Week of December 11, 2023

Please Note

- 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 and let me know if you have any questions.

- Our Buddy Bowling Trip is scheduled for Thursday, December 21st! Please complete the permission form and pay for the trip through your FACTS account by Friday, December 15th. Remember the students will be provided with lunch so there is no need to order. Bowling Trip Permission

- Last call for chaperones for the trip next week. I will let you know tomorrow who our chaperones will be.

- 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 a 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!

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 seasons of Advent and Christmas. We will also start Chapter 6.

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 have a test on place value: 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 December 4, 2023

- I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have another busy week here with the Christmas Concert and no school on Friday.  

- 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 at 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 December. Please see 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. We will meet at Devon Lanes at 10:00, and leave by 12:00.  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. 

-Here is the permission form and payment info:  To pay for the trip families will receive invoices in their email inbox from their FACTS account starting on 12/05/23 with a due date of 12/17/23 at the latest. Families can also login on their FACTS dashboard and pay the $21 field trip fee through the incidental billing scheduled on their account for the trip. Any questions about the payment system can be handled with the school office.

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- No school on Friday due to the Holy Day.

-Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook pages 62 and 63

Tuesday 

Reading: complete worksheet

Math: workbook page 64

Wednesday - NO HOMEWORK/CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Thursday - NO HOMEWORK/NO SCHOOL TOMORROW

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: ending consonant blends 

Grammar: pronouns 

Sight Words: who, good, by, them

Spelling Words: jump, clamp, mist, trust, send, wind, bland, west

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.