Chapel Helpers on Wednesday!

No School on Monday, January 18th.

Mark your calendars for this Wednesday, January 20th.  On this day, our class will be Chapel helpers.  Either Mrs. Dugat or Mrs. Thurman will guide us as we tell the story of Jesus and his helpers.  We will be meeting over at the Chapel beginning at 8:55 that morning (please hang bags and lunch boxes on hooks by the classroom first).  We will put costumes on the children as they arrive.  If your child does not want to wear a costume, it is not a problem!  I expect about half of the class will want to dress up :)  As always, you are invited to join us for Chapel! 

Scholastic Book Orders

Don't forget you can order books online and pay with a credit card at http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp  or you can fill out the order forms and pay with a check - whichever is more convenient!

If you have not set up your account to order online, please review this post: http://mrsbonura.blogspot.com/2009/08/scholastic-book-orders-now-available.html

Let me know if you have any questions :)

Welcome Back!!!

It's great to be back in the classroom!  Everyone was so excited to see each other again - no one missed a beat! 
January will be a busy month for us:

• Wednesday, the 13th, we will start working on the class project for LaNoche (special thanks goes out to Lauren Ward & Jessica Knight for leading it!)
• Monday, the 18th,  NO SCHOOL!
  
• Wednesday, the 20th, our class will be helping tell the Chapel story!  Be sure to and attend this event & bring your cameras :)  Students will need to arrive a little early on this day to get their costumes on...
• Wednesday, the 27th @ 8:45,  Donuts For Dad (Moms are welcome too!)  Dad's are invited to have coffee and donuts with their kids in the classroom before we go to Chapel.  Everyone is invited to attend the Chapel service as well but it is optional (we understand that you may need to get to the work).
  

 The online calendar has been updated.  Please let me know if you have any questions :)

It's Christmas Time At St. Matthew's!

The MWF 3's (our class and Mrs. Carothers class)  Pageant is on Wednesday, December 16th at 9:30am. We will be getting the kids dressed at 9:00am in our classroom. Please stay to help dress your child and then head to the Sanctuary before the class does so you can find a good seat:)  The children will be dressed as the different characters in the nativity. There will be several Mary's, several Joseph's and so on.  Everyone is invited to the Pageant. After the Pageant our Christmas party will begin in the classroom. We are planning to start the Christmas party around 10:00am. A snack will be served to all the children provided by the moms who are organizing the party.  We are going to try and go outside around 10:30am for some outdoor play. Finally, at 11:00 we are all going to watch the Big Pageant in the Sanctuary or head to Henry's for lunch. If you have any questions regarding our very busy day, please email me or just ask at the door.

Just a reminder that on Monday, December 14th, noon dismissal and Wednesday, December 16, Noon dismissal (or earlier). For those parents who feel going to the 11:00 Christmas Pageant is too much may leave after our Christmas party.

Green Gel Bags!

We created green gel bags to practice drawing shapes.  The bags have green hair gel in them.  We mixed yellow and blue to make the green color.  Attached to each bag is a piece of paper that has a circle, square and a triangle on it.  Please help your child use his/her pointer finger to trace the shapes.  When tracing the circle, start on the dot and trace counter-clockwise (that is the way we want to draw an "O")  When tracing the triangle, "slide down one side, then slide down the other side and finally connect the bottom."  To "erase" smooth/spread the gel out again. Once your child feel good about tracing the shapes you can remove the paper and let them free hand shapes or you can draw letters on a piece of paper and place the baggie on top of your drawing for them to trace.  These are great pre-writing activities - please have fun with them :)

"Praise Him" part 1

Mrs. Bonura and Mrs. Carothers' classes sing the 1st verse of "Praise Him" at their Thanksgiving Feast.

"Praise Him" part 2

Mrs. Bonura and Mrs. Carothers' classes sing the 2nd & 3rd verses of "Praise Him" at their Thanksgiving Feast.