Our busy schedule has begun. The first and eighth graders were wonderful in presenting the Stations of the Cross. It truly reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made for you and me. On Friday, March 9, there will be an all-school mass at 8:15. Later on that morning we will be leaving at 9:45 to travel to Emeritus/Hampshire for a prayer service and presentation of the Stations of the Cross. If you have signed up to drive I will be using you. A reminder to all: please bring your booster seats for the cars.
On Monday in Computer Lab we are going to Skype with a first grade class in Florida. If your child does not turn in the permission slip for this on Monday they will not be a participant. You have the option to say "no". Thank you.
Friday is the end of the third quarter. Report cards will be going out the following week. I am amazed at how fast the year has gone by. We have started our Community Helpers unit. We had a large response to the note about coming in to share your job with the first graders. Thank you to all that have volunteered. If you are still interested just send in a note. We actually will be working on this unit for 3-4 weeks.
Thank you for having your child read the book in the reading packet and answering the question. I tried to star all the answers so you knew that I had read them. Try to vary the questions your child chooses to answer as some are much easier than others. We are working on counting out money. Some of your children are having difficulty with this. Please work on this at home. We have not started with quarters yet. So for now, work with dimes, nickels and pennies. Quarters will be introduced at the end of this week. We will be on money for about 2-3 more weeks and will then start with time. Another reminder: the addition facts with sums up to 18 will be single digit numbers being added together. We will learn about adding double digit numbers together later on. Thank you
A reminder: Lots of children are up and out of their seats during class time. They are getting pencils, crayons, kleenex, etc. and then choose to stop and visit along the way. Oftentimes they have sharpened pencils and the crayons they need in their school box, but choose to get up. It is very distracting to me and to the rest of the class. Please talk to your child about this.
The playground problems have gotten better, but there is always room for improvement.
VOCABULARY
breakfast
decorate
birthday
party
basket
fruit
secret
collect
curl
sound
Have a great week! If you have read this blog.........thank you. GOD LOVES YOU!
