Class Preview - December 7th

Hello Parents and Families, 

For our next class we will be having our Christmas Party! We have some fun activities planned including a Nativity "Game" that I think the children will love!

Please dress your child in something Holiday-ish! We are going to try and take a group photo!

See you all tomorrow!!

Miss G. 

November 30

Hello Parents and Families,

For our class last Sunday we talked about the true meaning of Christmas. We talked about how it is a season for giving to others, peace and love. We talked about how we can be kind and thoughtful in what we do, say and act. We discussed how Christmas is the birth day of Jesus and that Santa and all the presents came along later. 

We read the book Santa's Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki. In this story Santa tells the woodland animals the story of the birth of Jesus.  

After our story, we colored and assembled a "Retell" Nativity Christmas tree. The children glued on 9 small circles onto the tree. In each circle is a drawing of one part of the Birth of Jesus. By using these 9 circles the children are able to retell the story of the Birth of Jesus. I hope that your child told you the story. 

Our next class will be Sunday, December 7th and it will be our Christmas party. 

Miss G. 

Class Preview - November 30th

Hello Parents and Families, 

I hope everyone is looking forward to our next class tomorrow, November 30th.

During class this week we will be discussing the nativity and the birth of baby Jesus. I have a fun Nativity Story craft that we will be putting together.

**Our last class of 2014 will be next Sunday, December 7th and we will be celebrating Christmas together. This will be a fun day at St. Edward's because from 8am til' 1:30 pm is the *St. Nicholas Brunch. So take your family to brunch, visit St. Nick and then it will be time for Faith Formation class! Our class will meet at it's normal time of 12:30 til' 1:30pm.  *info. below

Here are a few more reminders... 

Please remember to RSVP for the Faith Formation Family Holiday Weekend Event which takes place on Sat. Dec 13th and Sun. Dec 14th.  The RSVP can be found online on our website on the EVENTS page. 

St. Nicholas Brunch - December 7th - 8am til' 1:30pm
Brunch will include a full spread of food, family advent crafts and photo opportunities with St. Nick. Cost is $6 per adult (over 12 yrs) $4 per child (5-12 yrs) and children under 4 eat free. A family of 4 or more is $20. Proceeds go to support our parish youth attending the 2015 National Catholic Youth Conference. Tickets will be sold after Masses the weekend of Nov. 23, 30 and on the day of the brunch. 

Advent Penance Service - Monday December 15th - 10am and 7pm
Join us for our Advent Penance services held in the church. Your 2nd grader may attend and participate in this Advent Penance Service. :)

Miss G.

November 16

Hello Parents and Families,

I apologize for posting this so late. 

We had a wonderful last class. We talked all about being thankful for the things that we have. We talked about the different things that we are grateful for in our lives such as our families, friends, food on the table, clothing and our country. We also talked about what it means to be grateful.
Then we created a Thanksgiving turkey with feathers that told all the things that we are thankful for. 

I read a few of the poems from "It's Thanksgiving" by the Amazing Jack Prelutsky

At the end of class we filled our out Exit Ticket and put it on the poster for next class.

Our next class will be Sunday, November 30th.

Preview: November 16th class

Hello Parents and Families, 

I hope everyone is looking forward to our next class tomorrow. 

During class this week we will be discussing the things we are thankful for. We will also be talking about what it means to be grateful and how much we have to be grateful for in our lives. 

Here are a couple of reminders from Rose. 

1. If you haven't already submitted your First Eucharist date selection form please make sure to bring it with you on Sunday as the deadline is quickly approaching (November 21st).  

2.  Please remember to RSVP for the Faith Formation Family Holiday Weekend Event which takes place on Sat. Dec 13th and Sun. Dec 14th.  The RSVP can be found online on our website on the EVENTS page. 

Miss G.

Hello Parents and Families,

**Info about the retreat is at the bottom of this post**

We had a wonderful class yesterday. Our class is really full of thoughtful, smart 2nd graders!

We discussed how we all have to make choices throughout the day. Some of these choices might be more difficult to make than others. Each of us was given a problem (scenario) and we had to decide if it was an easy choice or a hard choice to make. We also talked about how temptation might turn us away from the "right" choice.

Here are a few of the examples we talked about:
   
     Do you want an apple or a banana for your lunch?
   
     Your teacher is teaching a math lesson. Your friend is telling you a joke. Do you move away from your friend or do you laugh at the joke. 

     Some kids on the playground are making mean jokes about one of your classmates. Do you make a mean joke or do you walk away?

First we talked about our problems with a partner, then we each shared our problem and talked about whether it was an easy choice or hard choice to make. We talked about how some choices might  hurt others or make someone sad. Those are the choices that might be harder to make than others. Other choices do not hurt anyone and we thought that those are the choices that are easy to make. We also talked about how Jesus would want us the always make the right choices even if they are hard ones to make. Each of us then placed our "problem" on the chart.

We are very proud of our chart and the decisions we made about our "problems"

The book we read is called "The Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig. We really loved how Justin made some caring choices and helped Brian turn from black and white to color. 

At the end of class we filled out our Exit Ticket and put it on the poster for next class. 

A few Notes:

1. We have moved from the big purple room to the last room on the left. The last room on the left is the same room we were in last year. It has a carpet on the floor and it is a warmer room. I think we will be more comfortable in it. 

2. There is a Reconciliation Retreat on Saturday, November 8th from 10pm to 1pm

Please respond to Rose Savallo via her email rose.savallo@stedwardsny.org

She needs to know how many people will be coming (your 2nd grader plus at least one adult), if you need child care for any younger sibling and the age of the child who needs the child care. 

Please email her as soon as you know you will or will not be attending!

See you at our next class on Sunday November 16th!

Miss G.

Preview: October 26th class

Hello Parents and Families, 

I hope everyone is looking forward to class this afternoon!

For our class this week we will be talking about making good choices and relating it to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 

We will be discussing what it means to make an easy choice as opposed to a hard choice and how that affects us in our daily lives. 

Miss G.