Week of 12/18

Dear Parents,

Before we get to the happenings of this week I would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! I hope you take some time to relax and enjoy all the blessings in your life.

The last week before Christmas break will be FULL of Christmas fun! Here is what we will be doing:

- No homework this week! Merry Christmas!

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return.

- Wednesday will be our Polar Express Day! We will celebrate Christmas and December birthdays with treats, hot chocolate and watch the Polar Express. Thank you to everyone who donated supplies!

- The 5th-8th grades will put on Tableau this Wednesday night at 7:00pm in the Church. They really do a wonderful job at reminding everyone about the true meaning of Christmas. All are welcome to go.

- Thursday is our bowling trip with our 8th grade buddies! Please make sure your child has a morning snack or money for a pretzel that they can take to eat at the alley. Pizza will be provided for lunch when we get back from bowling. Please refrain form sending in gifts for buddies. We made them Christmas cards :)

- Thursday is a dress down day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. If your child doesn't dress down they can wear their gym uniform to school since we will be going on our field trip.

- School resumes on Wednesday, January 3rd!

Have a great break!

Miss Tosti

Week of 12/11

Maeve's Uncle Chic, who is also a good friend of Mr. Tosti's, came in to read us "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a nice long weekend! Christmas break is right around the corner and we will certainly be busy! Here are the reminders for this week:

- Report cards will be sent home Tuesday. Please sign the envelope and send it back. The report card can stay at home.

- The K-4 Christmas Show will be Wednesday night at 7:00pm in the Church. Please have your child in the Parish Center no later than 6:40pm. They are to dress in their "Christmas Best." Please no jeans or sneakers. You can pick your child up after the concert in their pew. Please make sure I see you take your child :).

- If you have  not sent in the permission form and money for the bowling trip please do so! Right now I only have 3 chaperones I could use one or two more. Please let me know if you are interested.

- We will a subtraction test on Thursday this week.

-We will have a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Friday. A study guide will be sent home today.

Homework

Monday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 166

practice Magic Words

Math: page 43

Tuesday
Religion: study for test

Reading: page 167

practice Magic Words

Math: complete test review

Wednesday - No Homework - Christmas Concert

Reading: 

practice Magic Words

Math: subtraction test tomorrow

Thursday
Religion: study for test tomorrow
Reading: page 168
Math: FIM 15 minutes

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers" and have a test on Friday.

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Magic Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, friend, never, steep, bean

Math

We will finish our unit on subtraction this week. We will review subtraction on a number line and with ten frames. We will finish working with fact families. The test will be Thursday.

Week of 12/4

Grandpa Todd came in to tell us a story called "Animal Land" that has been passed down through his family for many years!

Mrs. Ryan read us some books after too!

Dear Parents,

The next three weeks are busy and full of holiday fun! Please be sure to read all reminders and mark the dates on your calendars. Here are the reminders for this week:

- The second trimester begins today. Report cards will be sent home sometime next week.

- We set up our Reading Eggs accounts last week and started to play. The kids really enjoyed it! Their login and password can be found in their Home folder next to their FIM information. We will continue to use it in school and it will be assigned for homework. The kids can use it at home whenever they want!

- The permission for our bowling field trip will be sent home today. Please return the permission form and money ($20 cash/check) by Monday, December 11. I will need 5 chaperones to meet us at Sproul Lanes. If you would like to be in the drawing please email me or send me a note. Thanks!

- We will be going to Santa's Secret Shop on Tuesday at 2:00pm. Please send your child's envelope in by Tuesday marked with who they are buying for and approximately how much to spend on each person. If you would like to come in and help your child shop that is fine!

- We will have a reading and spelling test on the story "At Home in the Ocean" on Thursday this week.

- There is no school on Friday.

- Please ask your child to check their art supplies and pencil cases. Many kids are in need of new pencils, glues sticks, index cards etc. It would be a good idea to get some new supplies over the long weekend break. Thank you!

- A reminder that next Wednesday, December 13th is the K-4 Christmas Concert. It begins at 7:00pm in the Church. Students are to wear their "Christmas" best and you are asked to drop them off at the Parish Center at 6:30pm. I promise it will get you in the Christmas spirit!

That is all for now!
Katie

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 154
complete Letter to Santa

practice Magic Words

Math: page 40

Tuesday

Reading: page 156
complete Letter to Santa

practice Magic Words

Math: page 41

Wednesday

Reading: Letter to Santa due
study for tests tomorrow

practice Magic Words

Math: page 42

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We start Chapter 8 - "Jesus Had Many Followers."

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose (Persuade, inform, entertain)
Phonics Skill: Long A, digraph -th, endings (ed, ing, s, es)
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Magic Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who
Spelling Words: that, them, then, with, this, bath, seven, and, here, she

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will continue practicing how to check subtraction by using addition. We will also start working with Fact Families.