Week of December 18, 2017

- No written homework this week! Please be sure to read How Leopard Got His
Spots and review the sight and spelling words.  Our test will be Wednesday.

- 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 from 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!

Merry Christmas to you and your families.

I hope you have a peaceful, relaxing break!

Thanks for all you do.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2018!

Week of December 11, 2017

Please Note

- 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.

- 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.  Chaperones will meet at Sproul Lanes at 9:30.  We will leave at 11:30.  Sorry, no siblings, please!

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

- Our reading and spelling test for How a Leopard Got His Spots will be next Wednesday.

- We will have a subtraction test the Friday after our break.

- Please ask your child to check their art supplies and pencil cases. Many kids are in need of new markers, pencils,  homework folders, etc. These items might make great stocking stuffers!

Homework

Monday

Religion: study guide

Reading: page 166

Practice Sight Words

Math: page 37

Tuesday

Religion: study guide

Spelling:  Copy words one time

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: 40

Wednesday

No written homework - Christmas Concert

Religion: study guide

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

If time, play Reading Eggs and/or First in Math

Thursday

Religion: 106, study guide

Reading: page 168

Math: 41

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: review short vowels, digraph -ch, -tch

Grammar: Statements and Commands

Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend

Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, catch, watch

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.

Week of December 4, 2017

Please Note

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

- The permission slip for our bowling field trip will be sent home today. Please return the permission form and payment ($20 cash/check) by Monday, December 11. I will need 5 chaperones to meet us at Sproul Lanes from 9:30 - 11:30. If you would like to be in the drawing please email me by this Wednesday. Thanks!

- We will be going to Santa's Secret Shop on Tuesday at 1:30pm. 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 markers, pencils,  etc. These items might make great stocking stuffers!

- 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.

Homework

Monday

Complete Letter to Santa

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Religion:  Complete Advent paper

Math - page 38

Tuesday

Reading: page 159 and 162

Practice Sight and Spelling Words

Math: page 35

Wednesday

Reading: Read and discuss At Home in the Ocean

Practice Sight and Spelling Words for tests tomorrow

Math: page 36

Our Week

Religion

We will continue Chapter 13 this week and learn about the season of Advent.

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

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

Spelling Words: that, them, then, with, this, bath, thick, think

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction this week. We will practice using a number line and also with 10 frames. We will learn how to check subtraction by using addition.