January 18th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 18th - Report Cards go home
Monday, January 21st - No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday January 27th - February 1st - Catholic Schools Week
Wednesday, February 6th - 2 Hour Delay
Friday, February 11th - Valentines Day Party at Senior Center

Catholic Schools Week (Week of January 27th):

Monday - Physical Fitness Day (Dress Down Day; wear wacky color combinations

Tuesday - Religion Day (Dress Up Day)

Wednesday - Reading Day

Thursday - Math Day (Dress Down Day; bring pillow and blankets)

Friday - Science Day

This Week In Class:

Math - We finished adding two digit numbers and will be begin subtracting two digit numbers

Reading/Phonics - vowel patterns oo, ew, ou; verb tenses (past, present, and future); contractions; cause and effect

Social Studies - Constructed personal timelines and learned more states

Science - Began our unit on the Earth; discussed erosion, earthquakes, and volcanoes

Health - Ads affect food choices; making decisions, and handling foods safely 

Spelling - words with double consonants

happy       full

will          follow

add          better

tall          Halloween

pretty      stuff

egg         carry

Book It!

Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes five times a week and coloring the appropriate day on their calendar taped in their homework folder.  If they read for 40 minutes at a time they may count it as two days.  The students will receive a certificate at the end of the year if they complete all six months of the program. They are halfway there!! 

Grade Cards:

I am very pleased with the progress the students are making in their academics.  They are doing great!  If you have any questions or concerns please contact me anytime. 

This week we have spent some time talking about proper behavior that should be displayed in the classroom and on the playground at recess.  Some students began playing rough (tacking, pushing, pulling) at recess.  I have told the students that I have high expectations for them and what them to be model students for the other kids in the building.  They are a great group of kids and I enjoy working with them.  I tell them that they  are now second-and-a-half graders so we need to make sure we are ready for third grade, both with our work and our behavior.  It is hard to believe the school year is half-over. It sure is going fast.