December 4, 2023
Fox and Bear Community

Thank you to all parents that contributed to our angel tree gifts. The children will have a very happy time opening the wonderful gifts thanks to our Fox and Bear families! We have a lot of fun activities coming up in the next weeks so please look at the Dates to Remember below.
Students should be at Ellis by 5:15 and meet in the hall way in front of the music room. Students are invited to wear something nice for the performance.
Peace and Giving Celebration
Our Ellis Families are so kind and gracious, especially at this time of the year. As you are shopping for gifts in the upcoming weeks, in lieu of teacher gifts, please keep our classroom needs in mind.
The children will be talking, writing, and learning about how sharing and thinking of the needs of the whole class makes a peaceful classroom. To become a peacekeeper is our goal.
Please look over our wish list. If you wish to purchase a gift for the class, send the wrapped gift in by Thursday, December 14. Please label your child’s gift with his/her name. We will open up gifts together during our celebration. The children will gain a stronger sense of responsibility for our community resources, and will, of course, be thrilled to see “their gift” put to use. If you are unable to send in a gift...do not worry….We will have several gifts that we have purchased on hand for the children to open so that no one is left out at gift opening time!
Fox and Bear Wish List
Things to make the room our home
$30 Kroger gift cards
Dish Soap
Hand Soap
Cleaning Wipes (we need a lot)
Ticonderoga Pencils
Tape refills
Staples
Paper Towels
Things to help us do our work
We have compiled a list on Amazon of materials that we need
(or just really want). The wish list
can be accessed at the following address:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2UPGGECW0BLWW?ref_=wl_share
Dates to Remember
December 1-7- Book Fair
December 6- Upper El Information Night (For current 3rd year families)
December 7- Festival of Light
December 13- Lower El Information Night (For new families to Lower El)
December 15- Donation Dress Down Day
Dec. 18-Jan. 1- Winter Break
January 2- Staff Planning Day- No School for Students
January 3- Beginning of 3rd Nine Weeks
READ DAILY!!
Please encourage your child to read 20 minutes each day with you or independently.
Work Completion
If your child does not complete classroom work in a timely fashion they will be asked to complete this work at home as "Homework".
I-ready/Amira (Please encourage 30 minutes 2x weekly)
Children can log into their Classlink account from any device by:
Logging in to sccpss.com
Click on Families/Students
Click on Classlink
Choose i-ready or Amira