Week of 12/16

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week. The kids sounded and looked great! 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 of the blessings in your life. Please know that all of us here at SKS are so thankful for you and for your support.

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

- No homework this week except to study for tests! Merry Christmas!

- There will be a short quiz on Fact Families on Tuesday. The kids really have a great grasp on this and we will review it today and tomorrow before the quiz.

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Thursday.

- Field trip permission forms and money are due tomorrow! Thank you! Congrats to Mrs. Sharkey, Mrs. DiMarino, Mrs. Walkenhorst and Mrs. Longstreth who will be our chaperones on the trip!

- Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign the envelope and return it. You may keep the report card. Thanks!

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

- We will be doing different Christmas STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) activities all week. We will learn about how snowflakes are formed and how igloos are made (and make our own) and do an experiment with candy canes! The kids will definitely be putting their imaginations to good use!

- Friday 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 :)

- Friday 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. Pajamas are also allowed on this day :).

- School resumes on Thursday, January 2nd!

Have wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Miss Tosti

Week of 12/9

Dear Parents,

Happy second week of Advent! The kids are certainly excited for Christmas and we have been talking a lot about the true meaning of Christmas and how it is not about giving or receiving "things." We talked about how we can give love and kindness as gifts to honor the baby Jesus too. The Christmas Concert will certainly get you in the Christmas spirit Wednesday night :). Here are your other reminders:

- The 2nd trimester starts today. Report Cards will be sent home on Tuesday next week.

- We will celebrate our Monthly Mass tomorrow at 9:00 am. All are welcome!

- The K-4 Christmas Concert will be Wednesday night at 7:00pm in the Church. Please have your child in the Church no later than 6:40 pm. 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 (or Miss Panaro) see you take your child :). Half of our class will sit on the right side and half will sit on the left.

- We will go to Santa's Secret Shop on Friday at 10:30 am. Information and envelopes were sent home today. It is helpful if you fill out the envelope with your child and write how much to spend on each person. You can return the envelope any day this week. You are welcome to come help your child shop!

- Our bowling field trip with our 8th grade buddies will be on Friday, December 20th at Sproul Lanes. Permission forms were sent home today. Please return them with the payment by next Tuesday. I will need 4 chaperones (no siblings please). Chaperones meet us at the alley at 9:30 am. We will be finished by 11:30 am. Let me know if you are interested and want to be in the drawing! You must have all clearances in and up to date. A pizza lunch will be provided when we return to school so there is no need to order hot lunch that day.


Stay warm!

Miss Tosti

Last week in Math, we learned about Fact Families and how addition and subtraction are related to each other. We loved playing "Fact Family Roll" to practice writing all four math facts!

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 168

practice Magic Words

Math: page 42

Tuesday

Reading: page 174

practice Magic Words

Math: page 43

Wednesday - No Homework - Christmas Concert

Reading: 

practice Magic Words

Math: 

Thursday
Reading: page 169
Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 6 "The Church Year."

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: chat, rich, much, fetch, cheer, beach, here, these, three, year

Math

We will continue to work with fact families this week and practice relating addition and subtraction. Next week there will be a short test on fact families.

Week of 12/2

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! 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:

- For homework this week I ask you to help your child fill out the letter that we will be sending to Santa at the end of the week! Please make sure their handwriting is neat. This is due on Thursday. Thanks for your help!

- We will have a reading and spelling test on the story "At Home in the Ocean" on Wednesday this week. The spelling words are harder for this story so please make sure you are reviewing at home.

- We will have a short subtraction quiz on Friday this week. It will only be on subtraction with a number line and word problems.

- The second trimester ends on Friday. Report cards will be sent home sometime before Christmas.

Important December dates:

Wednesday, December 11th - K-4 Christmas Concert at 7:00 pm. Students are to wear their "Christmas" best and you are asked to drop them off at the Parish Center at 6:30pm.

Friday, December 13th - Santa's Secret Shop at 10:30. Envelopes and more info will be sent home next week!

Friday, December 20th - Buddy Bowling Trip at Sproul Lanes from 9:30-11:30. Permission forms and chaperone info will be sent home later this week. Pizza will be provided for lunch on this day so there is NO need to order hot lunch!

I think that is all for now. Hope you have a great week!


That is all for now!
Katie

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 154
complete Letter to Santa

practice Magic Words

Math: page 37

Tuesday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow
complete Letter to Santa

practice Magic Words

Math: page 40

Wednesday

Reading: page 166

practice Magic Words

Math: page 41

Thursday
Reading: page 167
practice Magic Words
Math: complete test review

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

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

Reading

Story: "At Home in the Ocean"

Target Skill: Fact and Opinion

Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay, introduce -ai) digraph th

Grammar: Proper Nouns

Magic Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who

Spelling Words: that, then, with, cloth, thud, cape, name, make, say, pray
*Tests on Wednesday this week!*

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. There will be a short quiz on Friday.