Feb. 2

Here it is Groundhog Day! Another month has gone very quickly.
Catholic Schools' Week went very well! We are so proud of our school! Yesterday's closing liturgy was so very nice. I enjoyed seeing the family of Sally Pufall as well as Sr. Margaret Ann and the other Sisters get well-earned recognition for their service to our schools.

This week's Spelling list is from Theme 4 Reading-Writing Workshop. This week we will be doing research papers on animals (other than penguins) to go with our Reading-Writing Workshop.

Our penguin unit will be wrapped up by Friday. Most have finished their reports. We'll read them aloud to the class. ON FRIDAY, THE KIDS ARE ASKED TO DRESS IN "BLACK AND WHITE" to finish our penguin unit.

We have done our second lesson of eight for our First Penance preparation. We read about loving God as a friend, a father, and God. We acted out the play on the back about four of Jesus' apostles and their choice to follow Him. Students are asked to take these lessons home and share them with you. The back page has a "To the Parents" section for you to read.

I'm finding the need to do more work with money. Only one or two kids did well on the last test. It would help if you will practice "counting on" money and making change with "counting back." For example, 25 cents plus 4 cents - count 26, 27, 28, and 29 cents. When making change, students count back to the person as if they were a store clerk. It costs 49 cents, you give the person $1.00. To count back change to the person, count from 50 cents to $1.00. We will retake Chapter 8 Test on Wednesday.

Have a good evening!