St. Mary's March 5

With Fr.Frank

Main altar at St. Mary's

Statue of Kateri Tekakwitha

Beautiful beaded pieced hand-beaded by the women of St.Mary's Parish

Outside the Church

We had a WONDERFUL mass with Fr. Frank today! He made it a "teaching mass" in which he explained the what and the why of the Mass. It was very informative for the kids, and the adults even learned! We appreciate Fr. taking the time to say this special mass for the first and second grade students!!!

Next week, we will be doing our Reading-Writing Workshop. It's on personal narratives,but I am going to let kids write "made up" stories also. They are very excited about being able to write one they make up. We will still be using Mr. Bell's curriculum format with the "I feel" statement, storyboard, partner reading, rough draft, revising and editing, and publishing. This time we will publish as a "book".

Spelling words are found on page 235 in the Student Handbook. They are: who, a lot, were, many, our, friend, cannot, here, first, today, would, could and the Challenge Words are heard, again.

We will be reviewing money in Math and also all of the material in Unit 2. We will also have a Unit 2 Test. Then Chapter 11 will go into 2 digit addition. I will be doing one-on-one oral tests of math facts to 18 tomorrow. Keep practicing those facts with your children!

We extend our condolences to Robyn Lulich and her family in the loss of Julie. We continue to pray for them in their sadness.

Have a good weekend!