100th Day of School on Friday, 1/27, at 9:00 am in our classroom. We will be making crowns, changing our counting caterpillar into a butterfly, and eating a special treat. If your child comes on T-Th, you are welcome to bring them to the party. It should last about an hour.

Thank you to all the families for sending snacks for our class!