I hope many of you were at the 5:00 Saturday evening mass to help kick off Catholic Schools Week. There are many activities planned for the week.
SUNDAY: Our Lady of Mercy School Open House 10:00-12:00. Donuts and coffee will be served. Hope to see you there.
TUESDAY: BUDDY DAY---Bring a small snack or gift for your buddy. It should cost no more than $2.00. It is also BLUE AND WHITE free dress for SPIRIT DAY. There is a home basketball game at 4:00. Hope to see you there. Your child may have 2 buddies. Check with them.
WEDNESDAY: Cherish Luncheon. The first grade will be part of the entertainment prior to the luncheon.
THURSDAY: Movie with Faith Families. Moms vs Daughters/Fathers vs Sons Basketball Game at 6:00 in the OLM Auditorium. Should be lots of fun to watch.
FRIDAY: MASS AT ST. PATRICK'S. Students should arrive at St. Patrick's Church by 7:50 a.m. Teachers will be at the church by 7:30. They will be driven from the church to the school after mass. Make sure you have your child bring a booster seat. If you have said you will drive I will be needing you. There will be a Teachers vs 8th grade volleyball game at 11:15. Dismissal will be at 12:30.
REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK: All students need to bring a sack lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you. There will be no cafeteria that day. Milk will be available.
VOCABULARY WORDS
world
quiet
forever
family
share
attic
toys
window
climbed
empty
bored
million
Have a great week. GOD LOVES YOU!
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
JANUARY 21-JANUARY 25
I hope you all have enjoyed your 4 day weekend. The WASC/WCEA Accreditation team visit is over. They had a good three days on our campus. They were in and out of classrooms and had an opportunity to talk to some of the students.
Thank you to all of you that signed and returned the report cards so promptly. It was much appreciated. Thank you to all that have signed and returned the permission slips for the Catholic Schools Mass at St. Patrick's. If you have not already returned the permission slip, please do so as soon as possible. I will be in need of drivers. If you can help out it would be greatly appreciated.
The Saturday evening 5:00 mass, January 26,will kick off Catholic Schools Week. Make sure your child wears their school uniform to the mass that they are attending. More information about the week will be in next week's blog. There will be an Open House at school on Sunday, January 27, from 10:00-12:00, to help kick off Catholic Schools Week.
In Language Arts we have started the 2nd unit in Level 4. We continue to review vocabulary, cause and effect, sequencing, predictions, classification, short vowels, nouns, verbs, blends, endings of ed, s, ing, plurals, contractions, compound words, digraphs, writing skills, reading fluency and comprehension. In Science we are learning about weather and the four seasons. In Social Studies we are learning about the United States and its symbols. In P.E, we are learning about dance and rhythm. In Religion we are learning about the Eucharist, the tabernacle, forgiveness and making the right choices. In Math we are completing a chapter on addition and subtraction. In another week we will begin a chapter on shapes and solids.
There will be no vocabulary words this week.
A FEW REMINDERS:
The only sweaters or sweatshirts allowed are OLM ones.
Any coat or jacket may be worn at recess but may not be worn in the classroom.
Please check the handbook for hair accessories. Some that are worn are not acceptable.
Leggings are not allowed. Tights are acceptable.
Please remind your child to use the bathroom during recess and lunch hour. Students are asking to leave during instruction time, during tests and during assignments.
Have a great week. If you have read this blog ask your child to write in the planner one way that they were a Bucket Filler. They will need to explain this to you. GOD LOVES YOU.
Thank you to all of you that signed and returned the report cards so promptly. It was much appreciated. Thank you to all that have signed and returned the permission slips for the Catholic Schools Mass at St. Patrick's. If you have not already returned the permission slip, please do so as soon as possible. I will be in need of drivers. If you can help out it would be greatly appreciated.
The Saturday evening 5:00 mass, January 26,will kick off Catholic Schools Week. Make sure your child wears their school uniform to the mass that they are attending. More information about the week will be in next week's blog. There will be an Open House at school on Sunday, January 27, from 10:00-12:00, to help kick off Catholic Schools Week.
In Language Arts we have started the 2nd unit in Level 4. We continue to review vocabulary, cause and effect, sequencing, predictions, classification, short vowels, nouns, verbs, blends, endings of ed, s, ing, plurals, contractions, compound words, digraphs, writing skills, reading fluency and comprehension. In Science we are learning about weather and the four seasons. In Social Studies we are learning about the United States and its symbols. In P.E, we are learning about dance and rhythm. In Religion we are learning about the Eucharist, the tabernacle, forgiveness and making the right choices. In Math we are completing a chapter on addition and subtraction. In another week we will begin a chapter on shapes and solids.
There will be no vocabulary words this week.
A FEW REMINDERS:
The only sweaters or sweatshirts allowed are OLM ones.
Any coat or jacket may be worn at recess but may not be worn in the classroom.
Please check the handbook for hair accessories. Some that are worn are not acceptable.
Leggings are not allowed. Tights are acceptable.
Please remind your child to use the bathroom during recess and lunch hour. Students are asking to leave during instruction time, during tests and during assignments.
Have a great week. If you have read this blog ask your child to write in the planner one way that they were a Bucket Filler. They will need to explain this to you. GOD LOVES YOU.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
JANUARY 14-JANUARY 18
This week the WASC/WCEA Accreditation visitation team will be on campus. Remind your children to be friendly and to answer any questions that they might be asked.
Your children seem to be back into the swing of school. Report cards went home on Friday. Also included was the SLE assessment. They both need to be signed and returned by Thursday, January 17.
You should be aware that there are no longer challenge words in spelling. The challenge now is dictation. Your children did quite well for the first time. You can help your child at home by giving them dictation sentences. Some should be telling sentences and some should be questions. Everything in the sentence must be correct in order to get a point. You can also ask your child to use words and hand motions to tell you what a sentence is.
I hope your child was able to tell you with words and hand motions what addition is. A new hand motion will be in place this week as we continue in subtraction.
REMINDERS:
Dismissal on Thursday, January 17, is 12:30
No school on Friday, January 18.
No school on Monday, January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
School resumes on Tuesday, January 22.
When your child has homework, please go over it with them and review the directions.
Homework should not be completed at Extended Care.
Sign planners.
On cold days make sure your child has a sweatshirt or jacket with them.
VOCABULARY WORDS
swim
farther
drink
expect
built
hawk
grit
vacuum
edge
enough
clutch
gizzard
afternoon
everywhere
Have a great week. If you have read this blog have your child write down in the planner who won the Packers vx. 49ers game and what the score was. GOD LOVES YOU!
Your children seem to be back into the swing of school. Report cards went home on Friday. Also included was the SLE assessment. They both need to be signed and returned by Thursday, January 17.
You should be aware that there are no longer challenge words in spelling. The challenge now is dictation. Your children did quite well for the first time. You can help your child at home by giving them dictation sentences. Some should be telling sentences and some should be questions. Everything in the sentence must be correct in order to get a point. You can also ask your child to use words and hand motions to tell you what a sentence is.
I hope your child was able to tell you with words and hand motions what addition is. A new hand motion will be in place this week as we continue in subtraction.
REMINDERS:
Dismissal on Thursday, January 17, is 12:30
No school on Friday, January 18.
No school on Monday, January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
School resumes on Tuesday, January 22.
When your child has homework, please go over it with them and review the directions.
Homework should not be completed at Extended Care.
Sign planners.
On cold days make sure your child has a sweatshirt or jacket with them.
VOCABULARY WORDS
swim
farther
drink
expect
built
hawk
grit
vacuum
edge
enough
clutch
gizzard
afternoon
everywhere
Have a great week. If you have read this blog have your child write down in the planner who won the Packers vx. 49ers game and what the score was. GOD LOVES YOU!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
JANUARY 7-JANUARY 11
Greetings and Happy New Year. This is a wonderful time to thank God for all the things we have in our lives, especially our children. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and vacation. Thank you to all of you for the many gifts I received. I loved them all. It was very thoughtful of you and I appreciated them. Thank you to all who helped or sent food for the Christmas Party. And thank you for all of the food items for the "Spirit of Christmas" dinner.
The second quarter has ended and we are now beginning the 3rd quarter beginning Monday. Report cards will go home on Friday. This again is a great time to remind your children to always do their best work.
Dismissal will be 12:30 on Friday.
In curriculum we have started the 4th Reading series. The reader is a hardback book. Again, please do not go ahead with your child to read more stories. When your child has read the story before I have introduced it, the introduction to the story gets lost. Thank you for your cooperation. In Science we will be finishing up animals and will begin a unit on the weather. In Math we will start a new unit with math facts up to 18 and then continue with subtraction facts beginning with 18. In Social Studies we will be working on the United States. In Religion we will be discussing what happened after the birth of Jesus. In Spelling we will be working on short u words. We will no longer have challenge words but will have dictation. All words in the sentence must be correct in order to earn the extra point. That will include capitalization and punctuation. We will be practicing dictation this week. In P.E. we will finish up jump ropes and start a bean bag unit. Timed tests will be combining subtraction and addition facts to 12. Some students are not showing much improvement. Please work on this daily at home. I should see progress if you are working at home with flashcards.
JUST A FEW REMINDERS FOR THE NEW YEAR
Sign planners every night
Return homework the following day
Please check your child's homework before it is returned
Only OLM sweatshirts are allowed
Only the Dennis blue uniform sweater is allowed--no white sweaters
Any kind of jacket is allowed for outside wear
Review addition and subtraction facts
Review vocabulary words
Students should use the bathroom during their recess and lunch break
VOCABULARY WORDS
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
strange
whole
elephant
pillar
turn
agree
moral
great
Have a great week. Your child left their planner at school per my request. GOD LOVES YOU!
The second quarter has ended and we are now beginning the 3rd quarter beginning Monday. Report cards will go home on Friday. This again is a great time to remind your children to always do their best work.
Dismissal will be 12:30 on Friday.
In curriculum we have started the 4th Reading series. The reader is a hardback book. Again, please do not go ahead with your child to read more stories. When your child has read the story before I have introduced it, the introduction to the story gets lost. Thank you for your cooperation. In Science we will be finishing up animals and will begin a unit on the weather. In Math we will start a new unit with math facts up to 18 and then continue with subtraction facts beginning with 18. In Social Studies we will be working on the United States. In Religion we will be discussing what happened after the birth of Jesus. In Spelling we will be working on short u words. We will no longer have challenge words but will have dictation. All words in the sentence must be correct in order to earn the extra point. That will include capitalization and punctuation. We will be practicing dictation this week. In P.E. we will finish up jump ropes and start a bean bag unit. Timed tests will be combining subtraction and addition facts to 12. Some students are not showing much improvement. Please work on this daily at home. I should see progress if you are working at home with flashcards.
JUST A FEW REMINDERS FOR THE NEW YEAR
Sign planners every night
Return homework the following day
Please check your child's homework before it is returned
Only OLM sweatshirts are allowed
Only the Dennis blue uniform sweater is allowed--no white sweaters
Any kind of jacket is allowed for outside wear
Review addition and subtraction facts
Review vocabulary words
Students should use the bathroom during their recess and lunch break
VOCABULARY WORDS
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
strange
whole
elephant
pillar
turn
agree
moral
great
Have a great week. Your child left their planner at school per my request. GOD LOVES YOU!
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