Week of 12/11

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Concert last week! The kids looked and sounded wonderful. We hope it put you in the Christmas spirit! There are only 10 full days before Christmas Break and there is a lot going on so please read all the reminders! Here they are:

- Our Buddy Bowling Trip is scheduled for Thursday, December 21st! Please fill out the permission form and pay for the trip by Friday, December 15th! Remember the students will be provided with lunch so there is no need to order! https://stkatharineofsiena.factsmgtadmin.com/form/chniXQGqV?authToken=__token__

- I still need a few chaperones for the trip next week! If you would like to come please let me know!

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please remember that these grades are a reflection of your child's work in school along with their test scores. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please just sign and return the envelope. If you have any questions please let me know!

- On Wednesday morning we will go to Santa's Secret Shop! Please mark the envelope with who your child is shopping for and how much to spend on each person. It is really helpful to me and the volunteers! Envelopes we sent home last week so please send them back in for Wednesday! Thanks!

-We will have math test on Wednesday on place value. A review will be sent home for homework.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday please sign and return on Thursday.

- We will have a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- December Service Projects are a sock collection for the homeless and a Christmas Food Drive if you would like to send in donations this or next week!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti 

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

complete Letter to Santa

Math: workbook page 66

Tuesday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: complete test review

Wednesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: no homework

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek At Our Week

Religion
We will continue talking about the season of Advent and Christmas. We will also start Chapter 6.

Reading

Reading

Unit: Being a Good Community Member
Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Using photographs to answer questions, Using context clues
Phonics Skill: final consonant blends 
Grammar: pronouns 
Sight Words: who, good, by, them 
Spelling Words: jump, clamp, mist, west, trust, bland, send, wind

Math

We will continue have a test on place value on matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits. Then we will start working with expanded form.

Week of 12/4

Dear Parents,

I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have another busy week here with the Christmas Concert and no school on Friday!  Here are your reminders for the week:

- Wednesday night will be the K-4 Christmas Concert! The kids should wear their Sunday/Christmas best. Please no jeans. Please have your child arrive to church by 6:15pm. They can go right to their pew where we have been practicing. After the performance, you can pick them up from their pew! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!      

- There will be NO spelling and reading test this week. 

- There are two service projects that the school is doing during the month of December. Please see the the flyers attached to the weekly email.

- We have our Monthly Mass on Thursday at 9:00am! All are welcome!

- Our second field is quickly approaching! We will be bowling at Devon Lanes with our 8th grade buddies on Thursday, December 21st! Please note that a pizza lunch is included in the price so you do not have to order lunch on Thursday. We need 5 chaperones for this trip. If you are interested, please email me and I will pick out of a hat next week! Sorry, no younger siblings are welcome on this trip! The permission form and payment info will be emailed to you this week!

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- No school on Friday due to the Holy Day! 

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook pages 62 and 63

Tuesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 64

Wednesday - NO HOMEWORK/CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Reading: 

Math: 

Thursday

Reading: 

Math: 

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas! 

Reading

Unit: Being a Good Community Member
Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Using photographs to answer questions, Using context clues
Phonics Skill: s blends 
Grammar: pronouns 
Sight Words: was, there, then, out
Spelling Words: skin, skill, skip, smell, smug, smock, swell, swim

Math

We will continue our unit of Place Value. We will focus on identifying the value of digits, writing expanded form and building numbers with place value blocks.