1. Room 111 News November 9 Important dates: Important Information:
Next week’s Shine student is Mason 
Thursday 11/15: Spelling Test
Now to 11/13: Book Fair
11/13: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday 11/29: First and Second Grade Thanksgiving Prayer Service
11/21-11/25: Thanksgiving Break!
12/4: 1st & 2nd grade Christmas Program
Important Information:
There WILL be a spelling test next week! List 8
It was great to see so many of you at conferences last night! I am looking forward to meeting with the rest of you on Tuesday.  If you have not yet signed up for a Parent/Teacher conference please do so ASAP! If you need assistance contact the office. I have a few slots left on Tuesday evening.
Report Cards were posted last Friday. Please be sure that you view and sign-off on your child’s card.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be going on in the library until 11/13. We have already shopped, however, you may still send money to school with your child if you want them to purchase books. The Book Fair will also be open Tuesday evening during conferences. Warning, there are non-book items!! Please make sure your child knows if they are allowed to buy things other than books- pencils, posters…….!
We will be having a prayer test on the Grace Before Meals prayer the week of November 19. Here is the text of the prayer to practice: Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our special Thanksgiving snack and prayer service is Monday 11/19! We will join with the second graders to celebrate together. This year we are acting out Stone Soup. We will have a snack after the prayer service. We are looking for some donations of: Rice Chex, pretzels, Cheez-itz, Bugles, candy corn, M&Ms and small water bottles (8oz). If you would like to donate, please me and I will get back to you. Thanks! You are welcome to come and participate. We will begin at 10:30 in the gym.
Music Program- All of the information was sent home yesterday. You should have received information concerning the program, what students are to wear, and their lines if they have any to recite.