Hibernation and other Good Restful Resources

From the Teachers: November 1-4 3’s/4’s Program On Monday we celebrated with a Fall Celebration! Students wore their costumes to school and we shared lots of treats!  See Facebook for pictures. We have been learning about Hibernation this week.  Students have sorted some animals that hibernate, learned the definition of the word Hibernation, made bats in a cave, and shadow painted bats.  We have been learning a new song Called Bear is Sleeping.  (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3_H0S0WHIsbM1dJRXlHMU1MQlU/view?usp=sharing )   We have been working on the first verse only.  Students will share a berry salad on Friday, just like what a bear might eat before he hibernates! Students will also "hibernate" like the animals do. Mr. I from Letter Land has visited us this week, he has impossible inches all over his clothes!  Students have learned the sound that letter I makes, came up with some words for the letter, and they learned the sign for the letter I as well.  We have begun working on some of our songs for the Christmas program as well! 2’s Program This week was a big week for the two's room! On Monday we had our fall celebration and all of the kiddos got to party and have some delicious snacks. We welcomed our new friend Inika this week and the kids really made her feel welcome in our classroom! We made paper plate bears, paper owls and paper plate fox. And the teachers brought in some brand new toys! The kids loved playing with our new car race track, shape sorting cupcakes and our new number matching puzzle. Next week we will be talking about stories from Eric Carle. We will also be closed on Tuesday, November 8 for Election Day. As always, thank you for allowing us to teach your children!	Curriculum Calendar Next week’s Theme: Books by Eric Carle
UPCOMING EVENTS Remember to Set your clocks back on Saturday night! Daylight Savings time ends. Tuesday, November 8 Election Day – No School
THANKSGIVING FEAST Friday, November 18 – 11:00 a.m.   One of our special events this month will be our Thanksgiving Feast on November 18th at 11 am. Please bring a dish that is your family's favorite to share!
PARENT RESOURCES Help raise money for the Lutheran School of Lexington when you shop at Amazon. No additional cost to you…just be sure to click on the Lutheran School of Lexington when you go to https://smile.amazon.com/	PARENTING RESOURCES Hibernation: the function of hibernation is to conserve energy during a period when sufficient food is unavailable. Some animals know to conserve their energy at certain times of the year. We sometimes need to do that as well by getting good rest and quality sleep. Be sure your child is getting at least 12 hours of sleep. See the resource below for more information at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3_H0S0WHIsbLW8wWlh2TDZudE0/view?usp=sharing Your body needs sleep, so your: ·         muscles, bones, and skin can grow ·         your body can stay healthy and fight sickness When you don’t sleep enough, you might feel sad or moody, or get overwhelmed easily
FAITH-LIFE FOR FAMILY
Bible Story History Lessons Date/Title/Summary Stories told from the My Bible Storybook by  Micahel Burghof October 31  – 1 Kings 17:1-6 Birds Feed Elijah Elijah was a prophet who lived in a time of an evil king – King Ahab. King Ahab decided all his people should worship an idol named Baal. God sent Elijah to confront King Elijah about allowing the people to worship God. There were 7,000 Israelites that still believed in the One True God, but King Ahab did not listen to Elijah. God then sent a drought and it became difficult for anyone to find anything to eat – King Ahab blamed Elijah and set out to kill him. Although everything in the land was now completely dried out God took care of Elijah by leading him to a stream of water and He sent birds with bread and meat to keep him nourished.   November 1 – 1 Kings 17:7-16 God Cares for a Widow After Elijah lived in the wilderness for a while, God called him to the town of Zarephath. God told Elijah that he would find a widow there to supply him with some food. The woman and her son had very little flour and water, just barely enough for themselves. Elijah told her to not be afraid-- that the God of Israel would take care of her and to prepare some bread for Elijah first. The woman had faith and followed Elijah’s instructions and made him some bread, and continued to make herself and her son some bread as well. When she went to her flour container she found that it was full as well as her jug of oil. There would be enough food for the widow and her son until the day the Lord would send rain. November 2 – 2 Kings 4:8-10 Elisha’s New Room After Elijah died Elisha continued as a prophet for God. He would travel through a town called Shunem. He was invited by a women and her husband to have dinner with them. They admired Elisha’s work to spread the Good News of God and when Elisha would travel by he would stay at their house. The wife and her husband decided to build Elisha his own room and invited him to stay there anytime. November 3 – 2 Kings 5:1-16 God Helps Naaman An army commander named Naaman became very sick with Leprosy. He was a valiant soldier, but could not heal from his Leprosy. He needed help. Naaman’s wife had a young girl that worked for her and she told her about the prophet Elisha. Naaman went to see Elisha and expected that Elisha would wave his hands and cure him. But instead, Elisha told Naaman to wash himself 7 times in the Jordan river and at first Naaman was too proud to do it, but after some coaxing from his attendants, Naaman followed Elisha’s instructions and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. Naaman now believed in the God of Israel!